Paris - The hoped-for return of Maria Sharapova has now likely been pushed back to the Indian Wells event in early March in California after the injured former number 1 Russian withdrew from next week's indoor tournament in Paris.

Sharapova missed her Australian Open title defence and has played only one match since Wimbledon in July as she defeated Poland's Marta Domachowska in Montreal before being forced to quit that event.

Perth, Australia  - With Jelena Dokic finally putting her life back together both on and off the court, the surprise Australian Open quarter-finalist may soon be back in contact with her younger brother.

The estranged Dokic family is now spread around the globe, with former tennis bad dad Damir involved in a Serbian vineyard near Belgrade and his Croatian ex-wife Ljiljana now based in Sydney.

Moscow  - Former world nu

Hyderabad, Feb. 3 : Having brought a big wave of cheer for all sports lovers and her fans in India by becoming the first Indian woman to win a senior grand slam title along with partner Mahesh Bhupathi at the Australian Open mixed doubles, Sania Mirza appears to be on the cloud nine.

While addressing a news conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the tennis sensation expressed her happiness over the recent triumph.

Melbourne, Australia  - Amid the congratulations of another record-breaking Australian Open, tournament director Craig Tiley has denied that he will take a position with the US Tennis Association as they hunt for a new chief executive.

But as celebrations die down in Melbourne, Australian tennis is awakening to the fact that it has not one man left in the ATP's top 100.

A decade ago, the tennis powerhouse boasted a dozen in that ranking.

Melbourne, Australia  - A massage in his hotel room was the only celebration that Rafael Nadal allowed himself after winning his first edition of the Australian Open.

Exhaustion after a match that lasted over four hours Sunday did not encourage much more, and anyway the world number one does not want to relax when the season has only just started.

"The goal is to think about what lies ahead - Rotterdam. There is no margin for relaxation here," Nadal told a small group of reporters Monday in Melbourne.

After midnight, he beat Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6- 2 to win the Australian Open.