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World Tour Finals profile: No. 8 Fernando Verdasco
In the eight days leading up to the 2009 World Tour Finals, Ricky will individually preview this year's eight qualifiers, starting with No.
Appreciation: Safin's career volatile, mercurial, never dull
Winner of 15 career ATP World Tour level titles and won 2000 US Open and 2005 Australian Open .
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ATP: Get a Clue! Players Need a Break.
Who knew that Rafa Nadal's injury was a warning cry - not to his camp - but to the the tennis executives who manage the schedule? I was watching the match between Nadal and Lubicic today, and I witnessed yet another player leave an event due to injury.
It wasn't as though it promised to be an epic match; Rafael Nadal led countryman Fetchin' Feliciano Lopez 4-1 in their meetings, with Lopez's only win coming on a lightning-quick indoor court in Roger Federer's hometown of Basel, back when Rafa was only 17.
Nadal, Djokovic Avoid Retirement Bug in Shanghai
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.
Nestor-Zimonjic Make Early Exit; Bryan Twins...
Bob and Mike Bryan have won six tour-level titles this year. Top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic , who won the season climax in Shanghai last year , suffered their seventh opening round exit of the year Wednesday.A Despite saving five of seven break points, the Canadian-Serbian team fell to Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ...
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Kunitsyn highlights first-round winners in Shanghai
Igor Kunitsyn rallied from a set down on Sunday to post a 6-7 , 6-4, 6-2 victory over fellow Russian Igor Andreev at the $5.250 million Shanghai ATP Masters.
Knowles/Roddick Edge Into Beijing SFs; Polis...
First-time pairing Mark Knowles and Andy Roddick booked a place in the China Open semi-finals Wednesday after they defeated Jose Acasuso and Fernando Gonzalez 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 in 79 minutes.A Acasuso and Gonzalez served for the match at 5-4 in the second set but Roddick and Knowles held their nerve to win the Match tie-break.A The American-Bahamian ...
Federer and Venus avoid Paris nightmares
Roger Federer was lucky to keep alive his dream of winning a maiden Roland Garros crown and Venus Williams used a good nighta TMs sleep to spare herself from a French Open nightmare in the second round on Thursday.
Safin wins China Open first round
Marat Safin beat 51st-ranked Jose Acasuso in the first round of the China Open tennis tournament on Tuesday.
Safin wins China Open first round
Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball during the first round match of men's singles against Jose Acasuso of Argentina at China Open 2009 in Beijing, capital of China, Oct.
Bopanna jumps 89 places in ATP rankings
India Gazette Monday 5th October, 2009 India's Rohan Bopanna marked his sensational comeback to singles play by making a quantum jump of 89 places to 358th in the Association of Tennis Professional rankings released Monday.
Fyrstenberg-Matkowski Begin Kuala Lumpur Cam...
Top seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski got their Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2009 campaign up and running smoothly with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over James Cerretani and Rogier Wassen Tuesday at the ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tournament.
Thailand Open: Bopanna wins, Somdev loses
KUALA LUMPUR: Rohan Bopanna erased a one-set deficit to upset world number 51 Jose Acasuso and advance to the second round of the Malaysian Open while compatriot Somdev Devvarman made an early exit from the Thailand Open losing his first round.
Aisam registers upset in ATP Malaysian Open Tennis
Pakistan's ace tennis star Aisamul Haq and his Indian partner has staged one of the major upsets in the ATP Malaysian Open Tennis on Tuesday beating the fourth seeded pair of the tournament.
Required Reading: Has Roger Federer Brainwashed the Atp Tour?
Steve Tignor wrote an interesting viewpoint piece at tennis.com with the title "Excessive civility muting the men's game?" Have you read it already? If not, click here .
Juan Monaco is appearing in his third ATP World Tour final of the year. The championship of the BCR Open Romania on Sunday features No.
US Open - Men: Nadal, Del Potro into last 16
Rafael Nadal battled through the pain barrier to beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-5 6-4 6-4 and reach the fourth round of the US Open.
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