Archive for October, 2009

16Oct

Generali Ladies Results

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Results Thursday from the Generali Ladies, a $220,000 (?137,000) WTA Tour indoor event at Intersport Arena (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-4, 6-4. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-4, 7-5. Yanina [...]

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15Oct

Japan Womens Open Results

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Results Wednesday from the Japan Womens Open, a $220,000 WTA Tour event on hard courts at Utsubo Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses). Singles Second Round Marion Bartoli (2), France, def. Karumi Nara, Japan, 6-1, 6-1. Francesca Schiavone (4), Italy, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-3, 0-6, 6-3. Sania Mirza, India, def. Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine 6-4, 6-3. [...]

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13Oct

Shanghai Masters Results

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Results Monday from the Shanghai Masters, a $3,25 million ATP tournament played on hard courts at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses). Singles First Round James Blake, United States, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Tommy Robredo (14), Spain, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-1, 6-4. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Marco Chiudinelli, [...]

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13Oct

WTA-Generali Ladies Results

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Results Monday from the Generali Ladies, a US$220,000 (?137,000) WTA Tour indoor event at Intersport Arena (seedings in parentheses). First Round Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-1, 6-4. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Carla Suarez [...]

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12Oct

Martin beats Agassi in final

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Todd Martin beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday in the final of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tennis Championships, the 39-year-old Agassis first tournament on the 30-and-older Outback Champions Series. I really enjoyed being here this week, with a lot of peers and familiar faces and the crowds were great, Agassi said. Three [...]

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12Oct

Djokovic and Kuznetsova win China Open titles

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Novak Djokovic won the China Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Croatias Marin Cilic, and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia defeated Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-4 in the womens final on Sunday. The second-seeded Serb broke Cilics serve in the sixth game and again in the eighth to take the first set following [...]

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12Oct

Tsonga downs Youzhny to win Japan Open

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Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Japan Open for his third title of the season. Today, I played perfect, just like yesterday, said Tsonga, who hit 11 aces and won in just 69 minutes. When I play like that it is tough for my opponent [...]

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10Oct

Japan Open Results

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Results Friday from the Japan Open, a $1,2 million ATP event on hard courts at Ariake Colosseum (seedings in parentheses). Singles Quarterfinals Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (6). Lleyton Hewitt (8), Australia, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-4, 6-0. [...]

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09Oct

China Open Results

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Results Thursday from the China Open, a $3,3 million ATP and $4,5 million WTA tournament played on hard courts at the National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses). Singles Men Second Round Rafael Nadal (2) Spain, def. James Blake, United States, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4. [...]

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06Oct

Japan Open Results

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Results Monday from the Japan Open, a $1,2 million ATP Tour event on hard courts at Ariake Colosseum (seedings in parentheses). First round Singles Stanislas Wawrinka (7), Switzerland, def. John Isner, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Simon Greul, Germany, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 4-6, 6-1, [...]

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