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German tennis player Tommy Haas has gone down with swine flu, Bild newspaper reported on its website.

Lucky loser Florent Serra - who received late entry into the tournament when Vienna champ Jurgen Melzer withdrew - withstood 28 aces from Ivo Karlovic, ousting the Croatian 7-6 , 6-4. Serra, who advanced to the quarterfinals in Lyon, France last week, won 84 percent of his first serve points and 77 percent of his second serve points throughout the ...

Ernests Gulbis reached the semi-finals on his St. Petersburg debut in 2006. Two-time St.

German Philipp Kohlschreiber claimed the first spot in the quarter-finals of the Bank Austria Tophy Wednesday when injured opponent Victor Crivoi quit little more than half an hour into their match.

St. Petersburg, Russia - Third-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki went by way of a first-round upset Monday at the $750,000 St.

St. Petersburg Open - Russia No. 3 seed Viktor Troicki was ousted in first round action on Monday, losing to journeyman Karol Beck 7-6 , 4-6, 6-4. Troicki, who lost his 11th first round match of the season, struck 10 aces and won 83 percent of his first serve points while falling to 30-27 on the year.

Andreas Beck became the second German seed to stumble in 24 hours at the Stockholm Open Tuesday, with the number five crashing out in the first round to Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2. Beck, ranked 37th, joined compatriot Benjamin Becker, a Monday victim of another German, Simon Greul, in an early exit.

MOSCOW: Maria Kirilenko of Russia upset third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in the first round of the Kremlin Cup.

German Tommy Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP event, pulling out before his Stockholm Open second round against Finn Jarkko Nieminen Thursday.

Tommy Haas and Feliciano Lopez put aside last week's injury dramas in Asia as the pair of seeds returned to apparent robust health with wins into the second round of the Stockholm Open Wednesday.

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Novak Djokovic each won in straight sets Thursday in the third round of the $5.3 million Shanghai ATP Masters in China.

US Open winner Juan Del Potro was heading home to Argentina for treatment after joining Tommy Haas and Andy Roddick as high-profile injury victims at the Shanghai Masters.

Nadal, vowing to overcome his semi-final crash last week in Beijing, did just that as he rousted Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-4, achieving a 5-0 career record over his compatriot without the loss of a set.

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.

German hopes at the Shanghai Masters took a blow on Wednesday as 15th seed Tommy Haas was forced to quit after losing the opening set 6-4 against compatriot Rainer Schuettler with a right shoulder injury.

Tommy Haas played an Asian match for the first time in more than two years, defeating compatriot Benjamin Becker 7-6 , 6-4 Tuesday to advance into the second round of the Shanghai Masters.

Andreas Beck defeated fellow German Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open.

Gilles Simon of France and Serbia's Viktor Troicki were semifinal winners Saturday and will play for the title at the Thailand Open.

Gilles Simon of France won the Thailand Open on Sunday, defeating Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-3 for his first ATP title of the year and sixth overall.

Californian Kevin Kim has a 7-14 match record this season. American Kevin Kim will face World No.