Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black clinched the WTA finals women's doubles title in Singapore on Sunday. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair thrashed the defending champions Peng Shuai of China and Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei by 6-1, 6-0 in the one-sided final clash to lift the trophy. The winning pair received $5 lakh in prize money.

The WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Tour has imposed a fine of $25,000 on Russian Tennis Federation President, Shamil Tarpischev, and suspended him from tour involvement for a year, for questioning Serena and Venus Williams' gender. US Tennis Association chairman, Dave Haggerty also called on Tarpischev to issue a formal apology to the sisters.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is very excited to play in India. The Swiss tennis player is slated to play for the Indian Aces in the inaugural Mahesh Bhupathi's International Premier Tennis League from Dec 6 to 8. “For me going to India is like going to South America, like I felt in my initial years," Federer said.

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won his first Shanghai Masters title on Sunday by defeating France's Gilles Simon 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2) in a tight final. With this win, the 17-time Grand Slam winner captured his fourth title of the year. Federer will leap past Rafael Nadal to No. 2 in the ATP rankings on Monday.

Roger Federer halted Novak Djokovic’s 28-match unbeaten run in China as the Swiss defeated the world No1 to book a place in the final of the Shanghai Masters. Federer, seeded third, defeated his Serbian rival 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 35 minutes to line up a meeting with Gilles Simon of France in Sunday’s final.

Roger Federer defeated Leonardo Mayer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7) in a thrilling 2nd round match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Rafael Nadal, meanwhile, lost to fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (8/6). With this, world number three Federer will unseat 2nd placed Nadal in the ATP rankings. Federer will play 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday.

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has been diagnosed appendicitis but has decided to play the Shanghai Masters this week. Doctors confirmed on Sunday that Nadal had the early stages of appendicitis. The second-seed Nadal said Tuesday, he chose to try treatment with antibiotics rather than undergo surgery right away. Nadal plays his opening match on Wednesday against Spanish Feliciano Lopez.

Novak Djokovic defeated Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-2 to win his fifth China Open crown on Sunday in Beijing while Maria Sharapova overcame Petra Kvitova in the women's final. Taking only 67 minutes to seal the win, Djokovic said, "This was probably the best performance in a final I ever had". Berdych admitted he had not experienced such a mauling before.

Indian duo Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni grabbed gold in the tennis mixed doubles event of the 2014 Asian Games on Monday. The second seeds defeated the top-seeded Chinese Taipei of Hao Ching Chan and Hsien Yin Peng 6-4 6-3 in the final clash in only 69 minutes. With this medal India added 6th Gold in their account.

Indian duo Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni won silver in men’s doubles tennis of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Monday. The fifth seeded Indians lost the hard-fought final in straight sets to the eighth seeded South Korea’s pair 5-7, 6-7(2) in an hour and 29 minutes. India now have collected four medals in tennis, including three bronze.