Post Tagged with: "tennis news"
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Sampras defeats Courier in the Champions Cup opener
Former world no.1 and 14 time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras won the HSBC Tennis Cup, the first event of the 2011 Champions Series. He defeated fellow American Jim Courier 8-6 in th finals after beating Michael Chang in the semifinals with a score line 6-4. Courier overcame Jimmy Connors [...] -
Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Berdych beats Cilic and wins China Open title
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic won his first title since his victory in Munich in 2009. In the final of the China Open, he defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. With this win, he boosted his chances for a place at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in [...] -
Radwanska-Petkovic China Open final
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will meet Andrea Petkovic of Germany in the China Open final. For Radwanska, this could be the second title in two weeks as she won last week’s Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Polish no.11 seed beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in their semifinal [...] -
Berdych victorious against Tsonga in China Open SF
Tomas Berdych upset the top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the China Open semifinal, beating him 6-4, 4-4, 6-1. He will now play Marin Cilic of Croatia in the final. If he succeeds, it will be his first title since he was victorious in Munich in 2009. Berdych could move closer [...] -
Murray sets up Japan Open final against Nadal
World no.4 Andy Murray comfortably made his way into the Japan Open final as he beat the Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. He will now meet Rafael Nadal in the final and will try to revenge the US Open semifinal defeat against the world no.2. The british no.1 managed to [...] -
Cilic defeats Ljubicic to reach China Open final
Marin Cilic beat fellow Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal of the China Open and will face either Frenchman Tsonga or Czech’s Berdych in the final on Sunday. Cilic had a 0-2 head-to-head record against Ljubicic going into the match, but after he broke Ljubicic to lead 5-4 [...] -
Safina hasn’t made the decision to retire yet
Former world number one Dinara Safina of Russia hasn’t decided yet whether she would retire from tennis despite her brother Marat Safin giving a hint. She began to having back problems in early 2010 and hasn’t been playing since May this year. The Russian dropped out of the Top 20 [...] -
Nadal beats Fish and moves into Japan Open Final
Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Rakuta Japan Tennis Open Championship’s Final. The defending champion broke the American in the 11th game of the first set before serving out for it. The second set went much more smoothly for the Spaniard as he managed to break [...] -
Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters
World number 1 Novak Djokovic had to withdraw from one of his favourite tournaments in Shanghai because of a back injury. There had been signs of a back problem in his US Open final match against Spain’s Nadal and he had to withdraw from the Davis Cup semifinal match against [...] -
World no.1 Wozniacki out of China Open
Caroline Wozniacki has lost her quarterfinal match at the China Open against Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 0-6, 6-7 (2). The Italian, who has lost all of their previous five meetings, has dominated the second set and managed to seal the match with a one sided third set tie-break. Agnieszka [...] -
Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...]
