Maria Sharapova sealed her first title since her lengthy injury lay-off after Jelena Jankovic retired in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

The 22-year-old Russian was leading 5-2 in the first set when Serbian seventh seed Jankovic was forced to withdraw with a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

It handed Sharapova, who only returned to action in May, her first tournament win since Amelia Island in April 2008.

"It was my second final of the year, so I was a bit nervous," Sharapov...

Murray claims first grass-court title at Queen's Club

LONDON (AP)—Andy Murray defeated James Blake 7-5, 6-4 Sunday to win the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club for his first grass-court title.

The top-seeded Murray became the first British player to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938, who then went on to become the last Briton to reach the Wimbledon final.

“I was quite nervous,” Murray said. “People were telling me that no (Briton) had won here for 70-odd years so th...

Haas stuns Djokovic in three sets to win Halle title

HALLE, Germany (AP)—Tommy Haas upset Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 Sunday to win the Gerry Weber Open for his first grass-court title.  The 31-year-old German became the oldest ATP Tour winner this year. Haas has 12 career titles and now has won on all surfaces.

“It’s a great accomplishment for me,” he said. “It’s such a great feeling to hold a trophy again. It makes all the setbacks go away.”  In defeating the second-seeded ...

Nikolay Davydenko continued his return to top form on Friday, when the third-seeded Russian beat Radek Stepanek for the first time since October 2004 at Moscow. Davydenko snapped a three-match losing streak against the ninth-seeded Czech with a 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2 win in two hours and 19 minutes for a place in the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell semi-finals.

Davydenko progressed to his first ATP World Tour semi-finals since November 2008, when he finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Tennis Ma...

Rafael Nadal heads the list of home hopes to progress into the last 16 at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday. The world number one was joined by five other Spaniards in making it through to the third round of the competition.

He saw off Frederico Gil 6-2 6-2 first up and his compatriot Tommy Robredo then beat Gaston Gaudio 7-6 (8-6) 6-1. "It was a win without too much bother," 22-year-old Nadal said. "I was always comfortable without really doing anything spectacular."

Second seed Fernando Ver...