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New Zealander Sacha Jones had to battle back from match point to win her semifinal in the $US10,000 ($NZ15,575) ITF Futures tennis tournament in Brownsville, Texas. more »
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
- Jones reaches final after match point battle
New Zealander Sacha Jones had to battle back from match point to win her semifinal in the $US10,000 ($NZ15,575) ITF Futures tennis tournament in Brownsville, Texas.more » - Wozniacki beats Razzano for Aegon title
Caroline Wozniacki defeated unseeded Virginie Razzano of France 7-6, 7-5 on Saturday to win the Aegon International title at Eastbourne.more » - Becker wins first title at Ordina
German qualifier Benjamin Becker won his first ATP title on Saturday, beating Dutch wild card Raemon Sluiter 7-5, 6-3 at the Ordina Open.more »
Saturday, June 20, 2009
- Jones to face Harkins at Futures semifinal
It's been a good week for Sacha Jones on the hard courts of Brownsville, Texas at the $10,000 ITF Futures Tournament there.more » - Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal believed he couldn't win Wimbledon this year because of his achy knees, so he decided it didn't make sense to try.more » - Tamarine upsets Safina to reach Ordina final
Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand stayed on course to become the first player to successfully defend the Ordina Open women's title after upsetting top-ranked Dinara Safina 7-5, 7-5 in Friday's semifinals.more » - Wozniacki, Razzano into Eastbourne final
Virginie Razzano reached the Aegon International final on Friday when Marion Bartoli retired with a leg injury while trailing 6-4, 1-0.more » - Federer aims to claim sixth Wimbledon
Roger Federer is building something of a reputation as an on-court crier, and he remembers well the first time he wept after winning a matchmore » - Baghdatis out of Wimbledon due to knee injury
Marcos Baghdatis has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a knee injury and been replaced by Karol Beck of Slovakia.more »
Friday, June 19, 2009
- Statham notches up another win in Egypt
New Zealander Oliver Statham has notched up another win in an ITF Futures tennis tournament in Gisa, Egypt.more » - Defending champion Ferrer out of Ordina Open
Ivan Navarro beat defending champion David Ferrer 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Ordina Open grass court tournament.more » - Injured Monfils pulls out of Wimbledon
France's Gael Monfils has pulled out of the Wimbledon tennis championships due to a wrist injury.more » - Nadal struggles in Wimbledon warm-up
Rafael Nadal still looked hampered by his injured knees in an unsuccessful transition to grass Thursday and will decide Friday whether he is fit enough to defend the Wimbledon title.more » - Razzano continues run at Eastbourne
Virginie Razzano followed up her defeat of top-seeded Elena Dementieva by beating defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (5), 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the Eastbourne Championships on Thursday.more »
Thursday, June 18, 2009
- Ferrer cruises at Ordina Open
Defending champion David Ferrer reached the quarterfinals at the Ordina Open on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-3 win over compatriot Oscar Hernandez.more » - Dementieva exits at Eastbourne
Top-seeded Elena Dementieva was defeated 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (4) by Virginie Razzano at the Eastbourne International on Wednesday, joining the long list of ousted seeds.more » - Murray faces Wimbledon burden
Oh, Andy Murray what have you done? Set all England aflutter that you may be the Wimbledon one. As if the weight of home expectation wasn't already heavy enough, the third-ranked Brit committed the schoolboy error of winning his first grass-court title just one week before Wimbledon starts next Monday.more »
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
- Nadal and Safina top seeds for Wimbledon
Defending champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked women's player Dinara Safina have been given the No. 1-seeds for Wimbledon.more » - Kuznetsova crashes out at Eastbourne
French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was dumped out in the first round of the grass-court tournament at Eastbourne on Tuesday, losing 6-0, 6-3 to Aleksandra Wozniack of Canada.more » - Verdasco dumped out of Ordina Open
Benjamin Becker celebrated his 28th birthday by upsetting top-seeded Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 7-6 (4) to reach the Ordina Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.more »
