Tennis Grand Slam season is upon us once again with the French Open already over, and Wimbledon hot on its heels later in the month. Past studies have shown that tennis players outperform non-players at anticipating which shots will be played by their opponents and at quickly deciding what to do next under pressure but do Roger Federer and his fellow tennis players also benefit from better-developed visual information processing skills than non-players?

Day 5 at the french Open, had mixed results for Indian tennis lovers as in Men's doubles Leander Paes partnering Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic beat the Thai pair of Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-2, 6-4 to win the opening round.

While Rafael Nadal has by no means had a perfect season leading up to the 2008 French Open Tennis tournament, it's been a very good, especially on clay, where he embarked on three impressive title runs, winning Monte Carlo (over top ranked Roger Federer), Barcelona (over main Spanish rival David Ferrer) and Hamburg (once again over Federer).

Top seed Maria Sharapova won her first claycourt title by defeating Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 in the final of the 600,000 WTA Amelia Island tournament.

Chris Guccione has been drawn to kick-start Australia's Davis Cup campaign against Thailand in Townsville, beginning tomorrow.

India's Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek of the US advanced to the quarterfinals of the $2.1 million Pacific Life Open here defeating Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus and Anastasia Rodionova of Russia in a tough three-setter.

Novak Djokovic has celebrated his first major title triumph by thanking his close-knit family for giving him support both on and off the tennis court.

Novak Djokovic has overcome injury to become Serbia's first Grand Slam singles champion, claiming the Australian Open men's crown with a four-set win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Melbourne Park.

Australian Open 2008 women's singles champion Maria Sharapova says her victory in this tennis tournament is just reward for all the hard work she has put in over recent months.

Maria Sharapova has claimed her third Grand Slam singles title with victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open 2008 women's tennis singles final at Melbourne Park on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic says his place in Sunday's Australian Open 2008 men's tennis singles final is just reward for the hard work he has put in over the past 18 months.

Saturday's final at Australian Open 2008 tennis tournament marks the fifth clash between Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, but is their first meeting in a final.