Diego Hartfield - Player Profile - Tennis

Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open in Rome.

Rafael Nadal warmed up for the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 demolition of Roger Federer to defend his Rome Masters title.

Roger Federer booked a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters after beating Benoit Paire 7-6(5) 6-4.

Rafael Nadal remained on track for his seventh Rome Masters title when he beat Tomas Berdych 6-2 6-4 in the semi-finals.

Serena Williams thrashed Simona Halep to reach the final of the Italian Open in Rome, where she will face Victoria Azarenka.

Roger Federer overcame a brief scare in the second set to beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4 7-6(2) and reach the Rome Masters semis.

Tomas Berdych recovered from a set and a break down to dump Novak Djokovic out of the Rome Masters in the quarter-finals.

Maria Sharapova withdrew from her Italian Open quarter-final with Italy's Sara Errani because of "physical problems".

WADA has filed an appeal against the verdict in Spain's "Operation Puerto" trial into an alleged doping ring in cycling.

ESPN has signed an 11-year contract to exclusively show all rounds of the US Open on its channels in North and South America.

Team-mates, managers, politicians and fans queued up to pay tribute to the retiring David Beckham on Thursday.

Serena Williams tied her longest career winning streak with a 6-0 6-1 Rome Masters rout of Dominika Cibulkova.

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