Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich to play doubles at Hamburg tournament next week

September 2nd, 2009 Mauresmo ousted from US Open in loss to WozniakNEW YORK — Two-time Grand Slam tournament winner Amelie Mauresmo has been ousted from the U.S. Open. She lost 6-4, 6-0 to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in the second round.

August 19th, 2009 LONDON - A Scot has been crowned a double Wimbledon champion at the age of 75. Veteran tennis player Jimmy Wood has scooped more titles than Andy Murray in his long career.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic will regain the top doubles ranking from Bob and Mike Bryan after beating their hot rivals in four sets to claim a second straight Wimbledon title. "It's amazing, we started playing together to win Grand Slams," said Nestor, 36 and a trophy holder in all four of the majors over his career.

July 5th, 2009 Knowles, Groenefeld win mixed doubles titleWIMBLEDON, England — Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon on Sunday by beating top-seeded Leander Paes of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe 7-5, 6-3. Knowles has won the men's doubles titles at the other three Grand Slam tournaments, but he had never before won at Wimbledon.

July 4th, 2009 Williams sisters win Wimbledon doubles titleWIMBLEDON, England — Venus and Serena Williams have won their fourth women's doubles title at Wimbledon by beating Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 (4), 6-4. The doubles final began a few hours after Serena beat Venus for the singles championship Saturday.

July 4th, 2009 Nestor and Zimonjic win men's doubles titleWIMBLEDON, England — Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia won their second straight Wimbledon men's doubles title Saturday, beating top-seeded American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3. "It's a great accomplishment," Nestor said.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Somdev Devvarman, back from his maiden stint at the Wimbledon tennis championships, says he is amused that his Grand Slam debut happened to be in the doubles event. Somdev, who turned professional last year, made a first round exit in the singles qualifiers of the Wimbledon but made it to the doubles main draw with South African partner and good friend Kevin Anderson.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - The decision of the All England Club to take the physical appearance of women into consideration when planning their schedule for Centre Court matches at Wimbledon has left Australia's former Federation Cup captain, John Alexander, appalled. "That is an extraordinary thing to do.

June 25th, 2009 Hewitt beats del Potro in 2nd round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Lleyton Hewitt has eliminated fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina to reach the third round at Wimbledon. Hewitt was broken for the first time when serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set Thursday.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Venus Williams is not willing to trade the part of her heart that belongs to Wimbledon, for the tennis ace admits it is the only true love in her life. The 29-year-old single champ, who presently reigns Wimbledon and Australian Open doubles, said that the Championship comes before anything else.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - The singles have always seemed to be a low priority for Indian players in tennis. So even though the famous Wimbledon, beginning Monday, spreads out the favoured Indian surface in grass, it is the doubles on which the country will be pinning its hopes.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Women tennis players have reacted with fury after a leading sports commentator and former Wimbledon champion accused them of selling sex. Michael Stich, an expert commentator with BBC Radio 5 Live and the 1991 Wimbledon champion, said the role of female tennis stars is as much about selling sex on court as it is about their sporting prowess.

June 17th, 2009 Nadal and Safina seeded No. 1 for WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Defending champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked women's player Dinara Safina were seeded No.

June 8th, 2009 Juan Carlos Ferrero given Wimbledon wild cardLONDON — Former top-ranked player Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain has been given a wild card for Wimbledon. The 2003 French Open champion received a spot in the draw along with 2008 Wimbledon and U.S.

May 26th, 2009 HAMBURG - Ajax Amsterdam are out to hire coach Martin Jol but it remains open whether his current club SV Hamburg will let him go. German and Dutch news reports said Tuesday that Ajax want Jol to take over from Marco van Basten, who resigned recently after less than a year at the Dutch top club.