Archive for category: Tennis News
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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 [...] -
Blake wins in Stockholm, Robredo goes out to Kamke
James Blake of United States defeated Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the first round of the Stockholm Open with a scoreline 7-6 (6), 6-3. Blake will now play against the second seed Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro. World no.109 Tobias Kamke upset Tommy Robredo of Spain when he eliminated him [...] -
Raonic beats Baghdatis in Stockholm, Nalbandian also through
Canadian Milos Raonic battled his way into the Stockholm Open second round as he beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4. It was a very tight match with just one break of serve that decided the outcome in the end. Raonic will play Philipp Petzschner for a [...] -
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 [...] -
Bartoli takes title in Japan
Marion Bartoli of France became the Japan Open champion as she defeated Samantha Stosur in the final 6-3, 6-1. This was Bartoli’s seventh career title as she didn’t allow the US Open champion to find her game. This win kept her WTA Championships dream in Istanbul alive. “I’m very happy with the [...] -
Kvitova victorious in Linz final
Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic celebrated her first tournament win since she won Wimbledon this year. Top seed Kvitova ended Dominika Cibulkova’s first WTA title hopes as she beat the Slovak 6-4, 6-1 to lift the trophy at the Generali Ladies Linz Open. Kvitova has been struggling with form since [...]
