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Reports on developments concerning tennis tournaments around the world. Milan Indoors in Milan, Italy; Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan; Volvo Women's Open in Pattay, Thailand; Millennium International Championships in Delray Beach, Florida; Bellsouth Open in Vina Del Mar, Chile.

Reports that tennis player Ricardo Mello has beaten Mario Ancic to advance to the final of the Millenium International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida.

The article focuses on the renovation of Hard Rock Stadium, home of billionaire Stephen M. Ross's Miami Dolphins, into a tennis court for the Miami Open, and comments that sports management company IMG ran into an impasse with Bruce Matheson who refused to allow 50 million dollars of renovations to the Crandon Park site where the Miami Open had been held previously.

The article reports that tennis player Sloane Stephens has won her hometown tournament Miami Open, held on Key Biscayne, Florida, and mentions that she was eager to win the tournament before its switch in 2019 to the Miami Dolphins' stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The article reports on the Miami Open tennis tournament in Florida, which will be the final installment on Key Biscayne, a bucolic barrier island south of Miami Beach, and mentions significance of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, which has hosted the tournament.

The article reports that the Miami Open tennis tournament will be held at the Miami Dolphins' stadium titled Hard Rock Stadium in 2019 and adds that the decision was unanimously approved by Miami-Dade County commissioners.

The article discusses the athletic profile of Florida-based women tennis player CiCi Bellis. She was ranked outside the top 200 in 2016 and attended Stanford University and was coached by United States Tennis Association's coaching staff Aranda. She became the youngest player in 18 years to win the singles match at the U.S. Open and became world's top-ranked junior in 2014 and ranked as the youngest player in the top 100 and beaten Agnieszka Radwanska world number 2 in 2017.

Reports on the quarterfinal victory of Venus Williams at the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Florida. Highlights of her performance after several consecutive losses to her sister Serena; The performance of others including Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Kim Clijsters will skip the French Open and clay-court season to focus on adapting to grass ahead of Wimbledon and the London Olympics. Clijsters is recovering much more slowly than expected after tearing a hip muscle at the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida last month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- With a shot at a record seventh French Open title two months away, Rafael Nadal passed up a chance at the biggest title he has failed to win. Nadal withdrew from the Sony Ericsson Open with a left knee injury on Friday hours before his scheduled semifinal match with Andy Murray, the 2009 champion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Long before Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at age 17 to become a star in women's tennis, she dreamed of winning the Sony Ericsson Open. Sharapova, 24, now has three Grand Slam titles and 24 career wins, but she still awaits her first Sony Ericsson title. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When a tennis player is at the top of his game, he is said to be in the zone. Expert bridge players experience that also, just knowing where all of the cards are lying. Richie Coren (East) of Delray Beach, Fla., found the ''zonal'' play in the diagramed deal from a game in Florida this month. Defending against three no-trump, Michael Seamon (West) of Dania, Fla., led his fourth-highest spade, the six. Declarer played low from the dummy and captured East's nine with his ace. South then led a low diamond to dummy's nine. If you had been East, how would you have planned the defense? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mardy Fish earned the No. 1 American ranking in men's tennis by reaching the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He defeated David Ferrer, 7-5, 6-2, on Wednesday and will climb to at least 11th, a career best, in the next ranking, while Andy Roddick will fall to 14th from 8th after losing his opening match last week. No. 3-seeded Vera Zvonareva became the first women's semifinalist by beating No. 9 Agnieszka Radwanska, 7-5, 6-3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Juan Martin del Potro, playing in his first final since winning the 2009 United States Open, defeated Janko Tipsarevic, 6-4, 6-4, to win the Delray Beach (Fla.) championships. Del Potro missed most of last season with a right wrist injury and is ranked 166th. (AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WIMBLEDON, England -- James Blake of Tampa, Fla., took 10 months off the men's tennis tour to relieve a knee pain. But six days ago, at a warmup tournament in Eastborne, the feeling returned and on Tuesday it bedeviled him throughout a first-round loss at Wimbledon. ''If it doesn't get better soon,'' Blake told reporters, ''I'm not sure how much longer I want to play in pain.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The 20-year-old Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina upset the top-ranked Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), Thursday in the quarterfinals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Del Potro had lost all nine sets in their four previous matches, but he was buoyed by a home-court advantage, with many transplanted Argentines in the crowd singing ''Del-Po'' between points. On Friday, Del Potro will face the winner of the quarterfinal between Andy Murray and Fernando Verdasco. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Top-ranked Serena Williams twice lost five games in a row but finished with a flourish to beat No. 17-seeded Zheng Jie, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, in the Sony Ericsson in Key Biscayne, Fla. Also reaching the final eight was No. 5-seeded Venus Williams, who staged her own narrow escape to beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. The Williams sisters could renew their sibling rivalry in the semifinals Thursday. On the men's side, where there have been no big surprises, top-ranked Rafael Nadal reached the fourth round by beating qualifier Frederico Gil 7-5, 6-3. No. 4-seeded Andy Murray defeated Nicolas Massu 6-4, 6-4. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Maria Sharapova overcame five double faults and 33 unforced errors to beat Dominika Cibulkova, 7-6 (7), 6-3, in the final of the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla. It was Sharapova's first title on clay and her third over all in 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova set up a semifinal showdown Saturday in the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island, Fla., winning quarterfinals Friday. The top-seeded Sharapova beat No. 10 Alona Bondarenko, 6-7 (9), 6-3, 6-2. Davenport, the No. 16 seed, advanced with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) victory over No. 8 Agnes Szavay. Sharapova is 5-1 lifetime against Davenport but has never faced her on clay, the surface at Amelia Island. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rafael Nadal converted only 4 of 19 break-point chances but rallied to beat James Blake, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Jelena Jankovic advanced to the women's semifinals when Elena Dementieva retired with a back injury after 58 minutes, trailing by 6-3, 3-1. On Thursday, Jankovic will face No. 19 Vera Zvonareva, who defeated No. 13 Dinara Safina, 7-5, 6-4. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on 89th-ranked tennis player Amer Delic, and says that his strength is his perspective. Delic won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N.C.A.A.) singles title in 2003 and the author states that Delic's defeat of No. 4 seeded Nikolay Davydenko at Sony Ericsson Open tournament in Florida in March 2007 was a high point of his career. It is reported that Delic fled from war-torn Bosnia with his family in 1996 and later became an American citizen.

The article presents information on the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Reports on the victory of Lindsay Davenport over Els Callens in the Fed Cup Semifinals at Delray Beach Tennis Center in Florida.

Reports developments in the Fed Cup tennis tournament in Delray Beach, Florida.

Reports on the victory of tennis player Lindsay Davenport over Silvia Farina Elia in the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Florida.

Reports on the victory of Xavier Malisse over Jiri Novak at the Millennium Tennis Championships in Delray Beach, Florida.