Archive for April, 2009
Korolev, Phau advance in Clay Court play
Tennis newsEvgeny Korolev of Russia fought through rough wind and a comeback try by Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain for a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory in the second round of the US Mens Clay Court Championships on Thursday. Korolev had control of the match until midway in the second set and then had to use a tiebreaker [...]
Wozniacki moves into Ponte Vedra quaterfinals
Tennis newsSecond-seeded Caroline Wozniacki moved into the quarterfinals of The MPS Group Championships by beating Frances Virginie Razzano 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday. Wozniackis sixth quarterfinal in seven tournaments this year will be against either eighth-seeded Bethanie Mattek-Sands or Slovakias Daniela Hantuchova, who were playing a late match. Razzano led 40-0 on serve in the eighth game [...]
WTA-MPS Group Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the MPS Group Championships, a $220,000 WTA Tour event on clay at Sawgrass Country Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 7-5. Aleksandra Wozniak (5), Canada, def. Sabine Lasicki, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 [...]
ATP-US Mens Clay Court Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the US Mens Clay Court Championships, a $500,000 ATP Tour event on clay at River Oaks Country Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Evgeny Korolev, Russia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Scoville Jenkins, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Marcel Granollers (6), [...]
Hewitt scores quick victory over Roitman
Tennis newsLleyton Hewitt of Australia took 57 minutes to beat Sergio Roitman of Argentina 6-1, 6-3 Wednesday in a second-round match of the US Mens Clay Court Championships at River Oaks Country Club. Hewitt was slowed last season by hip surgery, but showed no signs of the ailment against his struggling opponent. Roitman held his serve [...]
WTA-MPS Group Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the MPS Group Championships, a $220,000 WTA Tour event on clay at Sawgrass Country Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Alona Bondarenko (7), Ukraine, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Patricia Mayr, Austria, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 6-1, 6-3. [...]
Petrova beats 14-year-old Keys at Ponte Vedra
Tennis newsTop-seeded Nadia Petrova beat 14-year-old American Madison Keys 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of The MPS Group Championships on Wednesday. Petrova, ranked No. 10 in the world, won nine of the last 11 games to beat Keys, who was playing in her first WTA Tour event in the season-opening clay-court tournament. At the beginning [...]
ATP-US Mens Clay Court Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the US Mens Clay Court Championships, a $500,000 ATP Tour event on clay at River Oaks Country Club (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Jurgen Melzer (3), Austria, 6-4, 6-0. John Isner, United States, def. Paul Capdeville, Chile, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. [...]
The MPS Group Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Monday in the $220,000 WTA event The MPS Group Championships on outdoor green clay at the Sawgrass Country Club. Singles First Round Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Madison Keys, United States, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Alona Bondarenko (7), Ukraine, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-4, 6-3. [...]
14-year-old Keys makes WTA debut with win
Tennis newsFourteen-year-old Madison Keys made her WTA Tour debut a memorable one, upsetting Russias Alla Kudryavtseva 7-5, 6-4 on Monday in the opening round of The MPS Group Championships. The American fell behind 5-2 in the first set but used powerful ground strokes to break Kudryavtseva twice and a serve that averaged 162.5 kph (101 mph) [...]
