Fourth-seeded Alla Kudryavtseva and eighth-
seeded Vania King were both first-round victims Sunday at the $220,000
Cellular South Cup tennis event.

Reigning two-time champion Kim Clijsters
announced on Friday that she will not be able to defend her titles at the
upcoming U.S. Open.

Five-time champion Roger Federer
was a routine second-round winner Thursday at the U.S. Open.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was a
first-round upset victim Monday, as the 2011 U.S. Open got underway in New
York.

Andy Roddick announced last week
he would end his tennis career at the 2012 U.S. Open, and Juan Martin del
Potro sent the American packing in a fourth-round affair Wednesday at the USTA
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, former
champion Maria Sharapova, and reigning U.S. Open titlist Samantha Stosur moved
into the fourth round, while former French Open champ Li Na suffered a third-
round upset at the final Grand Slam...

Former champion Maria Sharapova,
last year's Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova and reigning U.S. Open titlist
Samantha Stosur moved into the fourth round, while former French Open winner
Li Na suffered a third-round upset at the final...

French Open singles runner-up Sara
Errani and her fellow Italian Roberta Vinci reached the women's doubles final
at the 2012 U.S. Open.

Olympic gold medalists Bob Bryan
and Mike Bryan will play for a fourth U.S. Open title on Friday.

Former Wimbledon champion Petra
Kvitova and reigning U.S. Open titlist Samantha Stosur moved into the fourth
round, while former French Open winner Li Na suffered a third-round upset at
the final Grand Slam event of the year -- the U.S. Open.

Top seed Roger Federer started his
quest for a sixth U.S. Open championship with a three-set victory over
American Donald Young Monday night.

Sara Errani enjoyed the best season of her
career in 2012, to the point where she was named the WTA's Most Improved
Player.

Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was an
easy second-round winner, while American Bethanie Mattek-Sands stunned former
champion Li Na in Thursday's action at a rain-plagued French Open.

The craziest Wimbledon in recent memory (or
any Grand Slam event, for that matter) hasn't let off the gas this week as
Serena Williams became the latest casualty at the world's lone grass-court
Slam.

World No. 1 star Novak
Djokovic, second seed Andy Murray and eight-time reigning champion Rafael
Nadal were a trio of second-round winners Wednesday at the $3.465 Monte Carlo
Masters, the third ATP Masters 1000 event of the year.