The reigning Australian Open junior champion is eligible to spend another two years bolstering his already impressive age record, if he wants to. But, after mixing junior and senior events in roughly equal measure in 2008, the talented Gold Coast teenager would prefer to speed up his development by committing fully to the men’s circuit [...]

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has released the official 2008 season-ending tennis rankings. Jelena Jankovic has ended the tennis year as the number one tennis player in the world, followed by Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, and Ana Ivanovic. 2007 POINTS DROPPED ON NOVEMBER 10: Madrid (SEC) Top 20 Rankings (November 10, 2008) 1. [...]

Rafael Nadal will miss Spain’s Davis Cup final against Argentina because of a knee injury. The top-ranked Nadal said Monday he was still struggling with tendinitis in his right knee following a week of treatment. “The knee said no,” the 22-year-old said. Spain team doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro said Nadal would need three to six weeks [...]

Nadal becomes the 15th year-end No.1 since Ilie Nastase in 1973, with names such as Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Federer himself all having managed the feat. After Federer’s semi-final loss to Andy Murray in Madrid, the 22-year-old Mallorca native, who was also a semi-final loser to Gilles Simon, was certain to become [...]