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Federer Beats Haase to Secure Swiss Davis Cup Win

Amsterdam - Roger Federer beat Robin Haase 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to give Switzerland victory against the Netherlands in their Davis Cup World Group playoff on Sunday. The world No. 1 was rarely troubled by 50th-ranked Haase on the temporary clay court in Amsterdam as he comfortably...

Sharapova reaches Miami Masters final

Miami - Maria Sharapova fought back from one set down to reach the women's final at the WTA and ATP Masters hardcourt tournament on Thursday.Third seed Roger Federer eased into the the men's semifinals thanks to French opponent Gilles Simon's retirement due to a stiff neck.Sharapova, seeded 16th, overcame her slow start by winning 11 straight games...

Santana says Nadal will be sporting great

Spanish tennis great Manuel Santana believes Rafael Nadal is not just the best athlete to come out of Spain but is on his way to being the greatest sportsman of all time.Santana says Nadal is "without a doubt the best Spanish athlete but being o young he'll finish by being the best world athlete."The 24-year-old Nadal became the seventh player to complete...

World number two Roger Federer began his season in formidable fashion by defeating holder Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 to win the Qatar Open on Saturday.The 16-times grand slam champion proved too much for his Russian opponent, claiming a break of serve in each set to complete...

Youzhny pulls out of Paris Masters

Paris - Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny will not appear on the last ATP tournament in London this month after failing to continue the match on her second round at Paris Masters tennis against Latvian Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday. It requires ninth seed reached the final in Paris to be displayed on the season-ending ATP season, but he withdrew in...

Murray Crushes Federer to Take Shanghai and 2nd Title of the Year

Shanghai - Andy Murray buried remnants of his 2010 slump in indisputable fashion on Sunday with a crushing 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Roger Federer to win a second Masters trophy of the season with victory in Shanghai. It took less than 90 minutes for the fourth-ranked Murray to completely rewrite his 2010 scenario and earn his second title of the year — also...

Bali Women’s Tourney Trims Roster to Eight

Jakarta - The “Road to Bali” just grew narrower for the world’s top women players after organizers decided to reduce the number of players at this year’s Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. Kevin Livesey, the tournament’s director, said the decision to cut down the roster from 12 players to eight — the same number as in the Doha championships...

Nadal advances to Japan Open 2nd round

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal downed Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Japan Open on Tuesday.Nadal, coming off a surprise loss in the semifinals of the Thailand Open on Saturday, had to work hard for the victory in his Japan debut."I started a few games love-30," said Nadal. "He played well. He was very aggressive. My serve...

Asia’s Grand Slam Renaissance Put on Hold, Again

Asia’s wait for its first Grand Slam singles winner goes on. As Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan walked off court after being hammered 6-1, 6-0 by top seed Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday, the continent’s interest in the final Grand Slam of the year dwindled. Asia’s failure to get a single player into the fourth round of either the men’s or women’s draw at Flushing...

Nadal overcomes Murray to reach Wimbledon final

London - Rafael Nadal torched Andy Murray`s Wimbledon dream for the second time in three years on Friday as the marauding Spaniard grounded rising British hopes to roar into his fourth final at the grand slam.For all but a few minutes of a compelling two hour 22 minute Centre Court duel there was not a cigarette paper between the players but Nadal...

Nadal overcomes knee, deficit, umpire flap to win

Things got quite complicated for Rafael Nadal on Saturday.His right knee was bothering him "a lot," something he later would say he's "a little bit scared about." His left elbow was briefly in pain, too, following one particular serve.He got into a dispute wih the chair umpire over whether Toni Nadal, Rafael's uncle, was coaching during the match,...

Serena Williams into Wimbledon 4th round

Defending champion Serena Williams put on a serving clinic Saturday, hitting 20 aces in a straight-sets win over Dominika Cibulkova that sets up a possible fourth-round matchup with former champion Maria Sharapova.The top-seeded American had at least two aces in each of her eight service games and overpowered the 46th-ranked Slovak 6-0, 7-5 in the...

Serena Snags Sister’s Crown

Wimbledon, England. Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.She wasn’t facing just anyone, of course. She was playing her older sister Venus. And when the latest all-Williams final finished,...

Federer faces Swiss pal Wawrinka at French Open

Roger Federer has been an adviser, friend and Olympic doubles partner for fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.Now, for the first time, Federer will be Wawrinka's Grand Slam opponent. They'll meet Sunday in the fourth round of the French Open."He's really a good friend," Wawrinka said. "We know each other so well, so it's never easy to play him, especially...

Sharapova makes early exit, Dementieva advances

Indian Wells, California (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Former champion and 10th seed Maria Sharapova of Russia was knocked out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday, losing an error-strewn marathon to China`s Zheng Jie 6-3 2-6 6-3.While Sharapova made a premature exit, her fourth-seeded compatriot Elena Dementieva enjoyed a smooth passage by easing...

Venus, Sharapova sign on for Thailand

Bangkok - Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova will warm-up for the Australian Open with a exhibition match in Thailand to mark the 100th anniversary of the Hua Hin seaside resort, according to organisers.The tennis superstars will spend New Year's Eve in Hua Hin before their match on January 2, which will be followed by a mixed doubles clash alongside...

Kandath Takes Out No. 4 Seed Huang in First Round Action; U.S. Girls Have Banner Labor Day

©Colette Lewis 2009--Flushing Meadows, NY--It's a rare junior match that features no service breaks and winner after winner, but in today's first round contest between No. 4 seed Liang-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei and Matt Kandath of the U.S., that's what the crowd gathered around court 10 witnessed. Kandath, who avoided qualifying by reaching the doubles...

Nadal's Year and Future Riding on U.S. Open

He won the Australian Open at the start of the season, continuing a magical run through the 2008 season, however that seems like a decade ago now (doesn't it?). Beyond the Australian Open and leading up to the French, Nadal was simply being "Nadal". Winning five titles out of ten tries, and making people wonder if Federer was ever going to get a beat...

China’s top players leave state-run system

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Wimbledon semi-finalist Zheng Jie is relishing her new freedom after being allowed to leave China’s rigid state-run sporting system and keep more of her earnings, local media said on Wednesday. “Finally I can have my own schedule. I can control my time now,” the world number 25 told the China Daily. The paper said Zheng...

Ex-French Open champ Costa is Spain's new captain

BARCELONA, Spain -- Former French Open champion Albert Costa was named Spain's Davis Cup captain on Thursday, a month after the team beat Argentina for the 2008 title. The 33-year-old Costa replaces Emilio Sanchez Vicario, who stepped down after leading Spain to its third Davis Cup title with a 3-1 win over Argentina in Mar del Plata.Costa was a member...

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