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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 HAMBURG, Germany: Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a first set white-wash to beat French compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the Hamburg Masters Series here on Monday. And Britain’s number one Andy Murray also moved into the second...
He beat a host of top players in reaching the final in Rome last week, and the 22-year-old is ready to up the baton from Roger Federer. 'If Federer retires in the next couple of years, Wawrinka will get the attention he deserves' After a disappointing 2007, 22-year-old Stanislas Wawrinka has...
HAMBURG, Germany, May 12 (UPI) -- No. 10-seeded Mikhail Youzhny dropped a straight-set match in opening-round play Monday at the $2.9 million Masters Series tournament in Germany. ... Youzhny was ousted in the first round by Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-2 with Verdasco...
Ferrer hands Nadal only his second defeat in over 100 clay-court matches ROME: World number two Rafael Nadal’s bid to win the Rome Masters for ... the fourth successive year was buried on Wednesday when he lost 7-5, 6-1 to Juan Carlos Ferrero. The unseeded player then...
Roger Federer got by one of his most challenging opponents Tuesday, beating Guillermo Cañas 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Rome Masters. ... Roger Federer is back on track. Also Tuesday, Andy Roddick defeated Mardy Fish 6-1, 6-4 in an all-American matchup to get his...
Roger Federer got by one of his most challenging opponents, defeating Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in the second round of the Rome Masters. ... ROME (AP) -Third-ranked Novak Djokovic showed no signs of illness Wednesday when he cruised past Steve Darcis 6-4, 6-0 in...
Dany Heatley scored with 46.8 seconds remaining Tuesday to send Canada to a 5-4 victory over the United States at the world hockey championships. ... It was Heatley's second goal of the game in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brent Burns , Jonathan Toews and Derek Roy also scored...
JAMIE Murray and partner Max Mirnyi have moved into the second round of the Rome Masters doubles event thanks to a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Dmitry Tursunov and Stanislas Wawrinka ... last night. The Scot and his partner from Belarus got off to a bad start as they went 3-0...
Roger Federer got by one of his most challenging opponents, defeating Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday in the second round of the Rome Masters. ... got his clay-court season off to a solid start Tuesday, defeating Mardy Fish 6-1, 6-4 in an all-American matchup in the...
He has some way to go before he will overtake his country's No 1 player, but Stanislas Wawrinka is making decent progress up the world rankings. Andy Murray's opponent in today's second round of the Rome Masters climbed this week to No 24, his highest ever placing.
