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Murray’s injuries put Roddick in semis (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 13 Jun 2008 9:32 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Defending champion Andy Roddick reached the semifinals of the Artois Championships when Andy Murray withdrew from their quarterfinal match Friday because of a right thumb injury. The sixth-seeded Murray also hurt his groin during Thursday's match against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis, but said he was more bothered by his thumb.
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Banned Hingis to play in exhibition (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 Jun 2008 11:23 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Martina Hingis, banned from the WTA Tour for two years for testing positive for cocaine, will play an exhibition match against Jana Novotna during the Liverpool International tournament on Friday. Organizers are billing it a rematch of the 1997 Wimbledon final. Hingis tested positive after a third-round exit at Wimbledon last year.
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No. 1 Ivanovic withdraws from Eastbourne (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 Jun 2008 9:21 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Top-ranked Ana Ivanovic withdrew from the Wimbledon warmup tournament next week at Eastbourne, citing an injured right abductor muscle. Ivanovic assumed the No. 1 ranking by winning the French Open last week. "I have a problem with my abductor. I am also mentally exhausted after the French Open -- I am not ready to compete so soon after winning my first Grand Slam," the 20-year-old Serbian player...
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Malisse among 11 Wimbledon wild-cards (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 10 Jun 2008 11:55 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Former semifinalist Xavier Malisse was among 11 Wimbledon wild-card recipients announced by the All England Club on Tuesday. Malisse, a 2002 Wimbledon semifinalist, was limited to five tournaments last year because of an injured right wrist and is 6-9 in singles this season, including first-round exits at the Australian Open and his latest Masters Series tournaments in Monte Carlo and Hamburg.
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Nadal-Federer final draws low TV rating (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 Jun 2008 7:26 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Rafael Nadal's rout of Roger Federer in the French Open final drew the lowest TV rating of the duo's three consecutive title matches in Paris. NBC's telecast of Nadal's 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 victory Sunday drew an overnight rating of 1.8, the network said Monday. It was the most lopsided Grand Slam men's final in 24 years and lasted less than two hours.
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Davydenko beats Robredo in Warsaw final (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 Jun 2008 2:17 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.

Russia's Nikolay Davydenko celebrates after winning the final of the Orange Warsaw Open ATP tournament in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 15, 2008.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko recaptured the Warsaw Open title when he beat second-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-3 in the final Sunday. Davydenko won the clay-court tournament in 2006, and Robredo won it last year. The Russian broke Robredo three times in the first set, while giving up his serve once. He needed just one break in the second, saving five break points en route to his third ATP title of...


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Former Austrian player Skoff dies at 39 (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 8 Jun 2008 11:26 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

This Oct. 2004 file photo shows former Austrian tennis player Horst Skoff. Skoff died of heart failure at the age of 39 in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, June 7, 2008.

Horst Skoff, a former Austrian tennis player who won four ATP Tour titles, died during a business trip to Germany. He was 39. Austria's tennis federation said Skoff died Saturday of a heart attack. Skoff's friend, Arno Puckhofer, said federal police had ordered an autopsy to verify the cause of death. Puckhofer told Austrian news agency APA that police were investigating why Skoff had injuries to his...


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Jankovic, Safina out of Wimbledon warmup (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 8 Jun 2008 9:23 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Defending champion Jelena Jankovic and French Open runner-up Dinara Safina will not compete at the DFS Classic that starts Monday. Jankovic withdrew from the Wimbledon warmup with the same arm injury that caused the Serb to fly home to Belgrade after losing to Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals of the French Open.
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Sharapova to skip Wimbledon warmup (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 7 Jun 2008 3:46 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Maria Sharapova will not compete on grass before Wimbledon for the first time in her career, opting out of playing her usual warm-up tournament in England. Sharapova is hoping to avoid injury, and will prepare in Florida rather than compete in the DFS Classic that starts Monday. Sharapova has been a mainstay at the tournament for the last five years, winning it twice -- including in 2004 when she...
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Roddick to open Queen’s versus American (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 7 Jun 2008 2:57 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Andy Roddick will begin the defense of his Queen's Club title against fellow Americans Robby Ginepri or Vince Spadea in the Wimbledon warmup tournament. The top eight seeds, including No. 3 Roddick, No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, have first-round byes. Roddick, who missed the French Open due to a shoulder injury, could face another American, Mardy Fish, in the...
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Bryan, Azarenka win mixed doubles title (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 6 Jun 2008 12:55 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Bob Bryan decided at the very last moment to play mixed doubles at the French Open. Good thing he did: He teamed with Victoria Azarenka to win the final Friday. Bryan, of the United States, and Azarenka, of Belarus, beat top-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the final at Roland Garros.
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Bryan reaches French mixed doubles final (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 5 Jun 2008 4:58 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
American Bob Bryan tries not to take mixed doubles too seriously. Still, he'd rather win, and that's what he and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka are doing at the French Open. They advanced to Friday's final, splitting sets and then winning a super tiebreaker to beat second-seeded Kveta Peschke and Pavel Vizner 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
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Ivanovic assured of being ranked No. 1 (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 5 Jun 2008 4:23 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Ana Ivanovic is assured of becoming the 17th woman -- and first from Serbia -- to be ranked No. 1, regardless of how she fares in the French Open final. She will move up from No. 2 when the WTA Tour's new rankings are issued Monday, replacing Maria Sharapova in the top spot. Ivanovic and two other women, No.
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US’s Ginepri moves to 4th round in Paris (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 31 May 2008 9:43 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Robby Ginepri is the first U.S. man to reach the fourth round of the French Open since Andre Agassi in 2003. Ginepri, the last American man or woman playing singles in this year's tournament, beat Florent Serra of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday. The 88th-ranked Ginepri never had won a match at Roland Garros until this week, losing in the first round in each of his previous five appearances at the...
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Swedish Hall of Famer Davidson dies (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 29 May 2008 6:29 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Sven Davidson, Sweden's first Grand Slam winner and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, has died. He was 79. The hall said he died Wednesday of pneumonia in Arcadia, Calif. Davidson had been diagnosed with an initial stage of Alzheimer's disease one year ago. Davidson, who was inducted to the hall last summer, was the Swedish singles champion from 1950-60 and became the first Swede to...
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