Tommy Robredo News

World No. 8 and American No. 1 Mardy Fish has advanced to the finals of the exhibition tournament in Kooyong, held before the start of the Australian Open.

It shouldn't really be a surprise. There were plenty of players injured by the end of last season, and the off season isn't exactly long enough to heal just any injury.

A year ago Michael Venus took his first promising steps on the ATP Tour by taking a set off world No 51 Tommy Robredo.

But 12 months on, the New Zealand No1 hopes to have more strings to his bow for next week's tournament.Venus took the opening set off former Open finalist Tommy Robredo in his first appearance on centre court last year and although he eventually lost the match 7-6 3-6 0-6, there were enough signs to show that if he could add some other weapons to ... (more)

Following on from yesterday's news that fourth seed Juan Monaco won't be coming to Auckland, Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Spain's Tommy Robredo have also withdrawn from the tournament.