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Fish and Stepanek win their opening matches in Tokyo
American Mardy Fish and Czech Radek Stepanek are both through into the second round at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. No.4 seed Fish overcame a scare when beating fellow American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. The 19 year old Harrison had to qualify for the main draw and he put [...] -
Tipsarevic celebrates first title of career in Malaysia
Serbian Janko Tipsarevic celebrated his very first ATP title of his career at the Malaysian Open as he beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-5 in a very tense match that lasted over 2 hours. World no.13 Tipsarevic has been playing some outstanding tennis this season and after his win, he said: [...] -
Li Na shocking first round exit from China Open
World no.5 Li Na very surprisingly lost her first round match at the China Open to a Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-0. For Li Na, this was the first appearance in Beijing since winning the French Open 2011 title. The Chinese has been struggling with form recently and hasn’t [...] -
Murray wins Thailand Open by outclassing Young
British Andy Murray became the PTT Thailand Open champion after defeating the 22 year old American Donald Young in straight sets 6-2, 6-0. World nr.4 Murray, who reached his first ATP World Tour final in Bangkok as a 18 year old, outclassed the American, for whom it was the first [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Serena Williams left out of China Open’s draw
BEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams will miss the China Open after being left out of Friday's draw. -
Murray reaches quarterfinals in Thailand
British number one Andy Murray is through to the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open with a straight-sets victory over German Michael Berrer. -
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. -
US Open to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks
“9-11-01” will be painted on the centre court in Arthur Ashe Stadium during for the men’s and women’s singles finals to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The temporary display will be painted across the net on the umpire’s and the player’s [...]
