Fabrice Santoro News

Third seed Fabrice Santoro of France came through a titanic first set today to defeat Dutchman John van Lottum 7-6 , 6-1 in a second round match of the Qatar Mobil Open in Doha.

REUTERS/Charles PlatiauA A via Daylife 2009 has been a great year for tennis, but with the retirements of Marat Safin, Fabrice Santoro and now AmA©lie Mauresmo , who announced today via a press conference near Paris that she is leaving the game for good, it's impossible not to feel a little melancholy.

BY WAY of a change after all the fuss surrounding Nick Bollettieri, neither Andre Agassi nor Stefan Edberg will have a coach at the courtside when the former Wimbledon champions meet in the quarter- finals of the Lipton tournament here today.

When Tim Henman defeated Fabrice Santoro for the loss of a single game in the first round of the Italian Open two years ago, the Frenchman did not want to play in the tournament, and it showed.

Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, who turned professional in 1989, compiled a 470-443 career singles record and reached a career-high No.

Toronto's Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic won their ninth title of the season Sunday, defeating Spaniards Marcello Granollers and Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4 at the Paris Masters.

Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

American James Blake and German Benjamin Becker each defeated French opponents Sunday on the first day of play at the Paribas Masters, the final Masters tournament of the year.

Fabrice Santoro returned to the place where it all began to close the curtain on a remarkable and entertaining 20-year career.

James Blake of the United States beat French veteran Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Sunday.

Paris - Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, once nicknamed "the magician" by Pete Sampras for his habit of mystifying bigger, stronger opponents, could perform one final, record-breaking trick before his remarkable career ends.

Halloween, October 31, has been a salient day in the history of tennis - " highlighted by the pro debut of Venus Williams in 1994.

The USTA announced on Monday that Mercedes-Benz USA has signed a four-year deal to become the "Official Vehicle of the US Open" starting in 2010.

Benjamin Becker and Fabrice Santoro face tough opposition Monday in Lyon. Third seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach held off the first-time pairing of Marco Chiudinelli and Peter Luczak 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 to reach the quarter-finals Monday at the Bank Austria TennisTrophy , an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament contested in Vienna.

Igor Andreev is playing in St. Petersburg for the first time in five years. There are six Russians in second round action Thursday at the St.

Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed two tiebreaks to overcome American Kevin Kim 7-6 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix second round on Tuesday.

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.

KREMLIN CLASH: Vera Zvonareva whipped Ioana Raluca Olaru, while Jelena Jankovic avenged her elimination by Yaroslava Shvedova at the US Open AP , MOSCOW Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, Page 19 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia serves to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday.

Exit Strategy: Q&A With Marat Safin Below is part two of Tom Perrotta's Q&A with Marat Safin.

Wayne Odesnik made a memorable Moscow debut today. The 91st-ranked lefthander broke serve six times and fought off a match point in the second set to surprise second-seeded Victor Hanescu, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, in a two hour, 15-minute opening-round match at the Kremlin Cup.