Posted by WTM on February 15, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Robin Soderling won the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, when Mikhail Youzhny retired while trailing 6-4 2-0
Elena Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova 6-7 (5) 6-1 6-4 to win the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, France
Fernando Verdasco beat Andy Roddick 3-6 6-4 6-4 to win the SAP Open in San Jose, California, USA
Juan [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Australian Open
Men’s singles: Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6
Women’s singles: Serena Williams beat Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2
Men’s doubles: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3
Women’s doubles: Venus Williams and Serena Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4 6-3
Mixed doubles: Cara Black and Leander [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 7, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Michael Berrer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4 to win the Salzburg Indoors in Salzburg, Austria
Konstantin Kravchuk beat Marcel Granollers 1-6 6-3 6-2 to win the Yugra Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Pat Rafter beat Stefan Edberg 6-7 (5) 6-4 11-9 (Champions tiebreak) to win the AEGON Masters Tennis in London, United Kingdom
Spain beat Czech Republic [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 16, 2009 · 1 Comment
The countdown to London begins. As part of the lead up to start of the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on November 22, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 13, 2009 · 1 Comment
The mercurial career of Marat Safin came to a close Wednesday in Paris as the hulking Russian played the final match in the final tournament of his final year of ATP tennis, losing to reigning US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas [...]
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Posted by WTM on October 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
From Justine Henin committing to play in the 2010 Australian Open to Fila signing a clothing and footwear deal for the 2009 Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha to Gustavo Kuerten helping secure an Olympic bid for Brazil to tennis legend Chris Evert and pro golfer Greg Norman separating after 15 months of marriage to the [...]
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