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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. [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova, Goerges and Lisicky out of Linz
Sorana Cirstea of Romania surprisingly defeated fourth seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament in Austria. Pavlyuchenkova couldn’t find her serve as she made 11 double faults. Cirstea will play either Lucie Safarova or Alberta Brianti next. This [...] -
Kerber and Cetkovska move into Japan Open QFs
German Angelique Kerber got through to the Japan Open quarterfinals as she defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarusia 6-1, 6-3. Kerber will now meet the defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in the quarters. Petra Cetkovska of Czech Republic secured herself the quarterfinal spot by beating the qualifier Eirka Sema of Japan 6-0, [...] -
Ferrero and Ferrer victorious at Shanghai Masters, Melzer out
Former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero beat fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the Shanghai Masters 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and will meet David Ferrer of Spain in round three. David Ferrer, who is on a good way to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (currently [...] -
Serena Williams to play at Brisbane
Former world no.1 Serena Williams is set to play at the Brisbane International that will take place from Jan 1-8th 2012. This tournament is considered amongst players as a good warm up for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. Besides the US Open finalist Williams, there [...] -
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 [...] -
Pavlyuchenkova and Safarova through to 2nd round in Linz
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia dismissed Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Generali Ladies Linz. After losing the second set, the fourth seed Pavlyuchenkova took a 5-0 lead in the third, but only managed to convert her 4th matchpoint to seal the [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Bartoli through,McHale loses to Tanasugarn at the Japan Open
Eight seed Christina McHale of the United States lost her first round match at the Japan Open against the defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. World no.11 Marion Bartoli of Italy is through to the second round after beating Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-2, 6-2. Other 1st round results: Misaki [...]
