As a player he had been a deft serve-and-volleyer who climbed as high as No 34 in the world

Britain's best female tennis player for more than two decades is keeping a level head amid the ups and downs of the circuit's merry-go-round. Paul Newman meets Laura Robson

"Statistics are like bikinis – they show a lot, but not everything." Gavin Newsham sets out his stall on the opening page with this teaser from the baseball manager Lou Piniella, and his sideways look at sport by numbers is certainly revealing, if not displaying quite the originality of Freakonomics, the book that inspired the title.

Victory in today's Miami Masters final will lift Scot above Roger Federer

The total prize money at Flushing Meadows will rise to $50m in the summer

The Belarusian won her second Slam title but ceded the crowd's sympathy to the injured Chinese

Pair meet in the Australian Open tomorrow morning

British number one comes through in straight sets

Tournament favourite struggled with injury

Li Na thought her new coach, Carlos Rodriguez, was "crazy" when he pushed her so hard in training last year, but the 30-year-old Chinese admits she is now reaping the benefit. Li reached her third Australian Open semi-final in four years when she beat Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3 yesterday to earn a showdown with Maria Sharapova.

Swiss wins in straight sets

Defending champions beats Elena Vesnina in Melbourne

Laura Robson's Australian Open campaign came to a disappointing end today as she lost the battle of the teenagers to American Sloane Stephens.

'I never gave up,' says young Briton after gutsy, three-hour win over world No 8 Kvitova at Australian Open