Igor Kunitsyn

Marat Safin - more questions than answers to a tennis enigma

Despite reaching world No.1 and winning 15 career titles, there is still a belief that the genial Russian never realised his full potential. Two Grand Slam titles, highest world ranking of No.1, two Davis Cup titles in 2002 and...

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Defending champion Ferrer wins at Valencia Open

Defending champion David Ferrer won his opening match at the Valencia Open on Tuesday, beating Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-2 in the first round. The eighth-seeded Spaniard broke Almagro six times on the hard court. Almagro...

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Tennis-Murray sees off Gimeno-Traver in Valencia comeback

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Top seed Andy Murray celebrated his return from injury with a comfortable 6-3 6-1 win over wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the first round of the Valencia Open on Tuesday.

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Murray eases through

Andy Murray did not have to be at his best as he wrapped up a comfortable victory in the first round of the Valencia Open 500. Facing Spanish wildcard Daniel Gimeno-Traver, the Scot overcame a sloppy spell in the first set to...

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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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Davydenko battles to Poertschach title

Top seed Nikolay Davydenko beat defending champion Juan Monaco to take the Poertschach International title 6-2 2-6 6-2 on Saturday, storming back after an injury troubled him in the second set. Russian world number four...

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Serena Williams will sit out Fed Cup

Serena Williams withdrew yesterday from the US team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final, deciding she needs to rest after a long season. Williams informed US Fed Cup captain Mary Joe Fernandez she won’t play in the Nov....

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Aussie Sports Briefs Nov 1, 2009

RUGBY AUST (TOKYO) The All Blacks have notched their seventh straight Test victory over the Wallabies with a 32-19 Bledisloe Cup rugby win in Tokyo. In a poor start to their spring tour, the Wallabies led 16-13 at halftime, but...

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Tennis-Qualifier knocks Safin out of St Petersburg Open

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky sent Marat Safin to the brink of retirement when he beat the former world number one 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the St Petersburg Open semi-finals on Saturday.

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UPDATE 1-Tennis-St Petersburg Open men's semi-final results

Oct 31 (Reuters) - St Petersburg Open men's singles semi-final results from Russia on Saturday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result) * 8-Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) beat Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 7-6(7) 6-3 Sergiy Stakhovsky...

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