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   For the third time in two years, a male professional who has had success in Northern California was suspended for a doping violation.   Dimitar Kutrovsky, a 24-year-old Bulgarian, was banned for two years after testing positive d...

   Tickets are available for the $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger at www.goldriverchallenger.com, organizers announced Monday.   The inaugural tournament is scheduled for May 27-June 3 at the Gold River Racquet Club in the ...

   On Mother's Day, the Cal men were particularly thankful to Yuriko McLachlan of New Zealand.   Her sons, Ben and Riki, lifted the 14th-ranked Bears to a dramatic 4-3 victory over Texas Tech on Sunday in Berkeley in the second roun...

   Fourth-seeded Stanford and ninth-seeded Cal breezed into the round of 16 in the NCAA Division I Women's Championships with 4-0 victories at home Saturday.   The Cardinal (20-1) dominated Yale (4-0), and the Bears (...

   In a vote by the league's 11 coaches, Stanford's Nicole Gibbs was named the Women's Singles Player of the Year in the Pacific-12 Conference on Friday.   Gibbs, a sophomore from Santa Monica in the Los Angeles area, went 17-2 at N...

   American Julia Cohen, ranked a career-high No. 139 in the world, heads the entry list for the $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger.   The tournament, which moved from Carson, is scheduled for May 28-June 3 at the Gold River ...

   Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer, a member of the Sacramento Capitals in World TeamTennis, won their fifth straight doubles match Wednesday. Extending their streak Thursday will take some doing.   Qureshi and Rojer, who...

   John Paul Fruttero's prize money this year is unimpressive. His frequent flier miles are another matter.   In the past three weeks, the 31-year-old doubles specialist from San Jose has flown from Taiwan to Portugal to South Korea...

   Because of a fluke in the schedule, former Stanford All-Americans Bob and Mike Bryan lost their No. 1 world ranking in doubles Monday after 90 consecutive weeks.   Replacing the 34-year-old Bryan twins, who now share third, were ...

   Jean-Julien Rojer of the Sacramento Capitals in World TeamTennis won his sixth ATP World Tour doubles title Sunday. But Maria Sanchez of Modesto and former Cal star Pedro Zerbini were denied their first professional singles crowns.   ...