Archive for May, 2009
French Open Results
Tennis newsResults Friday from the French Open, played on clay at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men Second Round Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Third Round Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro [...]
Pac-10 penalizes UCLA mens tennis
Tennis newsThe Pac-10 has penalized UCLAs mens tennis program for allowing a player to compete while ineligible during the 2008 season, which resulted in Southern California being declared the conference champion. The Pac-10 said Friday that the Bruins must forfeit all singles and doubles matches in which the player participated last season. As a result, team [...]
Venus out, Ivanovic and Nadal advance at French
Tennis newsVenus Williams was eliminated from the French Open on Friday, losing in the third round of the clay-court major for the third straight year. The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No. 29 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4. It was only the 14th time in 662 career matches [...]
Dementieva advances after Dokic retires
Tennis newsElena Dementieva advanced to the third round of the French Open when Jelena Dokic retired with a back injury while leading 6-2, 3-4 Thursday. Dokic turned for a backhand during the fifth game of the second set, grimaced in pain and called time. She then reached toward the lower part of her back and gingerly [...]
French Open Results
Tennis newsResults Sunday from the French Open, played on clay at Stade Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men First Round Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Ivo Karlovic (26), Croatia, 6-7 (1), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3. Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Jean-Rene Lisnard, Monaco, 6-4, 6-3, [...]
Britton, Moneke advance to mens finals
Tennis newsMississippis Devin Britton and Ohio States Steven Moneke each won tight matches Sunday to advance to Mondays mens singles final in the NCAA Division I tennis championship. On the womens side, Miamis Laura Vallverdu outlasted Georgia freshman and No. 8 seed Chelsey Gullickson in three sets to set up a final with Dukes Mallory Cecil, [...]
Ivo Karlovics Five-Set Match Results
Tennis newsIvo Karlovic is the only mens player in the Open Era to play 10 or more five-set matches without a victory. Record: 0-11 2004 U.S. Open 1R – lost to Tim Henman, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. 2005 Wimbledon 1R – lost to Daniele Bracciali, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 12-10. [...]
World Team Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday at the ?1,890,000 million ATP World Team Championship. Final Serbia 2, Germany 1 Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-2, 6-4. Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.
Zvonareva withdraws from French Open with injury
Tennis newsSixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva has withdrawn from the French Open because of an ankle injury. The Russian injured her ankle chasing a ball last month at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. She pulled out of the seasons second Grand Slam tournament on Saturday, a day before play begins on the red clay at Roland [...]
Warsaw Open Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday from the Warsaw Open, a $600,000 (?445,000) WTA Tour clay-court event at the Klub Tenisowy Legia (seedings in parentheses). Singles Final Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Alona Bondarenko (8), Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-0.
