Russian tennis star Anna Chakvetadze is recovering after being assaulted by masked men in her home in Moscow on Tuesday. Chakvetadze won four WTA Tour singles titles last year, which gave her almost £750,000 in the pocket. The masked bandits reportedly robbed the world No.6 tennis player of up to £100,000 worth of valuables. According to Russian tennis Chief Shamil Tarpishchev, 20-year-old Chakvetadze was not injured.

Steve Bierley has selected most successful tennis personalities of 2007. Let’s see who is in the list.

1)      Roger Federer – with his three slam titles and first ever victory over Nadal.

2)      Fabrice Santoro from France – who showed excellent tennis and proved that modern tennis needs not be all biff and bash.

3)      Serena and Venus Williams – with their capable winning slam titles.

4)      Andy Roddick – who led the US to their first Davis Cup victory since 1995.

5)      Marion Bartoli – French Wimbledon finalist.

6)      Richard Gasquet – who reached his first slam semi-final at Wimbledon

It is the first time that the United States wins its Davis Cup since 1995 with a doubles victory over defending champion Russia on Saturday. Leading 2-0 in the best-of-5 final, the Americans’ powerful players Bob and Mike Bryan beat Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-2.

Andrew Murray has won the British tennis award and has been named the British male player of the year. In fact, it was who public voted for Andy in the Lawn Tennis Association Awards. Murray achieved a career-high of eight in the world this summer.

Tennis fan Leighton McLeod was thrilled to find out this week that he had won a weekend prize to the Cayman Classic Pro–Am Tennis Tournament. Mr. McLeod has been an avid follower of professional tennis for 9 (!) years, along with his wife. Judging by everything the long years of his avidity were quite unexpectedly rewarded.

The 78-year old Ken McGregor, the winner of the Australian Open, who was member of 3 winning Davis Cup teams, died at his home in Australia, it was reported Sunday. The Melbourne Herald Sun wrote that Ken McGregor died Friday of cancer in Adelaide. McGregor won the open in ‘52, defeating Frank Sedgman. Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman teamed up to win many double titles. Ken also starred in 2 other sports, Australian football and cricket

For all those who did not spend much time last weekend in front of TV, I’m shouting: We beat the Russians! The mission today is not to let the achievements of the Americans at the net go unnoticed. The Davis Cup couldn’t even beat out the popularity of the NHL. Too bad, though, because this is a truly nice story. The United States tennis players are finally back on top after a long drought since 1995, which became even longer than the Ryder Cup in golf.

Murray signaled his wish to employ a rotating squad of tennis experts after his split with Brad Gilbert. Britain’s No. 1 confirmed former Davis Cup player and fellow Maclagan would work with him in Florida for a 3-week period, which could be extended in case it turns out to be successful. Andy Murray insists his split with coach Brad Gilbert was not down to a clash of personalities. Yet he is determined to avoid any conflict in the new set-up.