MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The dark clouds were still hovering above Roger Federer and Serena Williams when they made their first appearances at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The unseasonal rain that washed out most of Monday's matches gave way to brilliant sunshine but the two world number ones were caught in their own storms. Federer survived a real scare from ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An angry Robin Soderling blew a two-set advantage over Spain's Marcel Granollers and crashed out of the Australian Open in the first round Tuesday. The world number eight, who had a breakout season in 2009, had been suffering from elbow tendinitis before the tournament but refused to blame the injury for his 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Injury-prone, middle-aged by tennis standards and owning precious little silverware, Robin Soderling would seem an unlikely candidate to challenge the heavyweights for the Australian Open crown. Yet precious few of the game's top players would volunteer to play the Swedish world number eight when action begins next week at Melbourne Park despite his modest record of four ...

US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro Thursday pulled out of his final tune-up match prior to the Australian Open, citing a wrist injury. His withdrawal from the Koyoong Classic was mirrored by French Open finalist Robin Soderling, who quit a semi-final trailing 6-4 against Ivan Ljubicic to avoid doing himself more elbow damage ahead of the season's opening ...