The city of Birmingham, Alabama, will host the 2009 first-round Davis Cup matches between the United States and Roger Federer-led Switzerland on March 6-8. The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena is expected to seat more than 17,000 for the best-of-five series. It’s the first time a Davis Cup match will be played in Alabama. Federer, the [...]
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic were honored Wednesday as the International Tennis Federation’s world champions of 2008. Nadal, who overtook Roger Federer at the top of the men’s rankings shortly after beating the Swiss star in the Wimbledon final, is the first Spanish man to receive the honor. “It has been an incredible year [...]
Lindsay Davenport is pulling out of the Australian Open because she is pregnant with her second child. The three-time Grand Slam singles champion and former No. 1-ranked woman gave birth to a son, Jagger, in June 2007. Davenport then returned to the tour, although she hasnt played since the U.S. Open in August of this [...]
Dmitry Tursunov of Russia won the Open de Moselle. By beating Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4 Sunday in the final. Tursunov rallied after winning just one game in the second set. “In the second set he had a lot of chances to attack my second serve, and he was successful in doing that,” the [...]
Results Sunday at the US$540,450 Open de Moselle. On indoor hard courts at Les Arenes de Metz (seedings in parentheses): Singles Final Dmitry Tursunov (5), Russia, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (4), France, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4. —- Results Sunday from the Porsche Grand Prix. A US$650,000 (?453,000) WTA Tour event indoors at Porsche Arena (seedings in [...]
Tomas Berdych won the Japan Open for his first singles title in 16 months. Beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday. The ninth-seeded Czech relied on strong serves and solid groundstrokes to beat the Argentine, who won 29 of 30 matches going into the final. “At this level of tennis, it’s important to [...]
Sorana Cristea of Romania won her first WTA Tour title Sunday. Rallying to beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the Tashkent Open final. Cirstea, seeded third and ranked 46th, hadn’t dropped a set all week until losing the first to the fourth-seeded Lisicki. Cirstea’s previous best performance had been as runner-up [...]
New No 1 Jelena Jankovic won her second title in two weeks. Defeating Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix. The 23-year-old Serb also won the China Open last week and the Italian Open earlier this year. “I am really proud of myself,” she said. “I am [...]
Argentina heeded its players wishes and proposed to play the Davis Cup final. Against Spain at the indoor Orfeo Stadium in Cordoba. Another indoor arena, Islas Malvinas Stadium in Mar del Plata, was its alternative choice submitted to the International Tennis Federation on Monday. “The Argentine Tennis Association decided to give priority to athletic advantage [...]
Carlos Moya beat Albert Montanes 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 Monday. In the first round of the Open de Moselle in an indoor match between Spaniards. Moya, once ranked No. 1, played in his second final of the year last month in Romania. He improved his record against Montanes to 2-1. The only seed playing, No. 8 [...]