National champion Joseph Dibbs gave a clinical display of his class on Saturday when

TENNIS siren Maria Sharapova appears to have her set her sights on Australian golfer Adam Scott after naming him in her top 10 of dream "mixed doubles" partners.

CLAY-court wizard Rafael Nadal yesterday lauded Lleyton Hewitt's resurgence after the Australian almost ended the Spaniard's extraordinary winning streak.

JELENA Jankovic won the clay-court Italian Open title overnight, completing an amazing turnaround for the Serbia 22 year old, who nearly quit the game here 12 months ago.

RUSSSIA'S Maria Sharapova looks set to play in next week's French Open. after declaring herself fit for this week's Istanbul Open overnight.

ROGER Federer produced an astonishing turnaround to end Rafael Nadal's record 81-match unbeaten run on clay in the final of the Hamburg Masters today (AEST).

Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Singles final: (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 7-5, 6-1 Doubles final: (7) Dechy/Santangelo (FRA/ITA) d. Garbin/Vinci (ITA) 6-4, 6-1 The Serb collects her fourth title of the year, and is now

ROGER Federer brought an end to Rafael Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay yesterday, beating the Spaniard 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 to win the final of the Hamburg Masters and give his French Open preparations the perfect boost.