By Rob Owen Boris Becker certainly put his foot in it at The Ryder Cup. The colourful tennis legend was relaxing in the K Club media canteen during Sunday dinnertime and decided to kick off his shoes before waving his right foot in the air.

Crouched alone in the silence of the locker room, a pro tennis player no more, a red-eyed Andre Agassi twisted his torso in an attempt to conquer the seemingly mundane task of pulling a white shirt over his head.

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - Benjamin Becker grew up in Germany pretending he was Andre Agassi on the tennis court. Now the 25-year-old qualifier will try to send his idol into retirement when the two meet in the U.S. Open third round.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tommy Haas clinched his third ATP title of the season with a 4-6 7-5 6-3 victory over Russia's Dmitry Tursunov at the Los Angeles Open Sunday.

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer edged close to a fourth Wimbledon title on Sunday, opening a 6-0 7-6 lead against Spain's Rafael Nadal in the final.