Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over local favorite Gael Monfils on Sunday to win the Paris Masters for the first time.
The victory gave Djokovic back-to-back ATP Tour titles after his win over top-ranked Roger…
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Mats Wilander has quit as captain of Sweden’s Davis Cup team. Wilander, who was briefly ranked No. 1 in the 1980s, led Sweden to the Davis Cup semifinals in 2007. The Swedes also reached the quarterfinals three times under Wilander and… Two men, identified only as foreign citizens, were detained as they entered a hotel in Stockholm early Sunday with their escorts. Both players were set to compete in the tournament, which started Monday. Organizers said in a brief statement that it… Rafael Nadal advanced to the Shanghai Masters final on Saturday after Feliciano Lopez became the ninth player to retire from the tournament. The unseeded Lopez said he woke up with a right foot infection, and then twisted his right ankle on… Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4, and Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Peng broke Sharapova twice in the first… Serena Williams is going back to the top of the WTA rankings. Williams needed to win her second-round match at the China Open to reclaim the No. 1 ranking, because the nuumber 1 player, Dinara Safina, couldn’t get past that early… Maria Sharapova overwhelmed Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-0, 6-1 Tuesday in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. The former top-ranked Russian, who has been struggling since returning from a 10-month injury layoff, will face Alisa Kleybanova, who defeated… The full draw for the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group is as follows: SPAIN (s)(c) v SWITZERLAND GERMANY (s) v FRANCE (c) RUSSIA (s)(c) v INDIA ARGENTINA (s) v SWEDEN (c) ECUADOR v CROATIA (s)(c)(*) SERBIA (c)(*) v USA (s) CHILE (c) v ISRAEL… World No.59 Anna Chakvetadze is expected to skip all the tournaments in the next four to six weeks due to a stress fracture in her right foot. The 22-year-old Russian said: The doctors gave me this boot that I have… The World No. 1, and U.S. Open runner up, arrived in Genoa, Italy today to begin practice for Switzerland’s Davis Cup World Group Playoff tie on the red clay of the 4,200-seat Valletta Cambiaso Club. Federer joins Stansislas Wawrinka, Marco Chiudunelli,… |
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