Third seed Novak Djokovic ended the hopes of home favourite Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open on Monday.The Serbian recovered from a nervy start to clinch victory in two hours, 26 minutes and set up a last-eight clash with fifth seed David Ferrer of Spain.Lleyton was very tired from the Baghdatis match a couple of nights ago.The Australian 19th seed’s previous match had ended at 4.33am on Sunday morning but he showed no signs of fatigue as he broke to lead 4-2 in the first set, only for Djokovic to hit back and win it.Hewitt, in his 12th Australian Open, gave himself hope when he broke early in the second set but Djokovic struck back to win it and he stormed into a 5-2 lead in the third.

 The Martina Hingis case where the Swiss former world number one tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in early July.She was only handed a two-year suspension when an appeal failed earlier this month.WTA Tour chief executive Larry Scott told The Melbourne Age newspaper that provisional suspensions could be in place as early as 2009.Currently, once A and B samples have tested positive, nothing further occurs until after the tribunal hearing.

Don’t miss a chance to see tennis stars at US Open Tennis. It will take place in Louis Armstrong Stadium, Flushing, NY on Aug 25, 2008. Us Open will be ended on Sep 7, 2008. You can still get ticket to this event!

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.

Roger Federer, tennis world No. 1, is going to send a global televised message in order to raise awareness of mother-to-child HIV transmission to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. The famous tennis player, who is also a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, will star in the thirty-second video message, that will be recorded in separate English, German, and French versions. The video will be distributed to broadcasters around the world. Roger Federer confessed his willingness to play his part and use his sporting profile to help foster motivation and hope amongst the children, who were affected by the deadly disease