Israel was awarded a Federation Cup match when the Indonesian team forfeited by refusing to play a World Group II playoff in Israel. The International Tennis Federation’s Fed Cup committee also will consider sanctions against Indonesia. The ITF said it had received confirmation in writing that Indonesia would not travel to the July 15-16 match in Ramat Hasharon.

After two days of tennis, Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles just wanted their Wimbledon doubles quarterfinal match against Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry to be over — one way or another. “It got to the point where (you’re thinking), ‘Can we arm-wrestle? Or can we do something else just to end this? Play 2-on-2 hoops or something?”‘ Knowles said Wednesday.

Martina Navratilova is ready to retire. Really. Navratilova, who turns 50 in October, announced Tuesday at Wimbledon that this will be her final year of professional tennis, although she’s not exactly sure where she’ll play her last tournament. “It’s time. It’s enough,” she said. “I just, you know, want to move on to my next life.

All the hype, all the praise — whatever the language — have yet to faze Roger Federer. He’s touted as one of the greatest players in tennis history, an all-around marvel who’s unbeatable at Wimbledon. Federer speaks English, German, French and some Italian and Swedish. He listens to the unending stream of adulation, and has a hard time taking it in.

Indonesia pulled out of a planned Fed Cup tennis match in Israel to protest that country’s actions in the Gaza Strip, a foreign ministry spokesman said Tuesday. “We are witnessing a military invasion by Israel and the arrest of scores of Palestinian officials,” Desra Percaya said. “It is now impossible to play there.” Moshe Haviv, the director of the Israeli Tennis Federation, said Indonesia would…

Rafael Nadal is considering suing a French newspaper which loosely linked him to a Spanish doping probe. Asked Monday at Wimbledon about the report in the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Nadal called it “nonsense” and strongly denied ever using performance-enhancing substances, saying: “I’ve never taken anything in my life, and I never will.” A Spanish doping investigation that led to the exclusion…

Li Na is piling up wins and text messages at Wimbledon. The 24-year-old former badminton player became the first Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, beating 10th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Monday. In the third round, she beat former U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the same player who knocked Li out of the third round at last month’s French Open.

Andre Agassi grabbed his racket bag and headed for the exit. After a few steps, he stopped and turned around, taking time for one last wave to an adoring crowd, one last look at Centre Court. One final farewell to Wimbledon. At least Venus Williams and Andy Roddick know they’ll be back. Agassi didn’t get the ending he’d hoped for in his last tournament at the All England Club, overwhelmed 7-6 (5),…

Some spectators listened on radio headphones. Half of the crowd on one side of Centre Court turned their heads away from the action. Others waited for text messages on their mobile phones. Cheers broke out at the most inappropriate of times. The World Cup intruded on Wimbledon on Saturday, with England’s penalty shootout loss to Portugal managing to distract fans for a good chunk of the first set of…