Shanghai, China (GenevaLunch) - Novak Djokovic played magnificent tennis to beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 7-5 in the final of the Shanghai Masters.
Shanghai, China (GenevaLunch) - Top seed Roger Federer lost his opening match against rising French star Gilles Simon who took the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Andy Murray beat Andy Roddick in the other match Monday.
Shanghai, China (GenevaLunch) - Novak Djokovic, world number 3, made a good start by beating Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 6-3.
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his first Masters tournament when he beat David Nalbandian of Argentina, 6-3 4-6 6-4, in the final of the Paris Masters.
Paris, France (TSR, Fre) - Roger Federer dominated Marin Cilic in the Paris Masters, winning in 70 minutes 6-3 6-4.
St Petersburg, Russia and Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Andy Murray retained his title with a crushing 6-1 6-1 victory over Kazakh Andrey Golubev in St Petersburg. Roger Federer won his home tournament in Basel for the third time in a row with a 6-3 6-4 display in which he did not permit his Argentinian opponent, David Nalbandian, a single break point. Details, BBC
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss tennis star, Roger Federer, has made it to quarterfinals at the Davidoff Swiss indoors. However, according to some sports critics, “strangely out of sorts” and barely “surviving” the game.
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer is at home and plays like it. Federer was the star of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament 22 October. The Swiss beat American Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3. Federer is the defending champion of the tournament.
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss hopeful tennis star, Stanislas Wawrinka, who recently won a gold-medal at the Beijing Olympics, is out of another home tournament. Read more…
(GenevaLunch) - Andy Murray confirmed his position as one the top players of the year by winning the Madrid Masters, defeating France’s new number one Gilles Simon 6-4 7-6 (8-6).
Madrid, Spain (TSR, Fre) - Roger Federer easily defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-1 in Madrid, saying that is happy with the way he is playing.
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss tennis star, Patty Schneider, has been eliminated from the Zurich open at a very early stage. Schneider lost to Czech teenager Petra Kvitova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Schneider who won her 11th title in Bali says it was a difficult match: ”In the second set I moved the ball a little better than the rest of the match, then she came back with winners. I couldn’t make it difficult enough for her.”
(GenevaLunch) - New world number one Jelena Jankovic won her second title in two weeks, beating Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4 6-3.
Madrid, Spain (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland will play the United States in the next round of the Davis Cup, 6-8 March 2009. The match will be played in the US. The draw for the 2009 matches, in Madrid today, has Spain playing Serbia, which means that Rafael Nadal will be up against Novak Djokovic.
Madrid, Spain (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland beat Belgium 4-1 to secure their place in the 16-team elite World Group for next season. Rafael Nadal was in superb form as he led Spain to victory over the USA in the Davis Cup semi-final.
Lausanne, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) - Vaud’s Stanislas Wawrinka will open play Friday afternoon at the Davis Cup, at the Malley ice rink in Lausanne, playing Belgian Steve Darcis. The game will be followed by Roger Federer playing Kristof Vliegen.
Bali (GenevaLunch) - Swiss player Patty Schnyder won her first WTA tournament in three years when she beat 17-year-old Austrian Tamira Paszek (WTA 85) 6-3, 6-0. Details, Eurosport
Basel, Switzerland (20min, Fre) - Olympic gold medalists Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka and Fabian Cancellara were warmly greeted by thousands of fans cheering the only Swiss athletes to receive gold in the Beijing Olympics.
Flushing Meadows, NY, USA (GenevaLunch, by Nick Bates) - Men’s tennis has just become more exciting, and Rafael Nadal is likely finding that being number one is not an easy job. Roger Federer looked to be back in form as he outplayed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in the semi-finals of the US Open. In the other Read more…
