Archive for May, 2009
French Open Qualifying Results
Tennis newsQualifying results Tuesday for the French Open starting on Sunday at Roland Garros (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men First Round Sergiy Stakhovsky (9), Ukraine, def. Rik de Voest, South Africa, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6. Thierry Ascione, France, def. Juan Pablo Brzezicki, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2. Sebastian Decoud, Argentina, def. Jesse Levine (28), United States, 1-6, 6-3, 10-8. [...]
ATP-Austrian Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Austrian Open, a ?450,000 ($608,000) ATP Tour clay-court event at the Mercedes-Benz Sportpark (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Mikhail Youzhny (7), Russia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Nicolas Massu, Chile, def. Robin Vik, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 7-6 (11), 6-3. Andreas [...]
World Team Cup Results
Tennis newsResults Monday at the ?1,890,000 million ATP World Team Championship. RED GROUP Germany def. United States 2-1 Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-0 Nicolas Kiefer and Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Sam Querrey and Mardy Fish, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 10-1 Sweden def. France 2-1 Robert Lindstedt and Robin [...]
WTA Warsaw Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Warsaw Open, a $600,000 (?445,000) WTA Tour clay-court event at the Klub Tenisowy Legia (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round Marta Domachowska, Poland, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-1. Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (7), United States, 6-2, 7-6 [...]
ATP-WTA Madrid Open Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the Madrid Open, a ?3,7 million ($5 million) ATP Tour and $4,5 million WTA Tour clay-court event at Magic Box tennis center (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men Third Round Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, 7-5, 6-1. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. James Blake (14), United States, 6-2, 6-4. [...]
Murray leads top men into Madrid quarterfinals
Tennis newsDefending champion Andy Murray moved into the Madrid Open quarterfinals by beating Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-1 while top-ranked Rafael Nadal joined him without having to play. Nadal and sixth-seeded Andy Roddick received walkover wins after their respective opponents -Germanys Philipp Kohlschreiber and 10th-seeded Nikolay Davydenko – withdrew with leg injuries. In fact, Roger Federer and [...]
Nalbandian out 4 months after hip surgery
Tennis newsArgentine tennis player David Nalbandian has had surgery on his right hip and will be sidelined for four months. The 15th-ranked Nalbandian underwent surgery in Barcelona on Wednesday. He will miss Argentinas Davis Cup quarterfinal in July, as well as the remaining Grand Slam tournaments – the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. The [...]
Kournikova says kids should be active
Tennis newsAnna Kournikova is moving away from her image as a sexy tennis star in hopes of reaching out to a much younger audience. Known as much for her good looks as her success on the court, Kournikova now works for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and TVs Cartoon Network. She says she is [...]
Madrid Open Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Madrid Open, a ?7,2 million ($9,7 million) joint ATP and WTA Tour clay-court event at Madrids Magic Box tennis center (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men First Round David Ferrer (12), Spain, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 6-4, 7-5. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, def. [...]
ATP Rankings
Tennis newsThrough May 11. Singles 1. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 15,360 points. 2. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10,170. 3. Andy Murray, Britain, 8,990. 4. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8,920. 5. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4,720. 6. Andy Roddick, United States, 4,040. 7. Gilles Simon, France, 4,030. 8. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3,900. 9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3,455. 10. Gael [...]
