Tennis: Federer, Nadal to renew rivalry in Rome final

Britain's Andy Murray lies on the court as he receives treatment during the ATP Rome Open tennis tournament in the Foro Italico on May 15, 2013, in Rome. Murray will miss the French Open with the back injury he picked up at the Rome Masters, the ...

The crowd sitting in the sunshine at Rome's Foro Italico watched Nadal race to victory in 69 minutes on the red clay. The Spaniard, back in his best form after last year's long injury layoff, spent less time on court than Serena Williams who won her ...

Both players struggled with the wind at the Foro Italico, with Robson hitting eight double-faults and Venus six, although Venus' errors came at more inopportune times, notably two double-faults in the final game. Robson, who at No. 39 is ranked 15 ...

Novak Djokovic lost out 2-6 7-5 6-4 to Tomas Berdych at the Foro Italico Czech Tomas Berdych tasted only his second victory in 15 clashes with Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the Rome Masters on Friday, coming from nowhere to stun the ...

With clay dust swirling around the tree-lined Foro Italico courts, the American former world number one suffered a scrappy, undignified exit as her fabled power game misfired. Robson will now try to complete a rare double as top seed Serena ...

Of the three leading seeds at the event, which begins on Sunday at the picturesque Foro Italico, only number three Murray lasted until the quarterfinals in Madrid last week. Defending champion Federer was ambushed in the third round by Japan's Kei ...

Fifth-seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain racked up his seventh Italian Masters title Sunday, dispatching Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and ...

Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal won the Italian Open on Sunday. Williams swept past Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the women's final while Nadal recorded the same result in the men's final against Roger Federer. After all these years, Rafael Nadal ...

Williams had twice won 21 in a row before, although both of those streaks came more than a decade ago, in 2002 and 2003. Showing off near-perfect form less than 10 days before the French Open, Williams has dropped just three games in her last two ...