TENNIS

Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, (OOU) has won the table tennis team event at the on-going Gateway Tertiary Institutions Games(GATIG) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Inexperienced Russian Alisa Kleybanova fired a barrage of powerful baseline shots and aces to clinch the crown over compatriot Elena Dementieva in the final of the Malaysian Open on Sunday.The 21-year-old Kleybanova dominated the match in humid conditions and won 6-3, 6-2 in just over 100 minutes.

The match had been held over from Saturday because of heavy rain with defending champion Djokovic 7-5, 2-0 ahead.At that stage the second seeded Serb had appeared to be coasting to his first ever defence of an ATP title

PAT Rafter is considering an approach to return to Australian tennis, potentially as the next Davis Cup captain.  The former world No 1, a dual US Open champion, confirmed he has had discussions with Tennis Australia after claiming a seniors event in Delray Beach, Florida, last week.

Argentina, further weakened by injury to Juan Monaco, have named young Federico Del Bonis to replace the world number 30 in their Davis team to face Sweden next weekend.

Venus Williams came from a set down to defend her Mexican Open title, while David Ferrer defeated good friend and fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to end his 14-match winning streak on Saturday. 

Australia named Bernard Tomic, 17, as their youngest ever Davis Cup player on Tuesday, shrugging off last month’s Australian Open rant and his ongoing feud with Lleyton Hewitt.Tomic, called up after injuries to Hewitt and Chris Guccione

Defending champion Novak Djokovic sailed through unscathed, while a former two-time finalist fell to a qualifier on the opening day of the 2010 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.

Maria Sharapova put her disappointing Australian Open performance behind her weekend, as she beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1 to win the WTA Tour’s Memphis title.

Andy Roddick doesn’t mind being the second-most famous person living in his house these days. The tennis star has been overshadowed lately by his wife, model Brooklyn Decker, who is gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated popular swimsuit issue and featured on a billboard in Times Square.