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Blake upsets del Potro at Stockholm Open
American James Blake found his old form as he upset second seed Juan Martin del Potro in their second round match in Stockholm, beating him 6-4, 6-4 and moving into the quarterfinals. The 69th ranked Blake has won this tournament on two previous occasions, in 2005 and 2006. He hasn’t [...] -
Azarenka cruises into Luxembourg QFs, Ivanovic out
Top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarusia crushed Italian Alberta Brianti in the second round of the Luxembourg Open, dropping only one game 6-0, 6-1. Azarenka will play Czech Iveta Benesova in the quarterfinals. Qualifier Anne Keothavong of Britain upset the former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, beating her 6-3, [...] -
US Open looks into permanent Monday finish
The US Open could become the first Grand Slam tournament with a permanent finish on Monday. At the moment it is the only major tournament where the players don’t have a day off between the semifinal and the final matches. They are played on two consecutive days, Saturday and Sunday. The [...] -
Tomic, Dimitrov first round wins at Stockholm Open
Youngster Bernard Tomic of Australia won his first round match at the Stockholm Open after defeating qualifier Jurgen Zopp of Estonia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-0. 18 year old Tomic is currently ranked 44 and he is the youngest ever player in the ATP Top 50. The Australian set up a second round encounter [...] -
Troicki, Davydenko cruise into QFs in Moscow
Second seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia cruised into the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as he beat Spain’s Pere Riba 6-4, 6-4. Defending champion Troicki, who beat Marcos Baghdatis in last year’s final, will play American Alex Bogomolov Jr. next. Bogomolov ousted Mikhail Kukushkin of Russia 6-4, 3-6, [...] -
Bogomolov, Muller and Tursunov into Kremlin Cup second round
American Alex Bogomolov Jr. eliminated Sebian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Bogomolov was born in Moscow but then moved to Mexico with his family and subsequently to the United States. His father was a renowned tennis coach, having coached former [...] -
Keothavong wins, Baltacha out in Luxembourg
Anne Keothavong of Britain made her way into the second round at the Luxembourg Open as she defeated Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Keothavong played a very solid tournament at the Generali Ladies Open last week where she lost to Jelena Jankovic in three sets. The Brit will [...] -
Kirilenko through to second round in Luxembourg
Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to round two at the Luxembourg Open after her opponent Carla Suarez Navarro retired due to an ankle injury at 7-6 (5), 3-6, 3-0. In other first round matches, Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain overpowered Anne Kremer of Luxembourg, not allowing her a single game as she [...] -
Kanepi, Petrova win, Vinci out of Kremlin Cup
Kaia Kanepi of Estonia advanced to the second round at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as she defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-0, 7-5. In other matches, Nadia Petrova of Russia beat fellow Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 7-6 (3) and Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia eliminated Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 6-0. Seventh [...] -
Del Potro-Baghdatis advance in Stockholm
Juan Martin del Potro and Marcos Baghdatis won their first round match at the Stockholm Open as they overcame the Americans Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 4-6, 7-5, 10-6. They will now play the third seeed German Christopher Kas and Austrian Alexander Peya in round two. Also through is the [...] -
Haas wins opener at Stockholm Open
Tommy Haas of Germany won his first round match at the Stockholm Open as he defeated Somdev Devvarman 7-6 (4), 6-4. Also through is Philipp Petzschner after he eliminated Lukasz Kubot of Poland 6-2, 7-5. First seed in Stockholm is Gael Monfils of France and the second seed is the [...] -
Seppi upsets Andreev in Moscow
Andreas Seppi of Italy ousted the 2005 champion Igor Andreev of Russia in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). The Italian was serving for the match at 1-1 and 5-4 in the third set, but Andreev managed to come back. He wasn’t so [...] -
Agassi beats Sampras in the Champions Series in Las Vegas
Andre Agassi revenged his last defeat against Sampras as he beat him 8-5 in the final of the Champions Series event in Las Vegas. The victory was even sweeter as he played in front of his homecrowd. In the semis, Agassi defeated Jim Courier 6-3 and Pistol Pete dismissed John McEnroe [...]
