Archive for April, 2009
ATP-Rome Masters Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Rome Masters, a ?2,75 million (US$3,64 million) ATP event on clay at the Foro Italico (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Richard Gasquet, France, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, def. Florent Serra, France, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 7-5.
Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. David Ferrer (11), Spain, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Second [...]
Grand Prix SAR Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Grand Prix SAR, a ?200,220 ($262,788) WTA event on clay (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Nadia Lalami, Morocco, 6-4, 6-3.
Eva Fernandez-Brugues, Spain, def. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Nathalie Vierin, Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Jarmila Groth, Slovakia, def. Paula Fondevila Castro, Spain, 6-3, 7-5.
Polona [...]
ATP-Rome Masters Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Rome Masters, a ?2,75 million ($3,64 million) ATP event on clay at the Foro Italico (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.
Tommy Robredo (13), Spain, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Robin Soderling, Sweden, def. Marcel [...]
WTA Porsche Grand Prix Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Porsche Grand Prix, a $700,000 WTA tournament on indoor clay at the Porsche Arena (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Li Na, China, def. Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwanska (8), Poland, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 7-6 (2), 6-0.
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Caroline Wozniacki (7), Denmark, def. Iveta Benesova, [...]
Blake upset by Romanian qualifier at Rome Masters
Tennis newsJames Blake struggled with the windy conditions and lost to Romanian qualifier Victor Crivoi 7-5, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Rome Masters.
Blake lost the opening five games against the 112th-ranked Crivoi, rallied to make it 5-5 - saving three set points along the way - then was broken at love to end [...]
Azarenka beats Navarro on clay in Porsche GP
Tennis newsFourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-4 Monday in the opening match of the Porsche Grand Prix, the first match to be played on indoor clay on the WTA tour.
The tournament used to be played in October on carpet but has now been moved to April, with the same surface that is used [...]
Grand Prix SAR Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Grand Prix SAR, a ?200,220 ($262,788) WTA event on clay (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Marta Domachowska, Poland, def. Maria Kirilenko (4), Russia, 6-4, 6-4.
Ekaterina Makarova (6), Russia, def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Federer refocuses in Rome after wedding
Tennis newsRoger Federer has refocused on tennis after getting married and then promptly losing to fellow Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
The 13-time Grand Slam winner spent the last week in intensive training with fitness coach Pierre Paganini, grinding out daily four-hour practice sessions on Italian clay courts.
Im expecting [...]
Jankovic leads Serbia into Fed Cups World Group
Tennis newsJelena Jankovic helped Serbia to a 4-0 victory over Spain on Sunday that secured its place in the Fed Cups World Group for the first time.
Jankovic overcame a cold to defeat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and establish an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the playoff, knocking five-time Fed Cup champion Spain out of the [...]
Fed Cup Results
Tennis newsWORLD GROUP
Semifinals.
Winners to final, Nov. 7-8
United States 3, Czech Republic 2
At Starobrno Rondo Arena
Brno, Czech Republic
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
Alexa Glatch, United States, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.
Reverse Singles
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Alexa Glatch, United States, def. Petra Kvitova, [...]
