Novak Djokovic dismissed Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4, 6-3 in the Paris Masters second round on Wednesday showing no signs of the shoulder injury that bothered him last weekend at the Swiss Indoors. The top-ranked Serb had complained of shoulder pains in his semifinal loss to Kei Nishikori in Basel. But he said he was [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2011 by admin
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Andy Murray improved his record to 21-0 since the U.S. Open by beating Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday and advanced to the third round at the Paris Masters. The second-seeded Briton, who last lost to Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open semifinals but has won 26 of 27 matches since mid-August, jumped out [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2011 by admin
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Fernando Verdasco of Spain rallied past Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Paris Masters on Monday. Julien Benneteau of France, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, Kevin Anderson of South Africa, and Germans Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer also advanced. The tournament is the last chance for some players [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2011 by admin
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Defending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months. The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy. [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2011 by admin
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Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was stunned in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday, losing 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to Japans Kei Nishikori. Nishikori was overmatched in the first set but turned the match around by winning a thrilling rally when Djokovic was just two points from victory at 5-4 in the second. The 32nd-ranked Nishikori, a [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2011 by admin
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Novak Djokovic fought back after losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals on Friday. The top-ranked Serb stayed on course to meet hometown favorite Roger Federer in the final for a third straight year after the defending champion beat American Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic had [...]
Posted on November 5th, 2011 by admin
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Russias hopes of winning a fifth Fed Cup title have been dealt a setback with the withdrawal of Vera Zvonareva from the final because of a shoulder injury. Zvonareva will be replaced by doubles specialist Elena Vesnina in the team for this weekends tie against Czech Republic. In Zvonarevas absence, two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2011 by admin
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Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Paris Masters to focus on the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals and Davis Cup final. The second-ranked Nadal says on his Facebook page the decision to pull out of next weeks event at Bercy was necessary “to prepare well for the end of this season and also for 2012.” [...]
Posted on November 3rd, 2011 by admin
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Roger Federer made a winning return from a six-week break, beating Potito Starace of Italy 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event on Monday. The fourth-ranked Federer took time to find the rhythm in his ground strokes, and saved a break point at 5-all before winning the first-set tiebreaker. [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by admin
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Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her first WTA Championships title on Sunday, beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 for a victory that will also put her at No. 2 in the world rankings. Kvitova raced to a 5-0 lead in the first set, but Azarenka rallied to level it at 5-5. The Czech player finally [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2011 by admin
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