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BEIJING (AP) Top-ranked Roger Federer will play Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament, while rival Rafael Nadal could face a difficult second-round matchup in the draw announced Thursday. (MORE)

BEIJING (AP) Roger Federer is thinking more about the number eight than the No. 1 ranking he will lose after the Olympics. (MORE)

LOS ANGELES (AP) Florent Serra defeated Fernando Verdasco and Denis Gremelmayr beat Feliciano Lopez on an afternoon of upsets Wednesday at the Countrywide Classic. (MORE)

BEIJING (AP) A long season of grueling duels against Roger Federer seem to have taken their toll on Wimbledon and French Open champion Rafael Nadal. (MORE)

NEW YORK (AP) Croatia's Mario Ancic withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday with a recurrence of mononucleosis, the second straight year the 25th-ranked player was forced to miss the tournament. (MORE)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) A federal jury on Tuesday cleared the way for the ATP Tour's planned tournament restructuring next year, rejecting antitrust claims in a lawsuit filed by the German Tennis Federation. (MORE)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) The U.S. Tennis Association reached an agreement to buy a majority interest in the Cincinnati Masters ATP hard-court tournament and hopes to turn it into a combined event for men and women. (MORE)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Andy Roddick was handed the large American flag and then just stood there. He wasn't going on a victory lap until his teammates joined him. (Full Story)

BREMEN, Germany (AP) Having already advanced to the Davis Cup semifinals, Spain split its reverse singles Sunday and defeated Germany 4-1. (Full Story)

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) Maria Sharapova entered the Bausch & Lomb Championships with hopes of gaining some experience on clay. (Full Story)