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Reggio Calabria, Italy - Flavia Pennetta sealed a second Fed Cup title for Italy 3-0 Sunday as she claimed the winning point of the weekend 7-5, 6-2 over American Melanie Oudin in the final. Pennetta, first Italian woman to crack the world Top 10, wr...
ABC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top seed Andy Murray has battled past Fernando Verdasco in the semi-finals of the Valencia Open, beating the fourth-seeded Spaniard 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to set up a final against Mikhail Youzhny.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago
Italian number one Flavia Pennetta beat American teenager Melanie Oudin 7-5 6-2 as Italy won the Fed Cup 3-0 in Reggio Calabria.
kathelyn3wt | yesterday
LYON, France - Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix, where he'll play wild card Michael Llodra. Ljubicic, seeded third and the 2001 Lyon champion, didn't face a break point and won on his first match point when the Frenchman sent a forehand wide. "My serve was not as good as the other days, but I felt pretty good on court," said
icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROGER FEDERER fought off countryman Marco Chiudinelli to set up a final with Novak Djokovic at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors.
sigi590tx | yesterday
BASEL, Switzerland – Roger Federer made a winning return from a six-week break with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Olivier Rochus of Belgium at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament. The top-ranked player looked rested and refreshed Monday after last playing Sept. 20, when he helped Switzerland beat Italy in the Davis Cup. He broke Rochus' serve in the sixth game of the first set and fifth game of the
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters. The 29-year-old has decided to call time on a glittering career in which he won the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open while inspiring his country to Davis Cup glory in 2002 and 2006.
The Dysfunctional Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet for a 14 time tomorrow in the final of Basel.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top seeded Andy Murray of Scotland defeated Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the final of the Valencia Open on Saturday. Murray, bidding for a sixth title of 2009, will face Mikhail Youzhny in Sunday's final after the Russian defeated compatriot and number two seed Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. After winning the final three games of the first set to clinch a one-set lead, Murray...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
FLAVIA Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone cruised to straight set victories to send Italy into a 2-0 lead in the Fed Cup final against the United States.
edevav28vl | yesterday
FRANKFURT, Germany - Tommy Haas, Germany's top-ranked tennis player, is recovering from swine flu. "I did a test because I suspected that I had swine flu. The test was positive," Haas said in Tuesday's Bild newspaper. "Of course, it was a shock for me." Haas told the paper he was already feeling better. "I've calmed down now because although swine flu is a very strong form
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
AS THE pressure to earn a place among the world’s top eight players increases, Andy Murray is playing with the freedom of knowing he earned his place in tennis’s 2009 elite several weeks ago. So, while he may be aching and sore from the rigours of playing his first tournament in almost two months, the Scot is in a much-envied position to claim his sixth title of the year at the Valencia...
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mary Joe Fernandez and Silvia Farina Honored with 2009 Fed Cup Award of Excellence Silvia Farina (Elia) NEWPORT, R.I., U.S.A., November 7, 2009 - The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced that Mary Joe Fernandez, USA Fed Cup Captain, and Silvia Farina, the player with the most Fed Cup wins in Italy's history, are the recipients...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amid Andre Agassi's self-serving revelations about drugs and his rivals, Geoff Dyer finds some thrilling insights into the game of tennis Norman Mailer reckoned that, as big fights loomed, great boxers "begin to have inner lives like Hemingway or Dostoevsky, Tolstoy or Faulkner, Joyce or Melville". If Andre Agassi's Open is anything to go by, great tennis players begin to have minds like...
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BASEL, Switzerland - Roger Federer will play an extra clay-court tournament next year to prepare for his defence of the French Open title. The top-ranked Swiss intends to play 19 events in 2010, according to a playing schedule published Tuesday on his website. Federer has added the Estoril Open in Portugal next May, which he won in 2008 but skipped this year. Federer won the Madrid Masters on clay...
kathelyn3wt | yesterday
LYON, France - Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix, where he'll play wild card Michael Llodra. Ljubicic, seeded third and the 2001 Lyon champion, didn't face a break point and won on his first match point when the Frenchman sent a forehand wide. "My serve was not as good as the other days, but I felt pretty good on court," said Ljubicic,...
edevav28vl | yesterday
FRANKFURT, Germany - Tommy Haas, Germany's top-ranked tennis player, is recovering from swine flu. "I did a test because I suspected that I had swine flu. The test was positive," Haas said in Tuesday's Bild newspaper. "Of course, it was a shock for me." Haas told the paper he was already feeling better. "I've calmed down now because although swine flu is a very strong form of flu, you can quickly overcome...
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