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Ito and Nishikori upset third seeds at Japan Open
Japanese wildcard holders Tatsuma Ito and Kei Nishikori stunned the third seed pair Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya in the first round at the Japan Open as they defeated them 4-6, 6-4, 10-4. Kas and Peya were hoping to qualify for this year’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, but this [...] -
Great Britain win Junior Davis Cup title for the first time
Great Britain won the Junior Davis Cup after defeating Italy in the Final in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This was their first ever win at the Davis Cup. They reached the final in 2009 but were second best to Australia. Evan Hoyt, Kyle Edmund and Luke Bambridge were top seed [...] -
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: [...] -
Agassi beats Courier and wins Champions Cup title
American Andre Agassi captured the Champions Cup title by defeating Jim Courier in the final with a scoreline 8-5. “Beating Jim is never easy, and it never has been,” Agassi said . “I got off to a good start tonight, and that was the difference. Jim and I have been [...] -
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 [...] -
Foundation’s of Nadal, Nalbandian and Japan Earthquake Fund receive grants
Defending Tokyo champion Rafael Nadal’s, as well as David Nalbandian’s foundation and East Japan Earthquake Charity Fund were presented cheques on centre court at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships that will start this upcoming week. The cheques were given out by ATP CEO Brad Drewett. “For me, and especially [...] -
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 [...] -
Marach-Qureshi win title in Bangkok
Top seeded players Oliver Marach and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi made the most out of the partnership debut at the Thailand Open as they beat Germans Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). For the Austrian Marach, it was the 10th ATP World Tour title, the third of the season, [...] -
Butorac-Rojer champions in Kuala Lumpur
American Dutch doubles partners Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer were victorious in the Malaysian Open final, defeating the Czecho-Slovak Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek 6-1, 6-3. Their main priority is to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The Top 8 teams will qualify and Butorac/Rojer are currently at [...] -
Robson qualifies for China Open main draw
British Laura Robson secured herself a spot in the main draw of China Open in Beijing by beating Melinda Czink 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Robson, currently ranked 141, was gived a wildcard by the organisers. The 17 year old Brit showed some good tennis against former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic [...] -
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 [...] -
Young beats Monfils and will play in Thailand Open final
Donald Young battled his way through to defeat Gael Monfils of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to reach the final of the Thailand Open. This will be his first ATP World Tour final ever and he will play against the winner of the match between Murray and Simon. “I’m [...] -
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 [...]
