Archive for category: Tennis News
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Serbian Savic banned for life for match fixing
Serbian tennis player David Savic has been banned for life and fined $100,000 by the TIU (Tennis Integrity Unit) after found guilty of attempting to fix matches. The TIU has been set up on behalf of the ITF (International Tennis Federation), ATP and WTA Tours. “The life ban applies with [...] -
Young beats Monfils and will play in Thailand Open final
Donald Young battled his way through to defeat Gael Monfils of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to reach the final of the Thailand Open. This will be his first ATP World Tour final ever and he will play against the winner of the match between Murray and Simon. “I’m [...] -
Murray enters the Thailand Open Final 2011
British number one Andy Murray defeats Gilles Simon of France 6-2 3-6 6-2 to reach the final of the Thailand Open. -
Baghdatis and Tipsarevic final at Malaysia Open
Marcos Baghdatis booked his place in the final of Malaysian Open by defeating second-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3, 6-1. The Greek was gived a wildcard from the organisers as his current ranking is 60. In the second semifinal match, Janko Tipsarevic defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 and will [...] -
Martin beats Chang in the Champions Series final
Todd Martin beat Michael Chang 8-5 in the final of the fourth event of the Champions Series of the Leeann Chin Challenge. Martin leading 7-5 curiously took a wooden racket out of his bag and broke Chang’s serve to take the match. Chang defeated Jim Courier 6-4 to reach the [...] -
Zvonareva and Radwanska to play in Tokyo Open final
Fourth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia eliminated the Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova in the semis of the Pan Pacific Open, winning in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-0. Kvitova got into the semifinals after Maria Sharapova had to retire from their quarterfinal match as she twisted her ankle and was unable [...] -
Baghdatis and Troicki into Malaysian Open SFs
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus got through to the Malaysian Open semifinals by defeating the Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 7-6 (3). In the other quarterfinal match, Viktor Toicki of Serbia dismissed Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 6-4, 6-4. -
American Young beats defending champion in Thailand
American Donald Young ousted defending champion Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1, 6-7 (0-7), 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals at the Thailand Open. It is only the third career quarterfinal for Young, world nr.55. He will meet Japan’s Go Soeda, who defeated Tobias Kamke of Germany in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (7) Also [...] -
Sharapova retires from Tokyo after twisting her ankle
No.2 seed Maria Sharapova was forced to retire in her quarterfinal match against Czech Petra Kvitova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Russian twisted her ankle with Kvitova leading 4-3 in the first set and it didn’t look promising for her as she immediately called for a trainer. [...] -
Defending champion Novak Djokovic withdraws from China Open
BEIJING (AP) -- Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the China Open because of a back injury. -
Sharapova advances in Tokyo, Wozniacki out
Maria Sharapova defeated the Germany Julia Goerges at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and set up a meeting with Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals. Petra Kvitova was the one who defeated her in this year’s Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. World no.1 [...] -
Simon defeats Lu in a tough match at Thailand Open
Third seed Gilles Simon of France overcame a scare when he beat Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Thailand Open. He will now play Matthias Bachinger of Germany, who ousted Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 7-6 (5), 6-3. Simon won the Thailand [...] -
Melzer through to Malaysian Open QFs
Austrian Jurgen Melzer reached the Malaysian Open quarterfinals as he eliminated Rik de Voest of South Africa 6-0, 6-4. Melzer was playing with lots of confidence and de Voest never looked like he could stand in the way of the Austrian’s victory. “The first set was one of the best [...]
