Julien Benneteau News

Roger Federer will finish 2009 as the world's No. 1 ranked player, but over the final three months, he was not as sharp as he usually is.

World number one Roger Federer sank to a surprise 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 second-round defeat against unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the ATP Paris Masters on Wednesday.

Roger Federer overcame an erratic forehand and Fernando Verdasco on Sunday, rallying to beat his Spanish opponent 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the round-robin stage of the ATP World Tour Finals.

Let's cut right to the chase: The men to beat at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray , a pair of guys right out of a David Bowie song, "All the Young Dudes." Together, they have a grand total of one Grand Slam title -- that won by Djokovic back in 2008.

Rafael Nadal of Spain retruns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the semi-finals at the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, Nov.

Mike Tyson allegedly hit a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport and was booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery Wednesday, police said.

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Battling Rafael Nadal moved into the Paris Masters quarter-finals on Thursday with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win over Tommy Robredo underlining his threat to unseat Roger Federer as world No.1 by the end of the season.

Top seed Roger Federer exited the last tournament of the ATP regular season in disappointing style, with a 3-6, 7-6 , 6-4 second-round loss to Frenchman Julien Benneteau on Wednesday at the Paris Masters.

World #1 tennis player Roger Federer went down in a stunning three set defeat at the hands of unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday afternoon during their second round encounter at the Paris Indoor Masters.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stayed in contention for a berth at the World Tour Finals by downing fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday.

Top-ranked Roger Federer has been ousted from the Paris Masters. Unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau stunned the world No.

Tomas Berdych, who won the BNP Paribas Masters in 2005 for his lone Masters 1000 title, defeated French qualifier Vincent Millot, 6-3, 7-4 , in first-round action Monday.

SEEDED Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia reached the semifinals of the Lyon Grand Prix yesterday by beating Florent Serra of France 7-6 , 6-2. Ljubicic, the 2001 Lyon champion, served 16 aces and broke his opponent twice in the second set before closing out the game on his second match point in Lyon, France.

Second-seeded Serbian star Novak Djokovic highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Swiss Indoors The former Australian Open champion Djokovic handled German Andreas Beck 6-3, 7-5 at St.

In a final contested by two French wild card teams Sunday, Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut defeated Arnaud Clement and Sebastien Grosjean 6-4, 7-6 to capture the title at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon , an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament.

Championships after just two games with a serious back injury yesterday in Doha, Qatar, handing the year-end No.

Top-seeded Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon were easy second-round winners Thursday at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.

Fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France has defeated qualifier Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-5, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina and No. 5 Julien Benneteau of France both advanced to the second round of the Lyon Grand Prix after winning in straight sets on Monday.