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Roger Federer said the players' complaints could be answered by
a common-sense approach

Federer rules out strike action to fix crowded calendar

09 November 2011 12:00 AM

Two months after there were suggestions of possible strike action by players, Roger Federer and his colleagues are looking as likely to man the picket lines as this week's Paris Masters is to offer chip butties and mugs of tea for lunch. After Andy Murray admitted here that plans for players to discuss their grievances had got "nowhere", Federer himself said that he did not believe a strike was necessary and that such talk was "absurd".

Murray had little difficulty navigating past Chardy

Andy Murray winning run continues in Paris

09 November 2011 01:34 PM

Andy Murray breezed past France's Jeremy Chardy in the Paris Masters today to secure his 17th victory in a row.

Andy Murray has lost just once in his last 26 matches

Murray aims to end year on high note

08 November 2011 12:00 AM

The Paris Masters comes at a time when most of the top players are clinging on to the last vestiges of their fitness after a long and gruelling season.

Roger Federer, the world No 4, hammered Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the final of the Swiss Indoors

Home comfort as Federer ends drought

07 November 2011 12:00 AM

Victory is all the sweeter when it comes on home soil but Roger Federer had even greater reason than usual to celebrate his customary victory in the Swiss indoor championships in Basle yesterday.

Gael Monfils must win the Paris Masters to secure one of three remaining places in the eight-man competition at the O2 Arena

London looks tall order for Monfils

05 November 2011 12:00 AM

Gael Monfils' hopes of a place at this month's World Tour finals suffered a blow when he was upset 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 by Spain's Marcel Granollers in the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open yesterday.

Andy Murray leaves the pitch of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament

Injury forces Murray to pull out of Basle tournament

03 November 2011 12:00 AM

Andy Murray's quest to win a fourth successive title ended in disappointment yesterday when he withdrew with an injury shortly before his scheduled first-round match against Robin Haase in Basle. Having strained his right gluteal muscle, the 24-year-old Scot must now try to regain fitness in time for the Paris Masters, which begins on Monday.

Tsonga survives Spanish scare

02 November 2011 12:00 AM

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was given a scare by Spanish teenager Javier Marti before rallying to win yesterday's first-round match at the Valencia Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Baltacha was beaten 7-6, 6-4 in the final

Baltacha misses chance to end on winning note

31 October 2011 12:00 AM

Elena Baltacha is expected to return to the world's top 50 despite losing her last match of the season yesterday. The 28-year-old Briton, ranked No 58, was beaten 7-6, 6-4 by 41-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final of the tournament in Poitiers, France.

Petra Kvitova, the 21-year-old Czech champion of Wimbledon is part of a rising young generation

Kvitova closes on No 1 ranking with fine finish

31 October 2011 12:00 AM

Petra Kvitova's memorable year ended in perfect fashion here yesterday when the 21-year-old Czech won the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in her first appearance at the season-ending event. Kvitova's 7-5 4-6 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka in the final gave the Wimbledon champion her sixth title of the year and ensured that she would rise to No 2 in today's updated world rankings list.

Return to form puts Kvitova into final

30 October 2011 12:00 AM

Being Wimbledon champion has brought its challenges for Petra Kvitova but the 21-year-old Czech is finishing the year in the form that delivered her first Grand Slam title this summer. Playing here inthe season-ending WTA Championships for the first time, Kvitova will meet Victoria Azarenka in today's final knowing that victory will be accompanied both by a cheque for $1.75m (nearly £1.1m) and by another rise in the world rankings.

Stosur in semi-final as big names tumble

29 October 2011 12:00 AM

Kvitova favourite in low-key last four as the year-ending tournament looks like a damp squib

Murray goes for four on the trot in Basle

28 October 2011 12:00 AM

Andy Murray will try to win his fourth title triumph in a row next week – at Roger Federer's hometown tournament in Basle. The Scot, whose winning run has justresulted in him replacing the Swiss at No 3 in the world rankings, has taken a wild card into the event whose highly competitive field includes Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and Tomas Berdych.