Rich Benvin

Roger Federer lost again, this time in one of the biggest tennis upsets in memory. Mardy Fish, an American ranked 98th, shocked No. 1 Federer in straight sets Saturday, with the lopsided score -- 6-3, 6-2 -- making it even more of a stunner. Fish, who pulled off by far the biggest of his upsets he's strung together this week in the Pacific Life Open, moved into Sunday's final against No.

Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Sony Ericsson Open on Saturday, citing a shoulder injury. The No. 5-ranked Sharapova is a two-time finalist at the hard-court tournament. Her withdrawal came a day after her 18-match winning streak ended with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 loss to Svetlana Kuznetsova at Indian Wells, Calif.

Tommy Haas forfeited his quarterfinal against Roger Federer on Friday at the Pacific Life Open because of a sinus infection. The announcement was made about 2 1/2 hours before the late-afternoon match was to start. Federer, ranked No. 1, is aiming for his fourth title in five years at Indian Wells. On Saturday, he will face the winner of the David Nalbandian-Mardy Fish match.

WTA head Larry Scott said Thursday that he strongly disagrees with comments made by Richard Williams, father of Serena and Venus, regarding racism on the women's tour. Saying he was disappointed by Williams' recent remarks during an interview in India, Scott said in a statement: "The Tour has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to racism, and I have previously let Mr.

The WTA Tour will broadcast a free live match on its Web site in select countries this weekend. The women's professional tour said Thursday it will stream the final at the Pacific Life Open on its Web site, SonyEricssonWTATour.com. It's the first of eight Tier I tournament finals the WTA plans to stream live.

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Former tennis great Monica Seles is working on a memoir. She said in a statement Wednesday that she hopes "to share how I found balance, strength and happiness in my life after a rollercoaster ride of exhilarating accomplishment and sometimes overwhelming tragedy" The book, currently untitled, will be published in 2009 by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).

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All professional tennis tournaments using an electronic replay system will offer players the same amount of challenges per match starting next week. Each player will get a maximum of three unsuccessful challenges per set, plus one wrong challenge in a tiebreaker, the International Tennis Federation said Wednesday in a joint statement with the ATP, WTA Tour and Grand Slam committee.

Sun soaked again at the Pacific Life Open. After a cold and gloomy Sunday, the quality of matches, as well as the weather, have clearly picked up. Another day filled with 83 degrees and world class tennis. Our day started on Stadium 3, with David Nalbandian taking off the unorthodox Radek Stepanek. Nalbandian, squeaked out the encounter 7-6 in the third set, with Stepanek serving for the match at 5-3 up in the final set. Again, I’m going to keep supporting David, as he continues to somehow always sneak out close matches against top players. He did it in his 1st round against talented youngster Ernest Gulbis and again today against all courter Stepanek. Look for David to get deep in this event. (more…)

To start off todays post let me just say that the weather change between yesterday and today, was very similar to the results that occur on the mens tour, anything can happen on any given day. Temperatures in the high 70’s to low 80’s proved to be a crowd pleaser and I have the tan lines to prove it! Onto the days action, where James Blake started off the proceedings on center court with a 6-3 6-4 win over veteran Carlos Moya. Carlos had chances as he was up a break in each set, but his lack of focus got the better of him, and Blake dropped the hammer with a backhand winner on match point. (more…)

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This is California right? Someone please tell the weather man that 45 degrees is not ideal tennis conditions! The unsettled conditions clearly did nothing for Americas top hopeful Andy Roddick, as he was bounced in the 1st round by Tommy Haas. Not the result Roddick was looking for, as he was looking to really make a push to get back in the mix with the big boys. (more…)

John McEnroe is still looking for his first Champions Series title. Todd Martin beat McEnroe 6-3, 6-1 Sunday to win The Oliver Group Champions Cup for his third career Champions Series victory. "I thought I was hitting the ball well but missed my chances," McEnroe said. "I also didn't get a good handle on break points in the first set.