Month of March , 2007

Mario Ancic was ruled out of tennis for at least two months Thursday after being diagnosed with mononucleosis.

Mikhail Youzhny sent Rafael Nadal crashing out of the Dubai Open beating the defending champion in straight sets 7-6 6-3.

Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova came back from the brink to oust Martina Hingis 1-6 6-4 6-4 and set up a semifinal with Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Qatar Open on Thursday.

German Tommy Haas needed just 49 minutes to demolish Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-0 6-2 and reach the Dubai Open semi-finals.

Rising star Novak Djokovic is aware of his responsibilities as the new order tries to hustle out the old on the ATP Men's Tour.

Top seed Justine Henin beat Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-7 6-2 6-4 to reach the final of the Qatar Open on Friday and stay on course for a 'Gulf Double'.

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Sweden's Robin Soderling 7-5 6-2 at the Dubai Open to reach his second successive final.

Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt have slammed the ATP's decision to controversially award James Blake a place in the quarter finals of the Las Vegas Open.

American James Blake was controversially given a spot in the Las Vegas Open quarter-finals after the ATP reversed a quirk in the rules of its new round-robin format that had seen him ousted in bizarre fashion.

Belgium's Justine Henin defeated Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 6-2 to win the Qatar Open and complete a Gulf double on Saturday.

Emilie Loit and Flavia Pennetta advanced to the final of the Abierto Mexicano on Friday.

Former world number ones Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt set up a mouth-watering Las Vegas Open semi-final after recording victories over Spanish opponents on Friday.

Former world No. 1 Carlos Moya shocked top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero on Friday to reach the men's final of the WTA and ATP Mexico Open claycourt tournament.

World number six James Blake called on the ATP Tour to change the rules at round-robin tournaments after a bizarre 24 hours when he went out of the Las Vegas Open, was reinstated and then eliminated again.

Swiss star Martina Hingis and her Russian partner Maria Kirilenko handed Agnes Szavay of Hungary and Vladimira Uhlirova of Czech Republic a crushing 6-1, 6-1 defeat to clinch the WTA Qatar Total Open doubles title at the Khalifa Tennis Complex yesterday.

Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela defeated Spain's Carlos Moya in straight sets here Saturday to capture the Mexican Open ATP title.

Unseeded Emilie Loit of France defeated fifth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy 7-6 (0), 6-4 in the Abierto Mexicano women's final on Saturday.

Lleyton Hewitt believes he is approaching top form at the right time after beating Russian Marat Safin 7-5 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Las Vegas Open final for the second successive year.

Marat Safin lost in the Las Vegas Open semi-finals on Saturday but was still content with his progress going into this month's back-to-back Masters Series events.

It's only fitting that the winners of the last four majors will go up against some of the most popular figures from the rest of the sporting world, as well as each other, at the 2007 Laureus World Sports Awards, to be held Monday night, April 2, in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain.