Not to be outdone by the supreme artistry of Rafael Nadal on clay, the Bryan Brothers reached a milestone of their own on Sunday at Monte-Carlo.

The Bryan Brothers move on at Monte-Carlo with wins over fellow brothers duo Andy and Jamie Murray, as well as Paes-Stepanek. The Bryans advance to the semi-finals and improve their 2012 record to 18-3.

Since Jelena Jankovic doesn't get herself into the news anymore by doing stuff like, you know, winning tennis tournaments, she’s had to go another route -- playing exhibitions against Z-level celebrities.

For one crazy 24 hour period, fans of the No. 2 player in the world thought she had changed her name to Maria Shear-apova.

Amazingly, not one but two future members of the Tennis Hall of Fame both boarded and survived the Titanic’s early demise. Their stories are now being told in a novel by Lindsay Gibbs called “Titanic: The Tennis Story.”

Brooklyn Decker has played tennis with Andy Roddick only once.

Adidas plans to slash the number of products it offers by a quarter to improve its profitability, Chief Executive Herbert Hainer told a German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hainer said the company currently sells 46,897 different lines, many of which do not currently deliver the desired results.