The player listings at Rogers Cup, which will be held on August 6 to 14 in Toronto, will include Venus and Serena Williams.

According to Serena Williams, 13 times Grand Slam singles champion, she and Venus are excited to go to Toronto this summer to play at Rogers Cup at Wimbledon this week. Serena also said that she is thrilled to compete for the championship of Rogers Cup. The Williams sisters confirmed their participation in the game.

There is a big deal of expectation for Venus and Serena, particularly considering that both players have missed almost all the tournaments this year because of injuries. Wimbledon marks the first Grand Slam event of 2011 of Serena and first Grand Slam for Venus since the 2011 Australian Open. The Williams sisters are all liking development at the Wimbledon Championship.

In addition, Venus Williams, seeded 23rd, swept past Maria Jose Martinez of Spain with 6-0, 6-2 on Friday, reaching the last 16. On the other hand, seventh seed Serena, who is good on the way of recuperating form, is scheduled to play with Maria Kirilenko of Russia. Kirilenko seeded 26th in her third round bout.

New for this year, Rogers Cup will be almost on the worldwide stage, as top best athletes from around the globe compete for the Rogers Cup championship title. Moreover, Karl Hale, the director of the tournament, said on Friday that one of the frequent denominators is that the Williams sisters missed playing tennis over the previous year.

Hale also said that they are really thrilled to return on the tennis court and play over the couple of years ahead. He added that they are hungrier than ever to dodge and get on the tennis court, which will be superior for Rogers Cup.

Tennis superstar Serena Williams decided to withdraws in the 2011 Australian Open Championship.

The champion tennis player admitted that she is having trouble recovering from her foot injury that has kept her out five months ago, according to the organizers on Thursday.

In a statement released by the organizers, Williams, the winner of 13 grand slam singles crowns said that considering her attempt to rebuild her foot right after a second operation on October, regrettably, she decided not to participate in the upcoming Hopman Cup and in the Australian Open Championship in January.

She has not competed well since winning the title against Vera Zvonareva in early July at the Wimbledon and had been recommended to go through a second operation on her injured foot obtained accidentally when she stand on a broken glass at a restaurant.

According to her, as she forces herself to return into her extreme training immediately, it only caused her foot additional damage and injury. Serena added that although her eagerness to play again and contend in the first Grand Slam event in 2011, she had considered the importance of her health and her cooperation with her physicians to guarantee that her foot will be treated appropriately.

The organizers of the upcoming tournament stated that they have constant communication with Williams and Craig Tiley; the tournament director had sent his regards to Serena.

Tiley stated that he understand how Serena feels about not playing to defend her crown next year. He added that everybody recognizes how Williams play her game as well as how much the Aussie fans expect her to return.

Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6 6-1 on Sunday to win back the Swiss indoors title in his hometown for the fourth time in five years.

In addition, Federer also registered his 65th ATP tournament victory to go ahead of Peter Sampras, even though he is still in trail of John McEnroe, Jimmy Corners Ivan Lendl as leaders in overall career titles.

Also, it has been his second win against world number three Djokovic in just a month and his fourth championship, which advocates reports that his downfall may have been untimely.

Federer also said that he played well in the past whole week. This is the 12th win for Federer in 18 bouts in opposition to Serbia’s Djokovic and his third win this year.

Meanwhile, Djokovic said that he felt sorry for the first up to the third round, where he lost his focus to the game. Last year, Djokovic disrupted Federer’s success when he defeated him in the finals held in Basel last year.

He also said that he lost his balance in a split second where he was down 5-1. He also said that it is impossible to come his way back again. Additionally, he said that when it comes to Federer, no one lose their focus because if in the event Federer seen even the slightest opportunity, he will be on top of all things.

In the game, Federer started out with a good service return and have two break points in the first game but hit over the net. In the second game Federer saved two break points; it is the only chance that Djokovic had in the first set, prior in his comeback to the third.

In the fourth game, Federer showcased a series of superb shots that includes a backhand drop near the baseline.

Nadal successfully defeats Novak Djokovic from Serbia and claims the 2010 U.S. Open championship in New York Monday night.

The U.S. Open, a tournament that has been elusive to Nadal finally landed on his hands, making him the seventh tennis player in the men’s division to win the career Grand Slam. The game was played at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, New York. This win also places the Spaniard superstar made tennis history, as he became the third youngest tennis player to win at least a title from one of the major tournaments.

The game between two of the greatest tennis players today lasted for three hours and forty-three minutes. The match also postponed for a day, and for another two hours prior to the game due to the rain. The No.1 ranked Spaniard won with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-2 slate against Djokovic, who defeated the highly favored Roger Federer in their match in the semifinals.

