The year's most memorable quotes

As usual, tennis players didn't just let their rackets do the talking this season. Here's a look back at some of the funniest quips, fighting words and foot-in-mouth moments of 2009.

Notable 2009 off-the-court events

With the holiday season upon us, some of tennis's stars -- for better or worse -- have further reason to kick back and guzzle the eggnog.

Doling out our 2009 ATP awards

With supreme competition and daunting up-and-comers, only one name returned to the summit of men's tennis. Care to guess who?

Blake advances to face Murray

James Blake of the United States has beaten Fabrice Santoro of France 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters.

Tsonga, Ljubicic reach second round

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga served 14 aces and needed two tiebreakers to beat Kevin Kim of the United States 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Safin tops Davydenko at Kremlin Cup

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland were upset in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

Odesnik, Ginepri, Zvonareva advance

Americans Wayne Odesnik and Robby Ginepri sprung upsets at the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday, eliminating two highly seeded players in the opening round.

Tsonga advances to quarterfinals

Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat French compatriot Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open.

Safin a first-round winner at Thailand

Marat Safin of Russia defeated fifth-seeded Philipp Petzschner of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the Thailand Open.

Ljubicic barely gets by de Chaunac

Ivan Ljubicic barely got past qualifier Sebastien de Chaunac 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (1) in the first round of the of the Open de Moselle on Tuesday.

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 02: Fabrice Santoro of France returns a shot against Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain during day three of the...

Slam careers closed for Safin, Santoro

If Marat Safin is the great underachiever, Fabrice Santoro is, well, the anti-Safin. But both leave behind no regrets.

Fabrice Santoro, of France, uses both hands to hit a return to Russia's Nikolay Davydenko in a...

Nadal, Federer win; Safin loses

Two-time major champion Marat Safin has lost in the first round at the U.S. Open, his last Grand Slam tournament before he retires.

Nadal's knee assessment? Fresh for now

NEW YORK -- The awkward little backhand from Richard Gasquet carved its way through the air and, for a split second, Rafael Nadal hesitated. The...