Forget the Hollywood version. The Oscars of world sport, the nominations for the Laureus Awards, were just announced. And tennis dominated the field with nominations in five of the seven categories.
World Number 1 Roger Federer, top golfer Tiger Woods, and seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher lead the nominations for the Laureus World Sportsman [...]

Impressive performance this weekend by Tommy Haas, who hammered Andy Roddick to win his third Memphis title. Haas won the event without dropping a set or even facing a break point – a pretty amazing statistic – and he raised his 2007 record to 13-2.

News out of Wimbledon is that for the first time in history the Championships will pay equal prize money to both the men and women this year.

Open 13
Marseille, France
Finals:
Gilles Simon (FRA) d. (7) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-4, 7-6(3)
(4)Clement/Llodra (FRA) d. (1) Knowles/Nestor (BAH/CAN) 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
A new French star was born Sunday as 22-year-old Gilles Simon topped Baghdatis for his first career title. Last year Simon reached the final at Valencia on clay, and is the first Frenchman to reach an [...]

The powers that be in tennis have a great track record of making the sport as hard to see as possible. In the U.S. the USTA sells the Davis Cup rights to the Versus network, who then shows it on tape. On Saturday night, with the blockbuster Andy Roddick vs. Andy Murray match at the [...]

In case you missed the latest Sports Illustrated – no, not the swimsuit issue – or you simply don’t get it, Pete Sampras took yet another swipe at the current crop of men’s players.

Mirza Miserable in Bangalore; Around the Tour
Can India’s Sania Mirza ever become a top player and see her talent catch up with Sania-mania in the East? How about at least one day crack the Top 30?
Not if Friday at her homecountry event in Bangalore is an indication, where the No. 2-seeded Mirza lost in three [...]

Hope you all had a better weekend than Ivan Ljubicic – probably not that hard. The crappy Croat laid an egg losing the final six sets he played to cement Croatia’s first round loss in Davis Cup to Germany.

When Venus Williams was confirmed for the U.S. April Fed Cup match against Belgium, after she had yet to make a tour appearance this year because of injury, one thought “good luck with that, keep you fingers crossed.”
When earlier this week it was announced that the oft-injured Serena would join Venus on the team, it [...]

Russia leads Chile 2-0
MARAT SAFIN (RUS) d. NICOLAS MASSU (CHI) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
IGOR ANDREEV (RUS) d. FERNANDO GONZALEZ (CHI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
The Chileans, heavily favored, look less-than-fearsome on their home clay as the Russians put themselves within a win of advancing on Friday. The less-than-fresh Gonzo, coming off the Australian Open final and Vina [...]