When my daughters were kids, I had a brief flirtation with being a tennis dad.

New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has teamed up with Zimbabwe's Cara Black to reach the doubles final at the Madrid Masters.

The 2XU New Zealand Davis Cup team has been controversially awarded a victory against Pakistan.

If you work for ASB and you are in Takapuna's Sovereign House, Albany's C:Drive or are about to move into ASB North Wharf at Wynyard Quarter, then lucky you.

Marina Erakovic's recent run of good form came to an abrupt halt yesterday when she was ousted in the first round of the prestigious Indian Wells tennis tournament in California, going down 6-3 6-4 to former world No 12 Shahar Peer from Israel.

After her dream came true in the form of a breakthrough victory, it's back to the reality of the WTA tour for Marina Erakovic.

Marina Erakovic is through to the final of the US$235,000 Memphis WTA tournament, after beating Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 6-2 6-4 this morning.

Rafael Nadal beat David Nalbandian 6-2 6-3 in the final of the Brazil Open on Sunday, winning his first title since returning from a seven-month layoff.