Archive for February, 2009
Nalbandian advances in Telmex Cup defense
Tennis newsArgentina’s David Nalbandian opened his Telmex Cup defense with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador on Monday. The top-seeded Nalbandian broke serve in the fifth game and held on to easily win the first set. In the second set, Nalbandian took two service breaks to Lapentti’s one to take the match in [...]
ATP Open 13 Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Open 13, a ?576,000 ($736,000) ATP Tour indoor tournament (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-1. Feliciano Lopez [...]
RMK Championships & the Cellular South Cup Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the RMK Championships and Cellular South Cup, a $1,226,500 ATP and $220,000 WTA event played on hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men First Round Chris Guccione, Australia, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Igor Andreev (6), Russia, 1-6, [...]
WTA Tour Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the $220,000 WTA Tour Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, played on clay courts at the Club Campestre el Rancho (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Sandra Zahlavova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2. Edina Gallovits, Romania, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Romina [...]
Dubai Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships, a WTA Tour tournament being played at the Aviation Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, 6-4, 6-3. Virginie Razzano, France, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-2. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-2. Monica Niculescu, [...]
ATP-SAP Open Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the SAP Open, a $600,000 ATP Tour event on indoor hardcourt at HP Pavilion (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Todd Widom, United States, def. Taylor Dent, United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2. Mardy Fish (5), United States, def. John Isner, United States, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5. Sam Querrey (6), United States, [...]
WTA-Open GDF Suez Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the Open GDF Suez, a $700,000 WTA Tour event on indoor hard courts at Stade Pierre de Coubertin (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Alize Cornet (5), France, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Li Na, China, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. [...]
Kournikova happy for Williams’ Australian Open win
Tennis newsAnna Kournikova was excited when Serena Williams won the Australian Open, the same event in which Kournikova won two women’s doubles titles. Not excited enough, though, to rejoin the women’s tour. “She’s an amazing player and she’s a great inspiration,” Kournikova said of Williams. “The reason why I really haven’t come back seriously is my [...]
Stepanek, Haas through to San Jose quarterfinals
Tennis newsLast year’s runner-up Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic outlasted Chris Guccione of Australia 6-2, 7-6 (1) to reach the SAP Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. It was fourth-seeded Stepanek’s third straight win over Guccione in the past year. Stepanek, who won his third career title last month at Brisbane, Australia, reached the final here last [...]
ATP-Brazil Open Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Brazil Open, a $562,500 ATP Tour event on clay courts at Costa do Sauipe (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Nicolas Almagro (1), Spain, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2. Eduardo Schwank (6), Argentina, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 2-6, 7-6 [...]
