Crowd favourite John Isner says he wants to keep coming back to Auckland despite a less than memorable performance in 2011.

Argentine sixth seed David Nalbandian remains on track to add the Auckland men's Open to his 11 career titles.

Rafael Nadal is poised to become just the third man to hold all four Grand Slam trophies at once. The "Rafa Slam" is on.

Defending champion John Isner is out of the Heineken Open tennis tournament in Auckland.

Nicolas Almagro and Thomaz Bellucci have become the first players to advance to the quarterfinals of the Heineken Open.

Young French tennis prospect Adrian Mannarino will be prepared when he faces countryman Arnaud Clement at the Heineken Open.

The big guns are about to come out to play at the Heineken Open in Auckland.

Seventh seed Thomaz Bellucci has reached the second round of the Heineken Open after a three set marathon.

Philipp Kohlschreiber may have improved from when he won the 2008 Heineken Open but unfortunately so have his opponents.

Tennis New Zealand's doing its best to calm a potentially ugly spat between the country's top players and the head coach.

Rubin Statham has failed to book a place in the main draw at the Heineken Open losing in the final round of qualifying today.

Nothing could rain on top seed Robin Soderling's parade as he comfortably claimed the Brisbane International title on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal's bid to win a fourth consecutive grand slam at the Australian Open is back on track.

Often the journey is better than the destination and so it proved at the ASB Classic.

It would take a supreme optimist to suggest the first day of the Heineken Open will turn out to be the day of the Kiwi.