Archive for category: Tennis News
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Roddick reaches second round at Shanghai Masters
Former world no.1 American Andy Roddick got through to the second round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. He defeated Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Roddick has been struggling with his form this season and had lost a few first round matches. The American had to pull out of [...] -
Tomic, Nalbandian and Garcia-Lopez win in Shanghai
The Argentinian David Nalbandian overcame Ernest Gulbis of Latvia in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating him in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The world no.57 Nalbandian set up a secound round encounter with the German Florian Mayer. Nalbandian, whose highest ranking was no.3, won this event in [...] -
Sampras defeats Courier in the Champions Cup opener
Former world no.1 and 14 time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras won the HSBC Tennis Cup, the first event of the 2011 Champions Series. He defeated fellow American Jim Courier 8-6 in th finals after beating Michael Chang in the semifinals with a score line 6-4. Courier overcame Jimmy Connors [...] -
Radwanska claims China Open title
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany in a fierce battle 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 and lifted the China Open trophy. The match lasted 154 minutes and this was the second title in a row for Radwanska as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo. The [...] -
Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Wawrinka and Mayer through to second round in Shanghai
The Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Juan Monaco of Argentina 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The no.13 seed will now play either Donald Young or a wild card holder Mao-Xin Gong. Florian Mayer of Germany didn’t have to work too hard for his [...] -
Berdych beats Cilic and wins China Open title
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic won his first title since his victory in Munich in 2009. In the final of the China Open, he defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. With this win, he boosted his chances for a place at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in [...] -
Llodra-Zimonjic capture China Open title
Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic were victorious in the China Open final in Beijing as the beat Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Second seed French-Serbian pair Llodra and Zimonjic won the third title of their career but had to fight really hard against their Swedish-Romanian opponents. [...] -
Radwanska-Petkovic China Open final
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will meet Andrea Petkovic of Germany in the China Open final. For Radwanska, this could be the second title in two weeks as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Polish no.11 seed beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in their semifinal [...] -
Cilic defeats Ljubicic to reach China Open final
Marin Cilic beat fellow Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal of the China Open and will face either Frenchman Tsonga or Czech’s Berdych in the final on Sunday. Cilic had a 0-2 head-to-head record against Ljubicic going into the match, but after he broke Ljubicic to lead 5-4 [...] -
Safina hasn’t made the decision to retire yet
Former world number one Dinara Safina of Russia hasn’t decided yet whether she would retire from tennis despite her brother Marat Safin giving a hint. She began to having back problems in early 2010 and hasn’t been playing since May this year. The Russian dropped out of the Top 20 [...] -
Nadal beats Fish and moves into Japan Open Final
Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Rakuta Japan Tennis Open Championship’s Final. The defending champion broke the American in the 11th game of the first set before serving out for it. The second set went much more smoothly for the Spaniard as he managed to break [...] -
Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters
World number 1 Novak Djokovic had to withdraw from one of his favourite tournaments in Shanghai because of a back injury. There had been signs of a back problem in his US Open final match against Spain’s Nadal and he had to withdraw from the Davis Cup semifinal match against [...]
