By Tennis Guru on Apr 30, 2009 in ATP, WTA | 1 Comment
Check out TennisTV for more live updates… Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart)|$700,000/Premier|Red Clay/Indoors Singles – Second Round Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 64 63 Singles – First Round (3) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 61 61 (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 57 61 (6) Nadia [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 29, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
At 27 years of age, Argentine Guillermo Coria decided to call it a day in tennis, officially ending his nine-year professional career highlighted with nine ATP titles and a French Open runner-up trophy in 2004. In his statements published at the Argentine Tennis Association website, Coria said the decision has been a long time coming. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 29, 2009 in ATP, WTA | 1 Comment
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart)|$700,000/Premier|Red Clay/Indoors Singles – First Round (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 60 61 (2) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (WC) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 64 36 63 (7) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 63 75 (8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 76(2) 60 Marion Bartoli (FRA) [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 28, 2009 in Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Russian Dinara Safina starts her second week reign as world number one by taking part in this week’s Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany – a $700,000 Premier event which is now part of the European claycourt season. Five of the world’s top ten are part of this week’s tournament, including defending champion Jelena [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The Internazionali BNL d’Italia, popularly known as the Rome Masters, features eight of the world’s top ten ATP players. Last year’s champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia will have a tough task of defending the title with several claycourt experts lurking in his draw. If he performs well this week, he could possibly meet three-time champ [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2009 in Tennis News | 0 Comments
World Group Italy vs. Russia 4-1 details United States vs. Czech Republic 3-2 details World Group PlayOffs Serbia vs. Spain 4-0 details France vs. Slovak Republic 3-2 details Germany vs. China 3-2 details Ukraine vs. Argentina 5-0 details World Group II PlayOffs Belgium vs. Canada 3-2 details Estonia vs. Israel 3-2 details Poland vs. Japan [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2009 in FED Cup, Tennis News | 0 Comments
United States and Italy outperformed their semifinal opponents in contrasting fashion on Sunday to secure their places in the Fed Cup final, which will take place this coming November. Italy will host the U.S. team. The Italian team, the 2007 champs, dethroned two-time defending champion Russia (4-1). Francesca Schiavone was clearly the star of the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2009 in Tennis News | 0 Comments
Jim Courier sealed his eighth career Outback Champions Series title last weekend after successfully defending the Grand Cayman Legends Championships. The four-time Grand Slam champion defeated Jimmy Arias (6-4, 6-2). For his win, Courier pocketed $60,000 plus 800 points that propelled him to the top of the rankings ahead Pete Sampras. Arias, who advanced to [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 27, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Rafael Nadal sealed his fifth consecutive Barcelona Open title after defeating Spanish compatriot David Ferrer on Sunday’s final with a score of 6-2, 7-5. Even though he’s been heavily favored to win the tournament from the start, Nadal said that hoisting the Conde de Godo trophy for the fifth time was unexpected. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Apr 26, 2009 in Davis Cup, Tennis News | 3 Comments
Tennis Australia announced that it would not to participate in the upcoming Davis Cup match against India after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected its appeal for change of venue and upheld the decision to hold the competitions in Chennai as planned. Australia’s decision could be costly. Under Davis Cup rules, if a team defaults [...]