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Last Updated: 2009-10-14T14:55:52+05:30
Marin Cilic of Croatia has confirmed his participation in the Aircel Chennai Open 2010.The tournament will take place from January 5 to 11.
Defending champion and world number 13 is high in spirits after defeating top seed Rafael Nadal in the semi finals of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 in ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T11:58:14+05:30
Andy Roddick had to retire from Shanghai Masters following a knee injury in a second-round match on Tuesday.
Andy’s retirement led to advancement of Swiss Stan Wawrinka into the next round. Roddick hurt his knee at 40-all in the eighth game and immediately went to his ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T11:41:42+05:30
Rohan Bopanna of India and Hsun Yen Lu of Chinese Taipei outclassed Deniss Pavlovs of Latvia and Vaja Uzakov of Uzbekistan to advance into the quarter-finals of the men's doubles event at Tashkent Challenger tennis on Tuesday.
The second seeded Indo-Taipei pair survived a match point, ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-14T10:58:31+05:30
Tommy Haas advanced into the second round of the Shanghai Masters defeating compatriot Benjamin Becker.Haas played an Asian match for the first time in more than two years. He registered a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 win over Becker on the match played on Tuesday.
The 18th-ranked German, competing for ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-13T16:02:41+05:30
Argentine Juan Del Potro will stand in for Roger Federer at the invitational Kooyong Classic .The decision was taken as Roger Federer is still to finalise his 2010 playing schedule.
The US Open winner and world number-five Del Potro will take over as eighth man at the key preparation event ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-13T12:02:18+05:30
Somdev Devvarman advanced into the second round of Tashkent challenger. The seventh seeded defeated Spanish player Gillermo Olaso in straight sets by 6-3, 6-2. Somdev’s compatriot Rohan Bopanna on the other hand was crushed by Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun by 6-4, 6-2 in the $125,000 Tashkent ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T16:20:25+05:30
Sania Mirza knocked out fifth seed Shahar Peer of Israel in her first round encounter at Japan Open on Monday.
Sania Mirza, who earned her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi this season crushed Peer in a game of one hour 52 minutes .She ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T15:41:24+05:30
World number one Roger Federer and second seeded Rafael Nadal will play in the Capitala World Tennis tournament in 2010.Andy Murray has withdrawn from the US$250,000 tournament.
The current world number one and two will be back in action in the second edition of Capitala World Tennis ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T14:21:31+05:30
The organisers of Australian open announced on Monday that former champion Justine Henin has been given a wildcard entry for the 2010 Australian Open.
Craig Tiley, tournament director in his statement said, “I spoke to Justine’s team over the weekend and was happy to grant her ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T11:45:25+05:30
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crushed Russia's Mikhail Youzhny to claim Japan Open. The Frenchman registered a 6-3, 6-3 straight set win against the Russian on the Sunday bash.
The world number seven and second seed in the tournament knocked out the Russian in just 69 minutes game. The win earned ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T10:12:59+05:30
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia claimed her second China Open title on Sunday. She crushed Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets. The win brings her back to the top five in the WTA rankings.
The sixth seed Kuznetsova, who had claimed the 2006 Beijing title, was runner-up last year. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-12T09:44:32+05:30
Novak Djokovic defeated wild card Marin Cilic by 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) to claim the Beijing title on Sunday.
Djokovic regained his third position in the world on Monday .He also won his third trophy of the season while preventing Croatia's Cilic from doing the same in their stop-start ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T17:35:20+05:30
Mikhail Youzhny stunned Lleyton Hewitt to make it into the finals of Japan Open. Youzhny earned his first career victory over Hewitt with Saturday’s win. He fired 10 aces advancing into the finals with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 victory and pushing out the 2001 champion Australian from the Japan Open. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T16:44:03+05:30
Croatian Marin Cilic crushed the world number two Rafael Nadal in the Saturday’s semi-final match. The Croation reserved his place in the finals of the $6.6 million China Open with a 6-1, 6-3 straight set win over Nadal.
The top seed was enjoying his comeback after tendinitis of the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T16:34:50+05:30
Novak Djokovic advanced into the finals of China Open defeating Swede Robin Soderling. The Serbian emerged as the winner crushing the Swede in straight sets by 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-final bash of the $6.6 million tournament.
