MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Lindsay Davenport unapologetically drilled Justin Gimelstob with a ball that left a red mark on his stomach. The three-time Slam champ went so far as to cross the net and autograph her work. Tracy Austin attempted to comfort her doubles partner by kissing Gimelstob’s wound and, moments later, defended his honor [...]

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A year can sometimes make all the difference between victory and defeat and that was certainly the case on Nov. 4 at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. In a singles final featuring two former touring pros, second-seeded Oren Motevassel of Sunnyvale, Calif., defeated defending champ and top-seed Jeff Tarango of Manhattan Beach, Calif., [...]

Sachia Vickery of Miramar, Fla., and Noah Rubin of Rockville Centre, N.Y., started 2012 in fine fashion on Jan. 8, capturing the year’s first singles titles on the ITF World Junior Circuit, winning all-American finals at the prestigious 48th Copa Del Café in San Jose, Costa Rica. No. 5-seeded Vickery, 16, didn’t drop a single [...]

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Robert Kendrick, the Fresno native who was banned from the ATP Tour for a year after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at Roland Garros, says he plans to appeal the 12-month sanction issued by the International Tennis Federation. According to the ITF, Kendrick, 31, can’t return to the courts until May 22, 2012 [...]