Top seed Simon, No. 3 Dolgopolov upset in St. Petersburg
Tennis newsTop-seeded Gilles Simon and third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov made early exits in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open on Monday. Adrian Mannarino rallied to beat fellow Frenchman Simon 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, while Dolgopolov was upset by Israeli wild-card Dudi Sela 6-2, 6-2. Earlier, fifth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia advanced to the second round, beating [...]
Top seed Monfils makes Stockholm first title of season
Tennis newsTop-seeded Gael Monfils won his first title of the year Sunday after defeating Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the Stockholm Open final. The win is 25-year-old Monfils fourth title on the ATP tour and he said he was surprised to win his first tournament since picking up a knee injury. “After Bangkok I havent [...]
Wozniacki, Sharapova headline event in Istanbul
Tennis newsTop-ranked Caroline Wozniacki and three-time major winner Maria Sharapova lead two round-robin groups for the WTA Championships this week as Turkeys biggest city hosts the event for the first time. Wozniacki is joined in the red group by Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Vera Zvonareva and Agnieszka Radwanska. Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, French Open champion Li Na [...]
Top seed Monfils makes Stockholm final, seeks first 2011 title
Tennis newsTop-seeded Gael Monfils beat No. 6 Milos Raonic 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to set up a Stockholm final against Jarkko Nieminen. The 10th-ranked Monfils converted three of nine break points against the hard-serving Canadian as he looks for his first title of the year. Nieminen beat American player James Blake 7-6 (5), 5-7, [...]
Troicki to defend Moscow title against fellow Serb Tipsarevic
Tennis newsDefending champion Vicktor Troicki and top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic advanced to the Kremlin Cup final with straight-sets victories on Saturday to set up the first ever all-Serbian final on the ATP Tour. Tipsarevic beat three-time Kremlin Cup winner Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 7-5, while Troicki defeated French qualifier Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-4 in the first mens semifinal. [...]
Azarenka reaches semifinals in Luxembourg
Tennis newsTop-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. She will play sixth-seeded Julia Goerges on Saturday after the German advanced when Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia withdrew with a hip injury while trailing 5-2. In other quarterfinals, Monica Niculescu of Romania [...]
Top-seeded Zvonareva upset in Moscow quarters; Bartoli pulls out
Tennis newsDominika Cibulkova advanced to her second straight semifinal Friday, rallying to beat top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. In the quarterfinals, Kaia Kanepi upset sixth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash with Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, who ousted [...]
Monfils survives day of upsets in Stockholm, makes second round
Tennis newsGael Monfils of France was the only seeded player to advance during a day of upsets in the second round of the Stockholm Open on Thursday. The top-seeded Monfils beat Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4 and will next face fifth-seeded South African Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals. Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian took [...]
Meyerson, who represented tennis star Roddick, dies at 48
Tennis newsTennis agent Ken Meyerson, who represented Grand Slam winners Andy Roddick, Chris Evert and Justine Henin, has died. He was 48. Meyerson died Wednesday night at his home in Florida, according to a statement by his agency, Lagardere Unlimited. The cause of death was not immediately known. Meyerson had been president of Lagarderes tennis division [...]
Blake upsets Del Potro to reach Stockholm quarterfinals
Tennis newsAmerican James Blake upset second-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Swedish Open. South Africas Kevin Anderson and Milos Raonic of Canada also advanced. Anderson needed three sets to beat 33-year-old Tommy Haas of Germany 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, while Raonic easily defeated Philipp Petzschner [...]
