Professional Tennis
The number three seed, Frenchman Gael Monfils has been defeated at the Valencia Open in Valencia, Spain by unseeded Marcel Granollers of Spain, 7-6(12), 3-6, 6-4. The win advances Granollers to the semifinals where he will face the winner of the match between Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and American Sam Querrey. Granollers, last…
Novak Djokovic has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors event in Basel, Switzerland after defeating Lukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. It took just 55 min. to capture another win against the 64th-ranked qualifier. "It was really a comfortable match for me," said Djokovic. "It was…
Rafael Nadal from Spain has withdrawn from the Paris Masters to focus on the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals and Davis Cup final. The second-ranked Nadal says on his Facebook page the decision to pull out of next week’s event at Bercy was necessary “to prepare well for the end of this season and also for…
Bob & Mike Bryan, the American twins, will finish the year as number one on the ATP doubles tour for the seventh time. The two were only outranked in 2004 and again in 2008 since attaining their first in 2003. They won two Grand Slams this year along with five other titles. The Bryan Brothers…
Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Russia and the Czech Republic’s championship competition in Moscow this weekend, with comprehensive telecasts Saturday, Nov. 5, and Sunday, Nov. 6. Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will lead the Czech Republic into its first Fed Cup final as an independent nation with a chance to win the 2011 crown….
Switzerland has chosen to host the United States on an indoor clay court at Fribourg in the 2012 Davis Cup. The Swiss tennis federation says the first-round series will be played Feb. 10-12 at the 7,200-capacity Forum Fribourg arena. Switzerland’s biggest indoor arenas in Geneva and Zurich were unavailable to stage the match. The Swiss…
The injuries continue to mount as the year winds down at the Swiss Indoors event in Switzerland, as the number two seed, Great Britain’s Andy Murray and the number six seed, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic, have left the event due to injury. Murray withdrew from the event before his scheduled first round match with Robin Haase…
Mardy Fish retired from his first-round match at the Swiss Indoors against fellow American James Blake on Tuesday after just one game because of a hamstring injury. Fish, who entered the tournament as the fifth seed, held serve in the opening game and lost the first point of the next game when he decided he couldn’t…
Novak Djokovic says time is needed to gain back his form after a year of three major wins ended early with a back injury that left him sidelined for six weeks. The top-ranked Serbian has resumed play this week at the Swiss Indoors event after retiring from his last match over a month ago on Sept….
Roger Federer has won the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event after a six-week break from action. He defeated Italy’s Potito Starace, 7-6, 6-4, to advance. Federer got off to a slow start, but was able to find himself in the tie-breaker in the first to take the lead one set to none….