Nadal’s win is record setting, as the victory makes him the third youngest tennis player to have won at least one title in the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. Rod Laver first achieved this feat back in the ‘60s.

In an interview, Nadal said that it was the first time in his career that he performed an extraordinarily good match in the whole tournament. He also said that he dedicated all of his hard work and effort to reach the position that he has now, but he never thought that he would attain four Grand Slams in succession.

Djokovic was also interviewed and he said that the Spaniard now possesses the qualities that have the potential to make him the best player in the history of this sport.

Nadal reached the finals of the 2010 U.S. Open by defeating Teymuraz Gavashvili, Denis Istomin, Gilles Simon, fellow Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Velasco, Mikhail Youzhny and Novak Djokovic in the title match.

Venus Williams is the only American player left in the U.S. Open singles after beating Italian Francesca Schiavone.

Her perseverance gave Venus Williams the chance to become the first woman to reach the semifinals on Tuesday. The scheduled day match up against Schiavone was moved in the early evening after a stunning 56-set race between Sam Querrey and Stanislas Wawrinka, which followed that at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The match between third-seed Williams and sixth-seed Schiavone started around 6:00 p.m. and the lights covering the stadium are already switched on.

According to Williams, she got so much experience anticipating at Wimbledon even if it’s raining and still won the games, who won the Wimbledon singles title five times.

Venus Williams has overpowered some of the best players of her era, which is something highlighted by the attendance of tennis superstar Martina Hingis at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday. However, the lightweight yet energetic Schiavone has likewise endured.

In 2002, both players first played each other and up to this moment, the Italian tennis player has more unforgettable season by winning her first Grand Slam singles championship at the French Open.

Still, even in the best as well as most stunning year of her career, she has not yet resolve on how to defeat Williams. Schiavone is 0-8 against Williams, and although she displayed several powerful and classic tennis against the unpredictable Venus Williams, she never won even a single set.

Williams completed the match in 1 hour and 54 minutes to return to the U.S. Open semifinals for her seventh appearance here. She will be facing the winner of the second quarterfinal match between U.S. Open defending champion Kim Clijsters against Samantha Stosur.

In 2009, the defending champion outplayed Williams in the finals that frustrated Williams and return to the tournament and won in 2000 and 2001.

Rafael Nadal swiftly defeated fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the final match of a long day at the US Open.

Waiting until 11:08 pm, prior to lengthy games that happened earlier, Rafael Nadal did not waste any time to outwit his friend Feliciano Lopez. No. 1 seeded Nadal defeated 23rd seed Lopez in just 2 hours and 8 minutes. The match that took place in Arthur Ashe Stadium ended with the scores 6-3, 6-4, and 6-4, favoring Nadal, who will advance to the quarterfinals of the US Open.

Rafael Nadal has been one of the top players in the world for the last five years.

However, Nadal has never reached the finals in the US Open. Either because of aching knees causing him to lost mobility, or strained abdominal muscle that limited his suppleness last year that he was unable to get to the finals.

Nadal said in an interview in the court after the match that without health, there is no chance of winning.

However, this year, nothing has slowed him down during his first four matches, including his opponents who were unable to win a set against him.

Next in line to try would be Fernando Verdasco, another fellow Spaniard, seeded number eight. Verdasco has never beaten nadal in his previous 10 mathces.

The Nadal-Feliciano game was delayed because Kim Clijisters needed three sets to sweep Samantha Stosur. The followed another epic battle between Stanislas Wawrinka and Sam Querrey. Wawrinaka came out victorious.

Nadal, again displayed his noticeably improved serve, as he never allowed the fellow Spaniard to break him on the four chances he had. Nadal has never been broken in the tournament.

“Seriously, seriously, I don’t know,” Nadal said. “I think it is a matter of confidence.”

Top-seed Rafael Nadal defeated Gilles Simons in three straight sets to advance in the fourth round on the U.S. Open Tournament.

Nadal, yet to reach a final at the Flushing Meadows edged the first set before his final serving to win the match in about two hours. The 24-year-old Spaniard will face Feliciano Lopez, a 23rd seed player who advances to the next round because Sergiy Stakhovsky was forced to quit the game due to his toe infection.

In other game, Sam Querry surprised 14th seed player Nicolas Almagro, while 8th seed player Fernando Verdasco beats David Nalbandian.

The Spaniards moving to the fourth round highlighted the U.S. Open day seven; however, Almagro did not have a good game because American 20th seed player Sam Querrey beat him.

Top seed player Nadal is aiming for his first U.S. Open title, was competing a Frenchman who is slowly recovering to complete fitness after suffering from his knee injury for about a year.

A break in the third set was not worthy to win the first set for the French Open and Wimbledon champion this year, and regardless of the tight second set match, the 8-time Grand Slam champion and top-seed Nadal was within a set of winning the match following a seventh game break.