The win also assures the Serbian the world number three spot ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T12:03:22+05:30
Rafael Nadal defeated Marat Safin on Friday restricting him from an entry into the semis of the $6.6-million China Open. He established a 6-3, 6-1 clinical victory over the Russian.
World number two Nadal playing his first tournament since returning from an abdominal injury controlled the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-10T11:32:28+05:30
French seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils entered the semi-finals of the Japan Open winning their respective matches.
Second-seeded Monfils staged his second comeback in as many days, getting past Latvian Ernests Gulbis by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Tsonga also recovered from a set down in his ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T16:26:41+05:30
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia advanced into the semis of China Open while her compatriot Nikolay Davydenko was ousted in a straight-set upset.
The 2006 champion in Beijing registered an easy victory over Russian teen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.She earned a straight set victory of 6-3, 6-3. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T12:03:44+05:30
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga charged into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open. The second seed defeated Richard Gasquet by 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
The 2008 Australian Open finalist was unexpectedly joined in the last eight by unheralded compatriot Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who followed up his first-round ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T11:31:13+05:30
Serena Williams ended her China Open campaign on Thursday .Russian Nadia Petrova stunned the top seed by 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the third round only days before she will be officially regaining her number one spot in the ranking chart.
Williams will take over the top spot in the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-09T10:20:16+05:30
Rafael Nadal reached the quarter-finals of the China Open tennis on Thursday. He defeated James Blake in a struggling match by 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3.
Rafael Nadal broke five times before eventually controlling the game. Nadal was given a tough fight by the American who was once a regular ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-08T14:37:09+05:30
Andy Murray has withdrawn from the $5.25 million Shanghai Masters to be played next week. The organisers said that the world number three’s pull out was result of his wrist injury.
The Briton did not participate in this week's Japan Open for the same reason. According to a statement ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-08T13:10:12+05:30
A three-time Grand Slam winner, Russian Maria Sharapova ended her China Open campaign with her defeat to China's Peng Shuai. Peng Shuai had a straight set win over the Russian by 6-2, 6-4 at the Olympic tennis venue. Sharapova made 21 unforced errors and surrendered her serve four times during the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-08T12:46:59+05:30
Former world junior number one Gael Monfils reached the quarter-finals at the Japan Open tournament on Wednesday. The French fourth seed, fired off 10 aces to beat the Swiss by 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the second round.
Monfils made a great start with 3-0 start, but failed to maintain the lead ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-07T13:57:29+05:30
World number one Serena Williams may not be allowed to play in the Australian Open in 2010. The threat to Williams comes after she posed nude for the front cover of ESPN Magazine and for her bizarre behaviour in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
According to a report, Serena is under an ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-07T11:03:58+05:30
Serena Williams regained her number one spot in world rankings defeating Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the USD 6.6 million China Open on Tuesday.The top seed crushed the Russian in straight sets by 6-3 6-2.
Dinara Safina’s loss to the 226th-ranked Chinese wildcard ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-06T14:55:19+05:30
Fourth seed Elena Dementieva advanced into the third round of China Open.She continued her golden run with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Hungarian Melinda Czink in the second round of the $6.6 million China Open on Tuesday.
The Russian struggled with her serve a little during the game but had an ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-06T14:25:03+05:30
Juan Martin del Potro lost to world number 189 Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the first round of the Japan Open on Tuesday. Edouard defeated the top seed in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4.
The top seed who refused to blame a stomach upset and jet-lag after losing his first match said,"I didn't ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-05T16:58:27+05:30
Venus Williams was out of China Open after she lost to Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Monday. The Russian crushed the world number three by 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the USD 6.6 million tournament.
The world number 39, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova controlled the last two sets of the 132-minute ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-05T15:50:47+05:30
Somdev Devvarman climbed four places in the ranking chart to grab the 129th spot. He is two places behind his career best ranking. Rohan Bopanna, his partner in Davis cup jumped to the 358th spot, gaining 89 rungs.
Bopanna played extremely well in last week's ATP Malaysia Open .He ... |