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Tsonga survives in Montreal; Nadal returns tonight
August 12, 2009 by
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Rainer Schuettler 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.
The seventh-seeded Tsonga broke for a 4-3 lead in the final set to secure the win. His next opponent will be the winner of a match between fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon...
Murray wins on Masters Cup debut
November 11, 2008 by
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Courtesy BBC
Andy Murray got off to a winning start at his first Masters Cup by defeating Andy Roddick in three sets in Shanghai.
The British number one came through 6-4 1-6 6-1 against the American in the season-ending event for the world's top eight players.
Murray still has...
Cincinnati Masters, Day 1 Review: Simon Breezes Through, Monfils Upset
August 17, 2009 by
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Cincinnati—The tribulations of Gilles Simon’s tennis year took a turn for the better in Mason, Ohio today. The Frenchman withstood the blistering hot conditions on Center Court to defeat American Wayne Odesnik 6-3, 6-2.
Simon’s ‘09 campaign has included less...
Viktor Troicki upsets Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, will face Gilles Simon in Thailand Open final
Viktor Troicki of Serbia upset defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Thailand Open final.
ATP Top 10: Yardbarker Fan Rankings
November 16, 2008 by
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The ATP season-ending championships were kind of a bust. Djerkovic vs. Davydenko wouldn't be a surprising match up for the French Open semifinals, but for the last singles match of the year... Nuh uh. Here's my list of the Top Ten ATP Singles player of the year... Who's...
Shanghai - Thursday & Friday
November 14, 2008 by
TennisGrandStand
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Match between this year's Australian Open finalists, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Novak Djokovic, was completely irrelevant for the rest of the tournament, because Djokovic had secured 1st place in the group on Tuesday and Tsonga hadn't had any chance to qualify to the semifinals.
Australian Open Roundup
January 24, 2009 by
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Round 4 of the Australian Open begins today. The first Grand Slam of the tour calendar has already seen its fair share of surprises, disappointments, scuffles, and nudity. I've recapped the highlights below. The top-ranked men advance Of the top ten-seeded men in the tournament...
Federer controls own destiny at Masters Cup
November 12, 2008 by
TennisGrandStand
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Only at the Masters Cup can someone else's match be more important than a player's own match. And that is exactly the case with Gilles Simon heading into the last stage of round-robin play in the red group on Friday.
Shanghai - Tuesday & Wednesday
November 13, 2008 by
TennisGrandStand
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In the match between two young guns who participate in Masters Cup for the first time, Juan Martin del Potro ousted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in two tie-break sets (7:4, 7:5) after 1 hour 51 minutes. Both sets had very similar process - Del Potro was leading 2:0, Tsonga got back on level terms at 2:2. ...
U.S. Open: Rafael Nadal fights past Nicolas Almagro in three sets
Ninth-seeded Gilles Simon of France has retired from his third-round U.S. Open match against No. 24 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain because of a right knee injury.
Tsonga retires at Valencia Open against Youzhny
26 days ago by
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired in the first round of the Valencia Open on Tuesday while trailing 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-0 to Mikhail Youzhny.
It was not immediately clear why the third-seeded Frenchman quit. Tsonga dropped nine straight games after having clinched the first set.
Fifth-seeded...
SHANGHAI - Sunday & Monday
November 11, 2008 by
TennisGrandStand
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Novak Djokovic lost all three matches in stright sets last year at Masters Cup but this time began the tournament much more better, defeating Masters Cup youngest and tallest player and debutant as well, Juan Martin del Potro 7-5 6-3.
Verdasco, Berdych, Monfils all pull out in Germany
July 20, 2009 by
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German wild card Simon Greul rallied to beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Monday in the first round of the German Open.
Meanwhile, Fernando Verdasco, Tomas Berdych and Gael Monfils all pulled out of the clay-court tournament because of injuries.
The top-seeded player...
Australian Open Roundup
January 24, 2009 by
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Round 4 of the Australian Open begins today. The first Grand Slam of the tour calendar has already seen its fair share of surprises, disappointments, scuffles, and nudity. I?ve recapped the highlights below.
The top-ranked men
Of the top ten-seeded men in the tournament, only David ...
Watch Thailand Open 2009 Tennis Online
September 27, 2009 by
Sports Blog Net
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Even though the announcement of Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from this event was a disappointment, the ATP 250 $608,500 PTT Thailand Open still features two of the world’s top ten players, and they’re both from France. Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched the...
ATP New Year?s Resolutions
January 03, 2009 by
TennisGrandStand
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Happy New Year! That's another way of saying, "Yes! The 2009 ATP season is just days, hours, minutes away!" So let's the kick off the new year by taking a look at some of the men's new year's resolutions. Well, these are at least what their resolutions SHOULD be.
Cincinnati Masters, Day Four Action: Federer, Nadal Make Quarterfinals
August 21, 2009 by
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Cincinnati—No. 1 seed Roger Federer almost saw his attempt at a hat-trick in Mason, Ohio come to an abrupt halt today. Initially Federer did not appear to be in any danger against his opponent David Ferrer. The Swiss owned a commanding 8-0 H2H lead over...
ATP Preview for Indianapolis, U.S.A. and Hamburg, Germany
July 19, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Tournament Previews:
The beginning of the U.S. Open series, and the fall of Hamburg the tournament.
Clay vs. hard-court, asphalt vs. dirt.
Take your pick this week on Tour has a little something for everyone.
It was a little over a year ago that the Hamburg Masters 1000 (Masters Series...
Grigor "Grisho" Dimitrov: Is The Talented Kid On The Right Track?
July 15, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The 18-year-old Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has had his share of bad luck of lately. After his hugely successful 2008 in the junior division, when he became junior champion of both Wimbledon and US Open, Grigor entered men’s tennis.
Like many other talented...
Grigor "Grisho" Dimitrov: Is The Talented Kid On The Right Track?
July 15, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The 18-year-old Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has had his share of bad luck of lately. After his hugely successful 2008 in the junior division, when he became junior champion of both Wimbledon and US Open, Grigor entered men’s tennis.
Like many other talented...
Tournament winners (Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Tokyo)
October 12, 2009 by
Sports Blog Net
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Here are the winners of the ATP and WTA tournaments held from September 28 to October 4, 2009:
Toray Pan Pacific Open (WTA) - Tokyo,Japan
Singles: Maria Sharapova (RUS)
Doubles: Alisa Kleybanova / Francesca Schiavone
Prize money: $350,000 (singles), $100,000 (doubles)
Malaysian Open...
A Day at the Cincinnati ATP Event
August 23, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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The 2009 quarterfinals at Cincinnati's premiere tennis event was just too good to pass up. With the Western & Southern ATP Master event occurring every August here in my own backyard as the last big tune up to the US Open, I somehow managed to not attend a single match this...
Watch Shanghai Masters 2009 Tennis Online
October 12, 2009 by
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The 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 tournament takes place this week without the world number one, Roger Federer, who opted to rest prior to the ATP World Tour Finals. However, this development hardly diminished the prestige of this tournament as eight of the world’s top ten players...
ATP Preview for Bangkok, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
September 27, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Tournament Previews:
The ATP World Tour's Asian swing begins this week with two events in Bangkok, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
With the last two months of the season beginning this week, the tour faithful will be hoping to end their seasons on the right note.
The...
Tennis Preview of Båstad, Sweden and Stuttgart, Germany
July 13, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Tournament Previews
With the grass-court season out of the way, and the upcoming hard-court season waiting in the wings, what’s the ATP World Tour suppose to do while they wait? The answer is to play a few clay-court events for all those who miss the red-crushed brick.
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