Alejandro Falla

Safin survives scare

PARIS: Former world No.1 Marat Safin, in his final tournament before retiring, squeezed past French qualifier Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) in a Paris Masters first-round match on Monday. The gifted but erratic Russian, who...

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SAFIN NOT DONE YET

Marat Safin staved off retirement a little longer as he saved three match points en route to a first-round victory in the Paris Masters on Monday. The former world number one, playing his final tournament before calling time on...

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Smooth start for Federer

BASEL: World No. 1 Roger Federer, playing his first match for six weeks, beat qualifier Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4 to successfully open his defence of the Swiss Indoors ATP title here on Monday. The results: At Basel (Swiss...

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UPDATE 1-Tennis-Valencia Open men's singles results

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Valencia Open men's singles first round results from Spain on Monday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result): * 2-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 6-2 6-1 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez...

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Tennis-London hopeful Davydenko starts smoothly in Valencia

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Nikolay Davydenko made a smooth start to his latest bid to grab a place at the World Tour Finals with a 6-2 6-1 first-round win over qualifier Alejandro Falla at the Valencia Open on Monday.

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Federer cruises in Basle

World No.1 Roger Federer eased through to the second round of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in front of a partisan support in his home town of Basle. The 28-year-old top seed defeated Belgian qualifier Olivier Rochus 6-3 6-4...

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Serena prevails, Venus falls at WTA Championships

Serena Williams overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6 (6), 7-5, in the group stage of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. The win gives her a share of the lead in the Maroon Group with Elena Dementieva,...

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Cilic reaches second round of BA Trophy

By Eric Willemsen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Marin Cilic from Croatia serves the ball to Alejandro Falla from Colombia during their first round match at the BA tennis trophy in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Top-seeded...

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Aussie Luczak crashes out in Vienna opening round

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 VIENNA: Australian Peter Luczak's European slump continued on Monday as the number 83 journeyman fell to his second first-round loss in a row with an exit at the Austria Tennis Trophy. Luczak...

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Cilic, Stepanek stay in hunt

From correspondents in Vienna, Austria Top seed Marin Cilic and No.2 Radek Stepanek cruised past first round opponents at the Austria Tennis Trophy to keep their hopes of a place in the ATP year-end event alive. Croatia's...

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