Archive for October, 2009
Baghdatis wins Stockholm Open by beating Rochus
Tennis newsMarcos Baghdatis of Cyprus has beaten Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-1, 7-5 to win the Stockholm Open.
Baghdatis victory on Sunday over his friend and training partner at Royal Tennis Hall gave him his third career singles title.
The Cypriot advanced to the final with a walkover after top-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden withdrew because of an [...]
Kremlin Cup Results
Tennis newsResults Sunday from the Kremlin Cup, a $2,085 million ATP and WTA Tour tournament on indoor hard courts at the Olympic Indoor stadium (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Women
Final
Francesca Schiavone (8), Italy, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-3, 6-0.
Men
Final
Mikhail Youzhny (3), Russia, def. Janko Tipsarevic (6), Serbia, 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-4.
Stockholm Open Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday at the Stockholm Open, an $894,100 ATP tour tournament played on indoor hardcourts at the Royal Tennis Hall (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Semifinals
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Robin Soderling (1), Sweden, walkover.
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3.
Kremlin Cup Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday from the Kremlin Cup, a $2,085 million ATP and WTA Tour tournament on indoor hard courts at the Olympic Indoor stadium (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Semifinals
Janko Tipsarevic (6), Serbia, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4.
Mikhail Youzhny (3), Russia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-1.
Women
Semifinals
Francesca Schiavone (8), Italy, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-0.
Olga Govortsova, Belarus, [...]
Luxembourg Open Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday from the Luxembourg Open, a $220,000 WTA Tour indoor event at CK Sportcenter Kockelscheuer (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Semifinals
Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Yanina Wickmayer (5), Belgium, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Sabine Lisicki (6), Germany, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5).
ATP Tennis Betting Odds - Kremlin Cup & Stockholm Open (Oct 18-25)
Tennis betting newsThe Pinnacle Sportsbook has the best odds on online tennis betting this week’s ATP action. Following last week’s Shanghai Masters the roll call of walking wounded on the ATP Tour got even longer. Nikolay Davydenko took advantage to bag his fourth title since July, and the in-form Russian has a great chance on home soil [...]
WTA-Luxembourg Open Results
Tennis newsResults Wednesday from the Luxembourg Open, a $220,000 WTA Tour indoor event at CK Sportcenter Kockelsheuer (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
First Round
Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Daniela Hantuchova (4), Slovakia, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-1, 6-0.
Yanina Wickmayer (5), Belgium, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Second Round
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Anabel Medina [...]
Kremlin Cup Results
Tennis newsResults Monday from the Kremlin Cup, a $2,085 million ATP and WTA Tour tournament on indoor hard courts at the Olympic Indoor stadium (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Men
First Round
Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Mikhail Youzhny (3), Russia, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-1, 7-6 (5).
Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2.
Potito Starace, [...]
Sweden: 2 tennis players suspected of buying sex
Tennis newsSwedish police say two tennis players are suspected of soliciting prostitutes before the Stockholm Open.
The two men were identified only as foreign citizens. Investigation leader Jonas Trolle told The Associated Press on Monday that they were detained as they entered a hotel in Stockholm early Sunday with their escorts. He said both players were set [...]
Shanghai Masters Results
Tennis newsResults Thursday from the Shanghai Masters, a $3,25 million ATP tournament played on hard courts at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Third Round
Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, def. Fernando Gonzalez (10), Chile, 6-3, 7-5.
Radek Stepanek (13), Czech Republic, def. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-2, retired.
Robin Soderling (9), Sweden, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), [...]
