Post Tagged with: "ATP Tennis"
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Nadal says good bye to Queen’s for tax reasons
World no.2 Rafael Nadal, who won the Queen’s Club Championship in 2008, announced that he won’t be coming back next year because of tax reasons. He had to pull out of Queen’s only once in 2009 due to a knee injury. The Spaniard opted for the grasscourts in Halle in [...] -
Nishikori to become the highest ranked Japanese player ever
Japanese Kei Nishikori, who has pulled off a superb performance at the Shanghai Masters, is set to become the highest ranked Japanese player in history. Nishikori’s current ranking is 47, but held the 46th position in May. It was the previous record holder Shuzo Matsuoka’s maximum. The 21 year old [...] -
Ferrer qualifies for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
David Ferrer of Spain became the fifth player to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. He joins Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray, who have already secured their final spots. The world no.5 won two titles this year – in Auckland and Acapulco. He also got to the Australian [...] -
Roddick and Dolgopolov make it into Shanghai QFs
Tenth seed Andy Roddick made his way into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals, beating Nicolas Almagro of Spain 6-3, 6-4. It was a very impressive win by the former world no.1 Roddick, who has been struggling with his form this year, dropping out of top 10. Almagro desperately needed to win [...] -
Mirnyi-Nestor and the Poles into Shanghai QFs
The Roland Garros champions Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada dismissed the Austrian-Serb duo Oliver Marach and Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-3 and moved into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals. They will now play Nicolas Almagro of Spain and Bruno Soares of Brazil for a place in the semifinals. [...] -
Murray, Nadal win in Shanghai, Tsonga out
World no.2 Rafael Nadal is through to the second round at the Shanghai Masters after beating his fellow countryman Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-3, 6-2. The Roland Garros 2011 champion will next face Florian Mayer of Germany who defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 6-4. British no.1 Andy Murray had a [...] -
Zimonjic wins 500th doubles match of career
Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia won his 500th career doubles match as he and his partner Michael Llodra of France beat the Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. Zimonjic has a 500-253 lifetime doubles record and he managed to win [...] -
Bryan Brothers reach Shanghai QFs
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan reached the quarterfinals at the Shanghai Masters after they eliminated the Spanish-Serb duo Marcel Granollers and Victor Troicki 6-1, 6-4. The Americans had a bye in the first round and they will now play the Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, who received a walkover in [...] -
Murray against the players strike
British no.1 Andy Murray is against the players strike over the busy schedule tennis calendar. Today, he said: “When I said it was a possibility, I didn’t expect that to be such a massive issue. It’s so far away from being at that level.” Although the trio Murray, Nadal and [...] -
Roddick and Tomic into third round at Shanghai Masters
American Andy Roddick eliminated the youngster Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (3), 7-5 and moved into the third round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The second set was much more interesting with five breaks of serve alltogether. Roddick saved a setpoint with Dimitrov serving for the set at 5-4 and [...] -
Nadal-Lopez lose against Kas-Peya in Shanghai
Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya upset the world no.2 Rafael Nadal and his fellow Spaniard Marc Lopez in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating them 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. Other results: Thomaz Bellucci/Ivan Dodig (BRA/CRO) – Feliciano Lopez/Fernando Verdasco (ESP/ESP) – 6-7 (6), 6-3, 11-9 Eric Butorac/Jean-Julien Rojer [...] -
Lopez ends Tipsarevic ATP Tour Final dream
Feliciano Lopez of Spain eliminated the Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, beating him 7-6, (2), 7-6 (3). This is a blow for the Serbian, who still had a chance to qualify for the Barclays ATP Tour Finals in London this year. Tipsarevic was [...] -
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 [...]
