Justine Henin has played down her chances of emulating Kim Clijsters' spectacular return to grand slam Tennis.
The seven-time major champion is making her return to the WTA Tour next month after surprisingly retiring while world number one in May last year.
Henin is following her Belgian countrywoman Clijsters, who sensationally won the US Open in September in only her third tournament back after more than two years away from the tour.
Henin will play her first competitive tournament at the Brisbane International next month but she showed she is already in good shape with a 6-4 6-4 victory ove... Read full article
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer completed Spain's DavisCupfinal whitewash over the Czech Republic in Barcelona.
Defending champions Spain had sealed their fourth Davis Cup title on Saturday when the doubles pair of Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez demolished their Czech opponents to give the hosts an unassailable 3-0 lead.
And world number two Nadal and Ferrer completed the job on Sunday by beating Jan Hajek and Lukas Dlouhy respectively for a final 5-0 scoreline for the hosts.
Nadal downed Jan Hajek 6-3 6-4 while Ferrer cruised to a 6-4 6-2 victory over Dlouhy.
Dubai An all-expense paid trip for two to Wimbledon2010 and similar packages for the USOpen at Pebble Beach and The Masters at Augusta are among the items on offer at tonight's charity gala dinner and auction to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City.
The event is an initiative from Dubai Sports City (DSC) and Right To Play International with the sole aim of supporting programmes for children in the Middle East and in the UAE. Proceedings will get under way at 7.30pm at the Al Ras Ballroom.
Announcing the event was Dr Ahmad Sa'ad Al Sharif, general secretary of the Dubai Sports Counc... Read full article
Spain won its second straight DavisCupon Saturday by capturing its doubles match against the Czech Republic.
Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco beat Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7), 7-5, 6-2 on clay to give the Spaniards an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five final.
Spain won its fourth title since 2000 and is the first country since Sweden in 1998 to successfully defend the trophy.
Stepanek netted a shot on match point to hand Spain the title at the same venue where it took its first title nine years ago. Lopez threw his wrist band to Crown Prince Felipe after the team bench em... Read full article
