By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Staff The future is now for Jan-Michael Gambill. The 23-year-old, who has been tabbed the next great American tennis player, took another step toward achieving his potential as he defeated Australian Jason Stoltenberg 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Benz Cup. Read more...

By Moin Salahuddin Daily Bruin Staff Four days after flying from Spain and the United States’ 5-0 loss to Spain in the Davis Cup semifinals, American Jan-Michael Gambill felt a little jet-lagged on the sun-scorched hardcourts of the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

By Moin Salahuddin Daily Bruin Staff Returning to the same courts where he honed his game, Justin Gimelstob put on a show for a packed crowd in Straus Stadium Thursday night at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Staff After Jan-Michael Gambill’s first-round match on Wednesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Tennis Center turned into something out of a Backstreet Boys concert as a group of young girls rushed the 23-year-old phenom asking for autographs and pictures. Read more...

By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Staff First Gustavo Kuerten, then Andre Agassi, and now Marcelo Rios. All have made early exits from the once star-studded Mercedes-Benz Cup. Read more...

By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Staff Wayne Ferreira, like most professional tennis players, is used to it being quiet during his matches. That wasn’t the case, however, on Tuesday, during day two of the Mercedes-Benz Cup, as some 250 kids with their boisterous personalities invaded the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Kaiser Permanente Kids Day. Read more...

By Greg Lewis Daily Bruin Senior Staff It took Michael Chang 57 minutes to win the first set of his opening match Tuesday night, and only 33 more too finish off Australian qualifier Paul Kilderry 6-3, 6-2. Read more...