Gael Monfils News

Six weeks after he chose playing for his country ahead of his own personal fitness, Andy Murray returns to the ATP Tour this week when he tops the bill at the Valencia Open, his first event in a month that will, injuries and illness permitting, culminate with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in Londona s O2 arena.

France's Gael Monfils will make his SA Tennis Open debut in 2010. World No. 16 Gael Monfils has honoured a commitment he made to the South African Tennis Association earlier this year and will be participating in the R3.5-million SA Tennis Open to be played at Montecasino in Johannesburg from 1-7 FebruaryA 2010.

Valencia - Top seed Andy Murray celebrated his return from injury with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round of the Valencia Open on Tuesday.

LOFTY GOAL: Trinidad and Tobago player Vaughn Wilson in action at the 2009 IBM ITF Junior Circuit tournament at Eddie Taylor Public Courts, King George V Park, St Clair, earlier this month.

Monfils and Cilic in ATP World Tour Quest >> Gael Monfils and Marin Cilic maintained their late challenge to reach the ATP World Tour Finals next month as they both progressed through to the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy quarter-finals. Read Full Story at rogerfedererdvd.com>>

Losing 2008 finalist Gael Monfils got back to work in a renewed title bid at the Bank Austria Trophy Wednesday, saying he is not even thinking about long-odds qualification chances for next month's ATP season wrap-up event.

Marin Cilic edged Daniel Brands 7-6 , 6-4 in the second round of the BA Tennis Trophy.

Third-seeded Gael Monfils of France beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in a straight-set, first-round match Wednesday at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna.

Philipp Kohlschreiber and Nicolas Almagro both reached the quarterfinals of the BA Trophy on Wednesday.

Top-seeded Marin Cilic eased past qualifier Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the Bank Austria Trophy on Tuesday.

Muscovite Mikhail Youzhny overpowered qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan Saturday in the semifinals at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Hea TMs not a man who seeks the limelight. Not for him are the front rows of fashion shows, the Cosmo fashion shoots, or boxes replete with celebrities.

Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 , 6-3 in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.A This is Davydenko's fourth title of the season and his third career Masters title.

Somewhere Andy Roddick has to be cracking a smile, if only a little one. The American's complaint just a few days ago that the lengthy ATP season is causing injuries is proving ever prophetic by the day.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic progressed into the quarer-finals of the Shanghai Masters after both claimed victories last night enlarge Another day, another set of retirements in the Shanghai Masters.

Tennis Hewitt out Lleyton Hewiit loses to Gael Monfils in second round of Shanghai Masters October 14, 2009 Lleyton Hewitt has suffered a horrible third-set collapse to be knocked out of the second round of the Shanghai Masters by no.11 Gael Monfils from France.

Critic ... Lleyton Hewitt labours in the heat during his loss to Frenchman Gael Monfils at the Shanghai Masters.

World number one Serena Williams, Frenchman Gael Monfils and four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt have been confirmed to play in the WTA/ATP Sydney International in January, organisers said.

Spanish top seed Rafa Nadal overcame stubborn second-set resistance from compatriot Tommy Robredo to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals 6-1 6-4 on Thursday.

US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro has retired because of a right wrist injury while losing 7-5, 2-1 to Austrian Melzer in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.