Radek Stepanek News

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.

Perhaps the only sight scarier than the prospect of facing a Rafael Nadal-led Spanish squad on the red clay of Spain before 17,000 rabid supporters in Davis Cup play would be staring down an Ivo Karlovic overhead fired from point-blank range.

PERTH: Kazakhstan will make their Hopman Cup debut next year, after winning the Asian Hopman Cup.

A pair of top 10 players with a history of Davis Cup closure - Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco - will lead defending Davis Cup champion Spain in its efforts to capture its second consecutive Davis Cup championship next month.

Fourth-seeded Andy Murray has lost to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the third round of the Paris Masters.

Novak Djokovic overpowered Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 Saturday to reach the Paris Masters final for the first time.

Rafael Nadal gained a semifinal matchup against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday.

Del Potro has decided that enough is enough. Clearly it is the serve that is causing him the most trouble and the Argentine has made the decision that the stomach injury is too painful to continue, handing Radek Stepanek a place in the semi-finals against Gael Monfils 4-0 - Stepanek saves a first break point with a smash winner and a second with a ...

Czech captain Jaroslav Navratil says he plans to go to next month's Davis Cup finals against Spain with the same players that beat Croatia in the semifinals.

Radek Stepanek had lost all three of his previous meetings with Andy Murray. One day after saving five match points in a marathon encounter against Nicolas Almagro , Rafael Nadal was once again taken the distance as he fought to secure a place in the BNP Paribas Masters quarter-finals. Tommy Robredo served for the match at 5-4 in the deciding set ...

Nikolay Davydenko Thursday claimed the penultimate spot in ATP year-end field, as a loss by Spain's Fernando Verdasco at the Paris Masters guaranteed the Russian a place in the tournament.

Andy Murray was pushed all the way before beating James Blake 6-3 6-7 7-6 in the early hours of Thursday in the Paris Masters.

SEEDED Nikolay Davydenko of Russia moved closer to qualifying for next month's eight-man ATP World Tour Finals by beating Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-2, 6-1 yesterday in the second round of the Paris Masters.

Former winner Tomas Berdych beat French qualifier Vincent Millot 6-3, 7-6 to reach the second round of the Paris Masters tournament on Monday.

Toronto's Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic moved into their first ATP final in nearly three months Saturday with 6-1, 7-6 win over Christopher Kas of Germany and Viktor Troicki of Serbia at the Swiss Indoors.

Davis Cup finalist Radek Stepanek continued his winning ways on Friday at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, defeating fellow London contender Marin Cilic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Stepanek, who holds the No.

Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors on Friday with a 3-6, 7-6 , 6-2 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka .

Reigning three-time champion and hometown hero Roger Federer was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors.

Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors by beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 VIENNA: Top seed Marin Cilic revved up a bid for possible inclusion in next month's season-ending ATP final as he reached the quarter-finals with a 7-6 , 6-4 defeat of German Daniel Brands at the Austria Tennis Trophy on Thursday.