In January, when Justine Henin was riding a 32-match victory streak, retirement seemed as preposterous a thought as a switch to a two-handed backhand. But much has apparently changed in four months, and on Wednesday, there was Henin, dry-eyed and eloquent at a news conference in her native Belgium as she called it a career at age 25, effective immediately. “It’s a page that’s turning; I don’t... 

AMELIA ISLAND, Florida - Top seed Maria Sharapova, returning from a two-week fatigue break, beat Czech qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova here Tuesday at the 600,000-dollar WTA Bausch and Lomb Championship. Australian Open champion Sharapova defeated Strycova 6-1, 6-3 in her first match at the clay court venue after having sat out the Miami event for the past two weeks. The 20-year-old Russian beauty... 

MIAMI - Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko defeated Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2 Sunday in the final of the 3.77 million-dollar Miami ATP Masters Series Sony Ericsson Open hardcourt event. Davydenko won 590,000 dollars and his 12th career ATP title, his first since capturing the crown at Moscow last October and what he dubbed the biggest title of his career. Davydenko’s best... 

KEY BISCAYNE - Other than playing in the same era as superstar Roger Federer, the knock on Andy Roddick has been that he might’ve peaked too soon after winning the U.S. Open in 2003 and becoming the No. 1-ranked player in the world. The same could be said for the sixth-ranked Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open this week. Less than 24 hours after stunning the top-ranked Federer to end a personal... 

Indian Wells (USA) : Sania Mirza is worried over her recurrent wrist injury as it could either result in a surgery or require her to change her grip and action, an idea she is not keen on at this stage of her career. Sania, who played in pain before losing out to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the Pacific Life Open pre-quarters here on Tuesday, said she would try to avoid surgery but was also not... 

Bangalore, March. 6: Multiple Grand Slam and Sydney Olympic gold medallist Venus Williams produced a memorable performance, wearing down Shuai Peng of China 6-2, 6-7 (7-6), 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal clash with sister Serena in the WTA Bangalore Open here today.] It took little time for the champion to assess her rival’s strength on a court where all players have been facing problems due... 

The Williams sisters — Venus and Serena, who, between them, have annexed more Grand Slam titles than any other pair of siblings — created tennis history the other day in more ways than one. Not only are the two sisters playing in the ongoing Bangalore Open, they also walked the ramp at a players’ party, on the night before the tournament began, dressed in saris for the first time. Serena...