The Serbian tennis player, Jelena Jankovic, surprised even herself last Sunday after she clinched the winner?s title of the Italian Open tennis championships. Jankovic beat the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, ranked number three in the world, in an impressive match consisting of two sets.

One of the world?s top tennis players, Lindsay Davenport, will probably announce her retirement from the world of sports as she is due to give birth to her first child next summer

The average age of a top ranking tennis player peaks in his or her twenties and then gradually declines with age

The Tennis Masters cup ended in Shanghai on Sunday. On top of the tournament, and the tennis world as a whole, again stands Roger Federer

Although tennis has many fans and followers around the world, major tennis events do not really capture the same enthusiasm and interest of other sporting events, such as the soccer World Cup. The ATP has decided to change some of the settings for the 2007 men`s tour in order to increase tennis`appeal.

With the increasing popularity of podcasts, more and more people around the world can listen to coverage of popular sporting events. The latest example comes to us from the world of tennis. In a course of two months, the Tennis Podcast has had visitors to it`s web site from all corners of the world.

Do Minh Quan, a wild card playing before a home crowd, lost to Bjorn Phau of Germany 6-3, 6-2 on indoor courts at the ATP Vietnam Open.

Top-seeded Israeli Anna Smashnova defeated Croatia`s Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday and will face Colombian qualifier Catalina Castano in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix.