Archive for September, 2010
Davydenko out in second round at Kuala Lumpur
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire re Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko lost to fellow Russian Igor Andreev 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of the Malaysian Open. Andreevs win in stifling heat was his first against Davydenko in seven years. Davydenko led 5-1 in the first-set tiebreaker, but Andreev found his forehand and rattled off [...]
Schiavone overpowers Date Krumm at Pan Pacific
Tennis newsTennis news-S French Open champion Francesca Schiavone beat local favorite Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Date Krumm celebrated her 40th birthday on Tuesday with a victory against Daniela Hantuchova in the second round, but was no match for the fifth-seeded Italian. Schiavone overpowered [...]
U.S. Open champ Clijsters to miss China Open
Tennis newsTennis news-Spo U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will miss next months China Open because of an infection on her right foot. The three-time major title winner tweeted Tuesday that she “had a mole removed under my right foot and the wound got infected” and her website says “Kim has to cancel for Beijing.” The WTA [...]
Del Potro’s comeback at Thailand ends quickly
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire Juan Martin Del Potros return from an eight-month injury layoff ended in a 7-6 (7), 6-4 loss to Olivier Rochus at the Thailand Open on Tuesday. The 2009 U.S. Open champion hasnt played since the Australian Open in January. He withdrew from several tournaments before having surgery on his right wrist in [...]
Date Krumm deals Sharapova first-round exit
Tennis newsTennis news-S Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm rallied to beat defending champion Maria Sharapova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open. Date Krumm, who is one day short of her 40th birthday, broke the 23-year-old Russian to go up 5-3 in the third set and won the final [...]
De Bakker, Troicki roll to wins at Thailand Open
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands and Viktor Troicki of Serbia earned straight-set wins in the first round of the Thailand Open on Monday. The sixth-seeded De Bakker shook off a shaky start to beat Marc Lopez of Spain 7-5, 6-0. He will meet Daniel Brands of Germany, who downed Illya Marchenko [...]
Simon beats Zverev becomes Open de Moselle champ
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Eighth-seeded Gilles Simon of France easily beat qualifier Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Open De Moselle and clinch his seventh career title. Simon, who won his last title on hard courts at Bangkok in October last year, made quick work of beating Zverev in 1 hour, 7 [...]
Argentina’s Chela defeats Andujar in Romania final
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wir Fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina has defeated unseeded Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-1, on Sunday to win the BCR Open Romania final. Coming from a semifinal that lasted more than three hours, Andujar was poised to challenge the more experienced Chela, ranked 53 by ATP. The Spanish player broke his opponents serve [...]
Simon thrashes Kohlschreiber, advances to final
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Eighth-seeded Giles Simon of France beat No. 6 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to reach the Open De Moselle final. Simon had eight aces and broke Kohlschreibers serve three times to reach his first final since winning on hard courts at Bangkok last year for his sixth career title. Simon served [...]
Kudryavtseva makes Tashkent Open first title
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire Alla Kudryavtseva has won her first WTA Tour title, beating Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-4 in an all-Russian final at the Tashkent Open. Seventh-seeded Kudryavtseva broke the fourth-seeded Vesnina in the seventh game of the first set. After an exchange of breaks midway through the second set, Kudryavtseva broke again in the seventh [...]
