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Tue Sep 23 12:34:46 2008 |
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London, England (Sports Network) - When the United States begins its quest for
a 33rd Davis Cup title next year, it will face Switzerland in an opening-round
tie on home soil, as the 2009 World Group draw was revealed on Tuesday.
The 2007 c
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Tue Sep 23 11:54:07 2008 |
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Eighth-seeded Russian Anna
Chakvetadze and reigning champion Agnes Szavay highlighted Tuesday's first-
round winners at the $600,000 China Open.
Chakvetadze got past Czech lucky-loser
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Tue Sep 23 10:14:25 2008 |
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Seoul, Korea (Sports Network) - Top-seeded and 2007 runner-up Maria
Kirilenko was among Tuesday's first-round winners at the $145,000 hardcourt
Korea Open.
Kirilenko leveled helpless Slovakian Lenka Wienerova 6-2, 6-0 on Day 2
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Tue Sep 23 10:13:58 2008 |
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Last year's runner-up Tommy Robredo and
former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero were Tuesday's first-round winners at
the $524,000 China Open.
The sixth-seeded Robredo handled fellow Spaniard Guiller
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Mon Sep 22 12:15:06 2008 |
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Wimbledon semifinalist Rainer Schuettler
highlighted Monday's first-round winners at the $524,000 China Open.
The seventh-seeded German Schuettler snuck past Spaniard Ivan Navarro 2-6,
6-3, 6-4 in Mo
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Mon Sep 22 11:32:57 2008 |
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Seoul, Korea (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer and fifth-
seeded Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier were among Monday's first-round winners
at the $145,000 hardcourt Korea Open.
Peer handled Czech Petra Cetkovska 6-3, 6-
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Mon Sep 22 10:55:20 2008 |
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Seventh-seeded Slovakian Daniela
Hantuchova posted a first-round win, while former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo
came up a loser Monday at the $600,000 China Open.
Hantuchova handled Argentine Gis
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Sun Sep 21 17:35:34 2008 |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Juan Martin del Potro played the
role of hero for Argentina, as his straight-set victory over Russia's Igor
Andreev prevented a huge collapse and sent the host country into the Davis Cup
final f
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Sun Sep 21 14:10:01 2008 |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Nikolay Davydenko kept Russia's
Davis Cup hopes alive with a four-set victory over Argentina's David
Nalbandian in the first of Sunday's reverse singles matches.
Davydenko's 3-6, 6-3,
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Sun Sep 21 10:10:29 2008 |
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Rafael Nadal continued his amazing 2008
season with a rout of American Andy Roddick to send Spain into the Davis Cup
final.
Nadal fought off a strong Roddick challenge in the first set, then rolled to
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Sun Sep 21 08:04:44 2008 |
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Guangzhou, China (Sports Network) - Vera Zvonareva of Russia rallied from a
set down to beat China's Peng Shuai in Sunday's final at the Guangzhou
International Women's Open.
The top-seeded Zvonareva earned a 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 6-2
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Sun Sep 21 02:55:52 2008 |
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Fourth-seeded Russian Dinara Safina rolled
past countrywoman Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the championship match at the
$1.34 million Pan Pacific Open tennis event.
Safina needed a little more than 1
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Sat Sep 20 15:17:14 2008 |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Russia remained alive in its Davis
Cup semifinal tie against Argentina thanks to the gutsy play of Dmitry
Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn, who blew a two-set lead before escaping with a
five-se
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Sat Sep 20 13:15:24 2008 |
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - The United States is still alive in its Davis
Cup defense, as the doubles duo of Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish won a five-set
marathon against Spain's Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez in a doubles
rubber
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Sat Sep 20 08:33:16 2008 |
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Guangzhou, China (Sports Network) - Vera Zvonareva will attempt to keep her
recent good form going in a title match against China's own Peng Shuai at the
$175,000 Guangzhou International Women's Open.
The Olympic bronze medalist Zvona
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Sat Sep 20 03:20:39 2008 |
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova
earned a spot in the championship match against countrywoman Dinara Safina
with a semifinal win Saturday at the $1.34 million Pan Pacific Open tennis
event.
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Sat Sep 20 02:09:41 2008 |
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Fifth-seeded Russian Svetlana
Kuznetsova earned a spot in the championship match with a semifinal win
Saturday at the $1.34 million Pan Pacific Open tennis event.
Kuznetsova, who up
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Fri Sep 19 16:05:43 2008 |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - David Nalbandian handled Igor
Andreev and Juan Martin del Potro drubbed Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets
on Friday to give the host Argentines a commanding 2-0 lead over Russia in
their b
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Fri Sep 19 13:47:25 2008 |
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - The best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal
between host Spain and the reigning champion United States commenced Friday,
as Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer combined to give the favored Spaniards a
commanding 2-0 lead
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Fri Sep 19 13:19:45 2008 |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - David Nalbandian handled Igor
Andreev in straight sets on Friday to give the host Argentines a 1-0 lead over
Russia in their best-of-five Davis Cup semifinal.
The world No. 7 Nalbandian charged pas
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