Yesterday Tommy Robredo played an unknowing hand in the determination of his quarter-final foe.

New Zealand's involvement in the mens singles at the Heineken Open in Auckland has come to an end.

Auckland's struggle to attract a top field to this year's men's tennis open did not go unnoticed in the game's corridors of power.

Spanish top 50 player Albert Montanes says he has plenty of respect for his next opponent, New Zealander Rubin Statham.

A tournament already light on star quality is a good deal lighter heading into day two.

Rubin Statham has just missed out on a chance to play in his first grand slam tennis tournament - and he's extremely happy.

New Zealand's first round 1 victory at the Heineken Open since 2002 will be assured when Kiwis Dan King-Turner and Rubin Statham meet today.

There is a laughable irony in watching corporate America get cold feet over one man's rumpy-pumpy, considering the way their self-centred ethos and lack of ethics ravaged the world's economy, says Chris Rattue.