Federer routs Nishikori for first title in 10 months
Tennis newsDefending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months. The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy. [...]
Murray advances, to race Roddick in third round in Paris
Tennis newsNovak Djokovic dismissed Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-4, 6-3 in the Paris Masters second round on Wednesday showing no signs of the shoulder injury that bothered him last weekend at the Swiss Indoors. The top-ranked Serb had complained of shoulder pains in his semifinal loss to Kei Nishikori in Basel. But he said he was [...]
Verdasco, Kohlschreiber earn second round in Paris
Tennis newsFernando Verdasco of Spain rallied past Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Paris Masters on Monday. Julien Benneteau of France, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, Kevin Anderson of South Africa, and Germans Philipp Kohlschreiber and Florian Mayer also advanced. The tournament is the last chance for some players [...]
Doubles win gives Czechs first Fed Cup title since 1988
Tennis newsLucie Hradecka and veteran doubles specialist Kveta Peschke beat Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-2 in the decisive doubles match Sunday to secure a 3-2 win for the Czech Republic over Russia in the Fed Cup final. It is the Czechs sixth title and first since 1988, when, as Czechoslovakia, they beat the Soviet [...]
Federer routs Nishikori for first title in 10 months
Tennis newsDefending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months. The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy. [...]
Sleep-deprived Ivanovic handles Petrova, to defend Bali title
Tennis newsDefending champion Ana Ivanovic will play Anabel Medina Garrigues in Sundays final of the WTA Tournament of Champions. Ivanovic defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-1, 7-5 Saturday, despite getting little sleep after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Bali on Friday night. “I jumped out of the bed, I had no idea what [...]
Wild-card entry Nishikori rallies to upset Djokovic in Basel semis
Tennis newsTop-ranked Novak Djokovic was stunned in the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Saturday, losing 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to Japans Kei Nishikori. Nishikori was overmatched in the first set but turned the match around by winning a thrilling rally when Djokovic was just two points from victory at 5-4 in the second. The 32nd-ranked Nishikori, a [...]
Granollers drops Monfils in Valencia quarterfinals
Tennis newsTop-seeded David Ferrer of Spain beat Russias Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Valencia Open. The defending champion used a combination of speed and deep ground strokes to force Davydenko into costly errors throughout that match. Ferrer won the first set as Davydenko struggled with his serve early, [...]
Djokovic, Federer advance to Swiss Indoors semifinals
Tennis newsNovak Djokovic fought back after losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals on Friday. The top-ranked Serb stayed on course to meet hometown favorite Roger Federer in the final for a third straight year after the defending champion beat American Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-2. Djokovic had [...]
Bryan brothers top year-end doubles ranking for 7th time
Tennis newsAmerican twins Bob and Mike Bryan will finish the year ranked as the No. 1 ATP doubles pair for a record seventh time. The 33-year-old Bryans first-round win at the Valencia Open on Wednesday means they cannot be overtaken by No. 2-ranked pair Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic. Since 2003, in 2004 and 2008. This [...]
