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Zvonareva and Radwanska to play in Tokyo Open final
Fourth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia eliminated the Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova in the semis of the Pan Pacific Open, winning in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-0. Kvitova got into the semifinals after Maria Sharapova had to retire from their quarterfinal match as she twisted her ankle and was unable [...] -
Baghdatis and Troicki into Malaysian Open SFs
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus got through to the Malaysian Open semifinals by defeating the Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 7-6 (3). In the other quarterfinal match, Viktor Toicki of Serbia dismissed Dmitry Tursunov of Russia 6-4, 6-4. -
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 [...] -
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. -
Sharapova advances in Tokyo, Wozniacki out
Maria Sharapova defeated the Germany Julia Goerges at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and set up a meeting with Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals. Petra Kvitova was the one who defeated her in this year’s Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. World no.1 [...] -
Simon defeats Lu in a tough match at Thailand Open
Third seed Gilles Simon of France overcame a scare when he beat Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Thailand Open. He will now play Matthias Bachinger of Germany, who ousted Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 7-6 (5), 6-3. Simon won the Thailand [...] -
Melzer through to Malaysian Open QFs
Austrian Jurgen Melzer reached the Malaysian Open quarterfinals as he eliminated Rik de Voest of South Africa 6-0, 6-4. Melzer was playing with lots of confidence and de Voest never looked like he could stand in the way of the Austrian’s victory. “The first set was one of the best [...] -
Dokic reunites with father
Jelena Dokic, a former Wimbledon semifinalist revealed that she had been able to reconcile with her father and former coach Damir. The Australian Dokic was ranked as high as no.4 and was considered as a huge talent amongst tennis players. He father had been very controversial in the past. The [...] -
Ivanovic beats Robson in Tokyo
Former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated Laura Robson of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4 and moved into the third round at the Pacific Open in Tokyo. Robson took a double break lead 3-0 in the second set after losing the first one, but it was Ivanovic who managed to [...] -
Wozniacki wins comfortably in New Haven
Caroline Wozniacki, who is going to be the top seeded player at the US Open 2011, has won her 2nd round match against Polona Hercog with a core line of 6-3, 6-0. Now she will be facing the American Christina McHale, who surprisingly managed to beat the Dane world no.1 [...] -
British no.1 Baltacha defeats Goerges in a thriller
British number one Elena Baltacha beats third seed Julia Goerges in the second round of the Texas Open. -
Hewitt pulls out of US Open
After losing at the Winston-Salem Open to Blaz Kavcic, former world no. 1 and 2001 US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt decided to pull out of this years US Open due to an ongoing foot injury. He has been having problems with his foot since he had surgery on it this [...]
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