Archive for October, 2009
Lyon Grand Prix Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the Lyon Grand Prix, a ?650,000 ($969,000) ATP event on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland.
Singles
Second Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1), France, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-3, 6-2.
Ivan Ljubicic (3), Croatia, def. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Marc Gicquel, France, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (6), France, 6-4, 6-0.
Michael Llodra, France, [...]
WTA Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Sony Ericsson Championships, a $4,55 million WTA Tour event on outdoor hard court at the Khalifa International Tennis Squash Complex.
Singles
White Group
Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Dinara Safina, Russia, 1-1, retired.
Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Maroon Group
Serena Williams, United States, def. Venus Williams, United States, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 [...]
Injury ends Safinas season, hold on No. 1 ranking
Tennis newsDinara Safina finished the best year of her career with tears in her eyes on Wednesday, as a serious back injury ended her season and her hold on the No 1 ranking she owned for much of 2009.
Safina lasted just 13 minutes in her first round-robin match of the Sony Ericsson Championships before calling it [...]
St. Petersburg Open Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the St Petersburg Open, a $663,750 ATP event on indoor hard courts at Peterburgksy Sports Complex.
Singles
First Round
Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Pablo Cuevas (7), Uruguay, 6-4, 6-3.
Mikhail Youzhny (1), Russia, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2.
Marat Safin, Russia, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Second Round
Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-4, [...]
Lyon Grand Prix Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Lyon Grand Prix, a ?650,000 ($969,000) ATP event on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland.
Singles
First Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu (6), France, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Vincent Millot, France, 6-3, 6-2.
Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Nicolas Kiefer, [...]
St Petersburg Open Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the St Petersburg Open, a $663,750 ATP event on indoor hard courts at Peterburgksy Sports Complex.
Singles
First Round
Igor Andreev (5), Russia, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 6-4, 6-2.
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., Ukraine, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-2, 1-0, retired.
Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.
Horacio Zeballos (8), Argentina, def. Yuri Schukin, [...]
Lyon Grand Prix Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Lyon Grand Prix, a ?650,000 ($969,000) ATP event on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland.
Singles
First Round
Marc Gicquel, France, def. Jerome Haehnel, France, 6-1, 6-4.
Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3).
Michael Llodra, France, def. Lamine Ouahab, Algeria, 6-1, 6-2.
David Guez, France, def. [...]
WTA Championships Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Sony Ericsson Championships, a $4,55 million WTA Tour event on outdoor hard court at the Khalifa International Tennis Squash Complex.
Singles
Maroon Group
Elena Dementieva, Russia, def. Venus Williams, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Serena Williams, United States, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-6 (6), 7-5.
White Group
Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6-2, [...]
St. Petersburg Open Results
Tennis newsResults Sunday from the St Petersburg Open, a $750,000 ATP event on indoor carpet at Peterburgksy Sports Complex (seedings in parentheses).
First Round
Ernest Gulbis, Latvia, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Victor Hanescu (2), Romania, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-1, 6-2.
Bacsinszky wins Luxembourg Open
Tennis newsUnseeded Timea Bacsinszky won her first WTA title, beating sixth-seeded Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the Luxembourg Open.
The Swiss, ranked 70th in the world, won the battle of the 20-year olds Sunday with her fourth upset victory this week by beating a player 42 places ahead of her in the rankings.
In the [...]
