American Roddick defeated Julien Benneteau of France, 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Roddick, currently ranked 15th in the world, rallied from 3-1 down in the final set to convert his first match point with a backhand volley. Fellow American John Isner also advanced in Paris with a 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(5) win over Stanislas…
Ana Ivanovic has won the WTA Tournament of Champions with a straight set win over Anabel Medina-Garigues, 6-3, 6-0. She gained speed early and sweeped through the second set to take the title. "I feel great. Very unexpected, actually. I think I played an impeccable match today. Really I didn’t do much wrong," said Ivanovic….
Roger Federer defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, to take the title at the Swiss Indoors final, his first title in the past 10 months. This is his fifth win here out of the last six held, and as always, it is a emotional win as this is the tournament he used to…
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Rafael Nadal from Spain has withdrawn from the Paris Masters to focus on the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals and Davis Cup final.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…