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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 [...] -
Stosur against Bartoli in Japan Open final
Samantha Stosur of Australia and Marion Bartoli of France set up a final encounter at the Japan Open. The US Open champion Stosur had to fight hard for her victory in the semis as she defeated China’s Zheng Jie 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3. The Australian will be aiming to win [...] -
Murray wins Shanghai Masters 2011, beats Ferrer in final
Defending champion Andy Murray managed to repeat last year’s performance as he defeated David Ferrer of Spain in the Shanghai Masters final with a scoreline 7-5, 6-4. This was the third title for the British no.1 in the last three weeks and he will now overtake Swiss Federer in the [...] -
Mirnyi-Nestor lift trophy in Shanghai
The Belarusian-Canadian duo Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor celebrated their third career title as they beat Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-1, 12-10 in the Shanghai Masters final. Mirnyi-Nestor faced two matchpoints in the final tie-break before converting their first one to take the match. This was their first title [...] -
Stosur and Bartoli into Japan Open SFs
US Open champion Samantha Stosur moved into the Japan Open semifinals as she overcame Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-2, 6-3. The Australian Stosur will now face either Petra Cetkovska or Jie Zheng. In the other quarterfinal, the second seed Marion Bartoli of France comfortably beat Ayumi Morita of Japan [...] -
Kvitova beats Jankovic, Cibulkova eliminates Safarova in Linz
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic defeated former world no.1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final of Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. The match saw some high quality tennis from both sides with entertaining rallies and some great shots from both players. Both Kvitova [...]
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