Veteran Tommy Haas of Germany advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open on Monday by beating Somdev Devvarman of India 7-6 (4), 6-4. Haas, ranked 290th in the world and playing on a wild card after coming back from injury, will play either Kevin Anderson or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round. Phillip [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2011 by admin
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Defending champion Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, ensuring hell vault past Roger Federer to No. 3 in the ATP rankings. The Scot, currently ranked fourth, has made finishing the season at No. 3 one of his main goals for the end of the year. It will [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 by admin
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Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova eased past Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 Friday to reach her seventh semifinal of the season at the Generali Ladies. The top-seeded Kvitova will play Jelena Jankovic for a place in Sundays final. The third-seeded Serb defeated Russian qualifier Evgeniya Rodina 6-2, 6-4. Kvitova, a winner of four events this [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2011 by admin
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Novak Djokovic will finish the year as the top-ranked player in the world. The ATP says the Serb clinched the year-end top spot after No. 2 Rafael Nadal lost in the third round at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. Nadals loss to Florian Mayer ensured that Djokovic cannot be overtaken before the end of the [...]
Posted on October 14th, 2011 by admin
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Andy Roddick rolled into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spains Nicolas Almagro on Thursday. The 10th-seeded American hit 10 aces and 23 winners against the seventh-seeded Spaniard, who has won three titles this year to Roddicks one. Almagro needed to win to boost his chances of making the ATP Tour [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2011 by admin
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American Mardy Fish was upset by Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Tuesday in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. The 18-year-old Tomic broke the ninth-ranked American twice to win the second set in 31 minutes. Fish fought off three more break points in the third set before Tomic was converted on his [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by admin
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Andy Murray rallied to beat Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the Japan Open final Sunday. Murray overcame losing the first set to win his second straight ATP tour victory. Murray, the Scottish star coming off a victory last week in Bangkok, broke his Spanish opponent in the fourth game of the second set, then [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2011 by admin
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Dinara Safina says she hasnt made a final decision on her tennis future, contradicting her brother Marat Safins announcement that she had retired. The former top-ranked player tells her followers on Twitter that she hasnt made “any official announcement,” and asks, “Give my please some time and Ill let u all know.” Safin said earlier [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2011 by admin
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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal powered past Mardy Fish in the second set to beat the American 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday and advance to the final of the Japan Open. The match was on serve until the 11th game in the opening set, when Nadal broke and then served out to love at Ariake Colosseum. The first [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2011 by admin
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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the Japan Open by beating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3 Friday. The defending champion was pushed early by the 53rd-ranked Giraldo, who forced a first-set tiebreaker at Ariake Colosseum. In the second set, the Spaniard broke early but Giraldo had a chance to break back late [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2011 by admin
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