Tennis

Reigning three-time champion and hometown hero Roger Federer was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors.

Spanish favorite Fernando Verdasco reached the second round, while third-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came up a loser Wednesday at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

Top seeds Marion Bartoli and Samantha Stosur were among Wednesday's round-robin winners at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.

Second-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Swiss Indoors

Top-seeded Andy Murray and reigning champion David Ferrer were among Tuesday's opening-round winners at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

Tennis star Tommy Haas has been diagnosed with a case of swine flu.

Playing his first tennis since losing in September's U.S. Open final, Swiss icon Roger Federer returned to the tennis courts with a first-round victory Monday at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament.

Serena Williams set a new single- season record on the WTA Tour by earning more than $6.5 million in prize money this year.

Second-seeded world No. 7 Nikolay Davydenko was an easy first-round winner Monday at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

It seemed like we knew just about everything we needed to know about one Andre Kirk Agassi, but his upcoming tell-all book will probably leave us scratching our heads.