Lebanon may have lost the Davis Cup tie convincingly but in many ways, they were doing well just to be there.

Dan King-Turner and Marcus Daniell won the doubles to give New Zealand an unassailable 3-0 lead in their Asia/Oceania Group II tie heading into tomorrow's reverse singles.

Marina Erakovic exited the US$235,000 Pattaya tournament in Thailand overnight after going down to German Sabine Lisicki in her quarter-final.

Judging by his subdued post-match press conference, you might have thought Andy Murray had lost to Roger Federer in the semifinals of the Australian Open, but the Scot was all too aware his biggest challenge is yet to come.

When Andre Agassi hands over the trophies for the men's final at the Australian Open tonight, you could be forgiven for looking round for his father.

Video has surfaced of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne making an unlikely catch from the stands at the Australian Open last night.

Matt Simpson has been drafted into a weakened New Zealand Davis Cup team to take on Lebanon in next weekend's Asia/Oceania Group II tie at North Harbour.

Even Roger Federer once harboured self-doubts and the humble Swiss has expressed his relief at "living through a drastic generation change" to carve out a career of unrivalled longevity and excellence.

Spain's Nicolas Almagro blew three chances to serve out his match against compatriot David Ferrer, who pounced on the opportunity to seal an unlikely Australian Open semifinal berth.

Judging by the way she plays her tennis, the Australian Open fourth seed's favourite Kidman movie is more likely to be "Dead Calm" than "Days of Thunder".