Monfils in Final

Top seed Gael Monfils downed Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-3 in an all-French semi-final at the Metz ATP tournament on Saturday to set up a final with Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Gasquet, fighting to recapture his best form after a 2-1/2-month suspension following…

Murray Injured

Murray has been plagued by the problem over the last month but played three matches in three days in the Davis Cup loss by Poland last weekend.

A spokesman for the 22-year-old has revealed he will return in weeks and not…

Czech Mate!

Czech Republic reached the Davis Cup final for the first time when Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych beat Marin Cilic and Lovro Zovko 6-1 6-3 6-4 to open an unassailable 3-0 lead over Croatia on Saturday.   The Czech doubles pair…

CHINA GDD-GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL – SEP 17 RESULTS

Singles – Second Round Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) d. (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 36 63 61 (3) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 63 62 Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d. (9) Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 63 36 76(2) Olga Savchuk…

Roger Denied!

Two points from victory against inexperienced, unheralded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, two points from a sixth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows and a record-extending 16th Grand Slam overall, Federer, quite simply, fell apart Monday.

He railed at the chair…

UPDATE! Clijsters Wins Amid Controversy

In a stunning turn of events, Serena got called for a non-existent (?) second serve foot fault at 15-30.  This lead to a 15-40 match point.  She verbally abused the offending lineswomen leading to her second code violation, a point…

Women’s Preview

On the women’s side, the must see match will have new mom Kim Clijsters against world no. 2 Serena Williams in Arthur Ashe stadium.  The winner of this match will be the one to beat and is almost assured the…

Nadal Cruises After Rain Delays Match on Thursday

After a washed out Friday at the 2009 US Open tennis tournament, Rafael Nadal resumed his match with Fernando Gonzalez.  After losing the second set tie break, all of the fight went out of Fernando.  He went down meekly 6-0…

Verdasco falls to Djokovic

World No. 4 Novak Djokovic won in a closely fought contest with Fernando Verdasco 7-6(2), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 to book his spot in the semi-finals for the third straight year.

The 22-year-old Djokovic, who could rise to No. 2 in the…

Aces and Faults

What a week it has been so far!  A week filled with highs and lows, met expectations and disappointment.  Here are just of few of the highlights:

Aces: American women’s tennis.  Even with Lindsey Davenport and Jennifer Capriati gone, it isn’t…