Simon, the 42nd ranked player, whose wife just gave birth on Thursday, seemed to feel weary fast after a cascade of vicious forehands as the top seed easily completed a convincing straight sets win.

Nadal stated that it was crucial to complete and win the match without losing a set, and adding that each day he hi determined to play his best that is definitely helpful in sustaining his confidence.

The world’s top-seed player will be facing Lopez who won his match after Stakhovsky suffered a toe infection while trailing the match 6-3, 4-0.

Maryland’s own Beatrice Capra seems to be the dark horse in this year’s U.S. Open tournament as she defeated Aravane Rezai Thursday.

In the third round of the prestigious tennis event, the 18-year old Capra won over French player Rezai, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. The match was really an upset, considering that the American was only ranked 371st overall compared with Rezai, who was seeded 18th.

Capra is the youngest and lowest ranked player who participated in this year’s tournament. She wants to follow what Melanie Oudin, a tennis player from Georgia who is currently ranked 42nd overall, did last year when Oudin defeated a highly ranked tennis player like Maria Sharapova and proceeded to the quarterfinals of the said event.

The 18-year old Beatrice Capra said in an interview that she really look up to Oudin and watched all of Oudin’s matches last year. Capra also said that the triumph of Oudin serves as an inspiration for her. She also thinks that Melanie served as a wake-up call to other American tennis players to train harder and to strive for success.

In the first round of the U.S. Open, she defeated 95th-ranked Karolina Sprem of Croatia. In her recently concluded match, she defeated Rezai. In the third round, she will try to beat the odds, as she will go against 14th-seeded and former U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, the player that Oudin have beaten last year.

Maria Sharapova won against Jarmila Groth in the first round, and cruised her way into a victory against Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic last September 2 to move on to the third round.

In an interview, Sharapova was asked about her opinions about the idea of playing against Capra in the third round of the tournament. She said that the great thing about the U.S. Open, to see young and talented American tennis players thriving on the court.

Rafael Nadal is victorious over Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili after three sets, in a match held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium Tuesday night.

The Spanish tennis phenom did not have an easy win against Gabashvili. It may be a three set victory for Nadal, but it does not necessarily mean that it was an easy task for him. The scoring per set shows how hardly contested the three sets were. The scores were 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), and 6-3 all three sets going to Nadal.

According to Nadal, he hopes that he would continue serving like that in the next matches that he will participate in. He said that his serve is not his best shot, but he always tries his best in improving. He also added that he knows that if he wants to have a shot of claiming the US Open championship in any year, he needs to serve very well.

The match between Nadal and Gabashvili was not finished until 11:32 p.m. This is due to prolonged matches that came earlier before their game. Their match also lasted for almost three hours. This win increases Nadal’s Grand Slam winning streak to fifteen wins.

The 24-year old Nadal has won eight Grand Slam titles, a record setting eighteen Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and an Olympic gold medal for representing his country in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is regarded as one of the best tennis players of all time. In 2008, he was awarded with the Prince of Asturias Award, acknowledging his achievements in the sport of Tennis. Currently, he is third place in the All-time leader in earnings.

In the second round of the US Open, Rafael Nadal will be going against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, who is currently ranked 39th overall in the men’s division.

No.3 ranked Novak Djokovic wins over fellow Serbian and friend Viktor Troicki on the first round competitions of U.S. Open.

After three and a half hours of playing under intense heat due to the weather, third seed Djokovic defeated the 47th seed Troicki in five grueling sets. The scores were 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, and 6-3 in favor of the third seed athlete.

The audiences in Arthur Ashe court at Flushing Meadows were all witnesses to an intense battle between two Serbian players giving their all amidst the harsh temperature. After the match, Djokovic emerged victorious, but both players were spent as the extreme heat drained their strength. He will get two days of rest before he plays again, a much-needed rest to prepare for his next match.

In an interview, Djokovic stated that somebody in the audience was constantly telling him to hang on and that was exactly what he did. He also added that he have to give credit to his friend Troicki because of the 47th seed’s incredible serving. However, Troicki’s lost will eliminate him from the competition.

Djokovic has won the Grand Slam singles title once in his career. He is also the youngest player in the open era to have reached the semifinals of four Grand Slam events. He also ranked No. 2 in the males’ singles division last February 2010. He is currently the third seed in the men’s division, Rafael Nadal being the top seeded player and followed by Roger Federer at No.2. Djokovic represented his country in the 2008 Olympic Games in China. He placed third overall in the Tennis singles division in the said competition.

On other first round matches, USA’s James Blake defeated Kristof Vliegen of Belgium in three sets, while Arnauld Clement of France ousted Marcos Bagthdatis of Cyprus in five sets.