October 2007
Monthly Archive
Women players asked to throw matches (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 31 Oct 2007 1:57 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Five or six players on the WTA Tour have been approached to throw tennis matches, tour chairman Larry Scott said Tuesday. "I've said several initially, and I think five or six would be in the ballpark," Scott told The Associated Press. "I don't want to go into any more details because it's part of an investigation.
Murray hurts back in car crash (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 30 Oct 2007 12:13 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Andy Murray slightly hurt his back in a car crash while heading to his hotel. The 12th-ranked Murray, who is playing at the Paris Masters, was with coach Brad Gilbert on Monday in heavy traffic when another car went into the back of their car. Murray said his back pain was nothing serious. "It happened last night from the airport to the hotel.
Haas wants names cited in match fixing (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 29 Oct 2007 2:03 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Tommy Haas said it's time to name names after an unidentified German player accused another of match-fixing during a television interview. Talk of match-fixing has swirled around tennis for weeks. The latest accusation came from the unnamed German in a TV interview who said he was approached by someone who wanted to place a five-figure bet for him.
Graf, Agassi play in fundraising event (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 28 Oct 2007 9:21 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf may not be the best mixed doubles team around, but they still think they're the best married one. The two retired tennis starts lost 7-5, 6-2 to current world No. 1 Justine Henin and the retired Goran Ivanisevic during Graf's charity fundraiser on Saturday. Agassi had to give up the spotlight to his wife, still a huge hero in Germany as they played near her hometown in...
Agassi seeks injunction against Target (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 23 Oct 2007 9:58 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Lawyers for retired tennis star Andre Agassi sought a preliminary injunction from a federal judge Tuesday, alleging that Target Corp. stores continued selling sandals bearing his name without his permission. Agassi Enterprises Inc. first sent a letter to the discount retailer in late July, demanding it stop the practice, according to a lawsuit filed Sept.
Federer wins tourney, clinches No. 1 (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 23 Oct 2007 12:35 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Roger Federer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his second straight Swiss Indoors and clinch the No. 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year. Federer joins Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl as the only men's players to end the season ranked No. 1 four or more times since the inception of the ATP rankings in 1973.
Roddick looks to prepare for Davis Cup (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 19 Oct 2007 10:49 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Make no mistake about it: Andy Roddick is here to win. Still, the Masters Cup should also make fine preparation for the Davis Cup final between the United States and Russia at the end of the month. "Davis Cup is my top priority for this year," Roddick said Saturday. "There's only so many chances you have a crack at something that big.
Henin beats Golovin to win Zurich Open (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 18 Oct 2007 12:40 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Justine Henin won her ninth title of the season Sunday, beating 19-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4, 6-4 at the Zurich Open. Both players saved break points early in the match, but the hard-hitting Golovin converted her second break opportunity when Henin's backhand went wide to lead 2-1. Golovin went up 4-1 before the top-ranked Belgian rebounded to win the final five games en route to her...
Henin beats Sharapova in Madrid final (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 18 Oct 2007 12:16 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Justin Henin finished her record-breaking season undefeated after Wimbledon. She won the Sony Ericsson Championships on Sunday, rallying past Maria Sharapova 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the longest three-set final in tournament history. The top-ranked Belgian won her 10th title in 2007 and earned $1 million at the season-ending event, becoming the first woman to pass $5 million for a year.
Murray meets with ATP to talk gambling (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 17 Oct 2007 11:24 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Andy Murray met with ATP officials Wednesday to discuss comments he made about gambling in tennis. "I didn't tell them anything new," said Murray, who has reached the second round at the Madrid Masters. "They weren't really gathering information, they were just finding out exactly what happened, so I told them." Last week, the 17th-ranked Murray said that corruption in tennis was common knowledge.
Serena qualifies for WTA Championships (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 15 Oct 2007 4:45 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Serena Williams has qualified for next month's season-ending WTA Championships in Madrid. Williams arrived at the Zurich Open on Monday to discover she was the fifth player to qualify, along with Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic. The Australian Open champion reached Sunday's final of the Kremlin Cup before losing to Elena Dementieva.
Sharapova pulls out of 2 tournaments (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 14 Oct 2007 12:02 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Defending champion Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the Zurich Open, which starts Monday, because of a lingering shoulder injury. The fourth-ranked Russian announced the withdrawal on her Web site Sunday. Sharapova will also miss the Generali Ladies in Linz, Austria, starting Oct. 22, which she also won last year.
Azarenka reaches Tashkent quarterfinals (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2007 5:31 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated qualifier Evgeniya Rodina of Russia 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open. The 17-year-old Azarenka, who reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open, had one break in the first set and two in the second to reach the quarters for the third straight tournament.
WTA Tour probes unusual betting on match (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2007 1:05 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
A women's tennis match drew suspicion for unusual betting patterns, and the WTA Tour was investigating Thursday -- two months after the men's tour began a probe into gambling on a match. Betfair, an online betting site, briefly delayed payment after 120th-ranked Mariya Koryttseva beat No. 96 Tatiana Poutchek of Belarus 6-4, 6-2 on Sept.
