Archive for February, 2009
WTA-Open GDF Suez Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Open GDF Suez, a $700,000 WTA Tour event on indoor hard courts at Stade Pierre de Coubertin (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Patty Schnyder (6), Switzerland, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4. Amelie Mauresmo (8), France, def. [...]
WTA-Pattaya Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Pattaya Open, a $220,000 WTA event at the Dusit Resorts Hotel (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Peng Shuai (5), China, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 3-6, 5-2, retired. Ksenia Pervak, Russia, def. Tomoko Yonemura, Japan, 6-1, 6-1. Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Elena Bovina, Russia, 6-4, 7-5. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Jarmila [...]
ATP World Tour SAP Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the SAP Open, a $600,000 ATP Tour tournament played on hard courts at HP Pavilion (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Florent Serra, France, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-4. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, def. Igor Kunitsyn (7), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Radek Stepanek (4), Czech Republic, def. Dominik Meffert, Germany, [...]
Dent making strides in his game
Tennis newsTaylor Dent feels his game is close to where it used to be after a first-round victory in the SAP Open. “I can still make big gains in movement,” Dent said after beating Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 6-4 Monday. “The rest of my game is very close.” Dent has played a handful of tournaments since returning [...]
Davydenko wins opening match at ABN Amro
Tennis newsNikolay Davydenko advanced to the second round at the ABN Amro Monday by beating fellow Russian Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-2. The third-seeded Davydenko, who missed the Australian Open with a foot injury, needed just over an hour to dispatch Andreev. Two other Russians, Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny, also advanced by beating two Frenchmen. Tursunov [...]
Russia, Italy, Czechs, U.S. reach Fed Cup semis
Tennis newsDefending champion Russia, Italy and the Czech Republic advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup on Sunday, all completing their wins in reverse singles. The United States had a tougher time, relying on a doubles win to break the deadlock with Argentina to advance 3-2. Russia, which has won four of the last five [...]
Fed Cup Results
Tennis newsWORLD GROUP First Round Winners to semifinals, April 25-26; losers to World Group playoffs. Russia 5, China 0 At Olympic Stadium Moscow Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Yan Zi, China, 6-2, 6-4. Elena Dementieva, Russia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-0. Reverse Singles Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Yan Zi, China, 6-1, 6-2. Alisa [...]
ATP-Movistar Open Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday from the Movistar Open, a $496,750 ATP Tour event on outdoor clay at Centro de Tenis Las Salinas (seedings in parentheses). Singles Semifinals Jose Acasuso (4), Argentina, def. Tommy Robredo (2), Spain, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Fernando Gonzalez, (1), Chile, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-2. —- ATP-Zagreb Indoors Results Results Saturday from the [...]
Fed Cup Results
Tennis newsWORLD GROUP First Round Russia 2, China 0 At Moscow Singles Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Yan Zi, China, 6-2, 6-4. Elena Dementieva, Russia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-0. Czech Republic 1, Spain 1 At Brno, Czech Republic Singles Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, def. [...]
Tsonga advances to quarterfinals in Johannesburg
Tennis newsTop-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France reached the SA Tennis Open quarterfinals Thursday by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-4. Tsonga peppered his opponent with powerful serves and used deft slices and drop shots to reach his fourth consecutive quarterfinal match of the year. The 14th-ranked Frenchman will face sixth-seeded Kristof Vliegen of Belgium, who [...]
