Archive for April, 2010
Oudin rallies past Kudryavtseva in Fed Cup
Tennis newsMelanie Oudin defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-3 Saturday, but Russias Elena Dementieva evened up the Fed Cup semifinals matchup with a straight-set win over Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Dementieva, ranked No. 6 in the world, won 6-4, 6-3 to set up a big Sunday rematch with Oudin in the best-of-5 tie. The 18-year-old Oudin, ranked a career-best [...]
Verdasco tops compatriot, reaches Barcelona final
Tennis newsFernando Verdasco continued his impressive start to the clay-court season by beating David Ferrer on Saturday to reach the Barcelona Open final, where the Spaniard will face second-seeded Robin Soderling. Fifth-seeded Verdasco will play his second final in two weeks after overcoming early frustrations to top Ferrer 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-1, denying his Davis Cup [...]
Verdasco, Ferrer set up all-Spanish semi in Barcelona
Tennis newsSecond-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden cruised into the Barcelona Open semifinals Friday by beating Eduardo Schwank 6-2, 6-3 to set up a meeting with Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands. De Bakker upset third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for his first career win over a top-10 opponent. Earlier, Fernando Verdasco and David [...]
U.S.-Russia ready to face off in Fed Cup semifinals
Tennis newsIts just business as usual for the U.S. Fed Cup team. The biggest star is rising 18-year-old Melanie Oudin, not a Williams sister, going into a semifinal matchup with Russia on Saturday and Sunday. The Russian team is also missing some highly ranked players, but neither was fretting over who wasnt on hand for the [...]
Soderling rolls over Lopez to reach Barcelona quarterfinals
Tennis newsRobin Soderling reached the quarterfinals in his first clay-court tournament of the season at the Barcelona Open when he rolled past Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday. Soderling, a French Open finalist last year, evened his career record against Lopez at 4-4. Next up for the Swede, the second and highest seed after [...]
Clijsters-Henin match out to break attendance mark
Tennis newsBelgian rivals Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin will try to assemble the biggest tennis crowd ever when then play an exhibition match in Brussels at the 40,000-capacity King Baudouin Stadium on July 8. If the 34,000 tickets are sold and all 6,000 invitees show up for the evening match, it will easily beat the 30,472 [...]
Venus joins Serena on Fed Cup sidelines vs. Russia
Tennis newsVenus Williams will not play for the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals against Russia this weekend, joining her sister Serena on the sidelines. Williams said Wednesday she is still rehabilitating a troublesome knee injury and isnt ready to return to competition. “I waited until this moment in hopes that I would have an [...]
Gonzalez, Hewitt suffer surprising losses in Barcelona
Tennis newsQualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain advanced to the third round of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday by beating fourth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3. Ramos-Vinolas, with a world ranking of 161, missed two set points in a tightly contested tiebreak but showed his quality in the third set to clinch the biggest [...]
Serena out of Fed Cup vs. Russia; Venus undecided
Tennis newsSerena Williams is not going to play for the U.S. against Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals this weekend. Venus Williams still needs to decide whether shell be on the team. Both sisters have been dealing with leg problems, and U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez has been holding open a spot for the tie at [...]
Clijsters-Henin match out to break attendance mark
Tennis newsBelgian rivals Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin will try to assemble the biggest tennis crowd ever when then play an exhibition match in Brussels at the 40,000-capacity King Baudouin Stadium on July 8. If the 34,000 tickets are sold and all 6,000 invitees show up for the evening match, it will easily beat the 30,472 [...]
