Nicolas Almagro ended his two-match losing streak against Robin Soderling by beating the third-seeded French Open runner-up 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the German Open. The 14th-seeded Spaniard had lost to Soderling at Wimbledon and the Swedish Open last week, but became the first player apart from top-ranked Roger Federer to beat Soderling since May.
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Defending champion Sara Errani routed Klara Zakopalova 6-1, 6-1 in 50 minutes to reach the Slovenia Open quarterfinals on Thursday. It was the fifth-seeded Errani's first win against 2005 champion Zakopalova in three attempts. Coming off the final at Palermo last weekend, Errani said she wasn't bothered by the 93-degree heat, saying: "I love playing when it's hot!" In the…
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Defending champion Serena Williams and four other past winners, including her sister Venus and wild-card entry Kim Clijsters, are in the provisional women's field for the U.S. Open. Ninety-nine of the top 100 women in the current WTA rankings received direct entry Thursday into the hard-court Grand Slam tournament, played Aug.
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Top-seeded Alize Cornet of France rallied to beat Patricia Mayr of Austria 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Thursday in the second round of the Gastein Ladies. The 28th-ranked Cornet did not win a point on her second serve in the opening set but quickly found her rhythm to win back-to-back matches for the first time on the WTA Tour since February.
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John McEnroe's World TeamTennis club has been fined for what the league called "unprofessional conduct" by him and other players at a match last week. During the men's doubles match between McEnroe's New York Sportimes and the Washington Kastles on July 16, a shot by Washington's Leander Paes hit New York's Robert Kendrick.
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Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the German Open. Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ended Jeremy Chardy's bid for a second title in two weeks by beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3. The 15th-seeded Chardy won his first title last week in Stuttgart to rise to a career-high No.
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Tamira Paszek of Austria is being investigated by national anti-doping authorities after a medical treatment for a back injury allegedly violated doping regulations. During Paszek's treatment earlier this month, blood was taken for enrichment and later injected, which is not allowed under international anti-doping rules.
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Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ended Jeremy Chardy's bid for a second title in two weeks by beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3 Thursday to reach the German Open quarterfinals. The 15th-seeded Chardy won his first title last week in Stuttgart to rise to a career-high No. 32 in the rankings. Davydenko is still looking for his first title of the year after being injured for most of the first four…
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Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania upset third-seeded Sybille Bammer 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 Thursday in the second round of the Gastein Ladies. The 22nd-ranked Austrian, who won her second WTA Tour title in Prague last week, double-faulted seven times and missed all nine break points in the deciding set. Fourth-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic withdrew against Germany's Andrea Petkovic, citing a…
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Americans Robby Ginepri and John Isner advanced in doubles at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, one of only two matches played on a rainy Wednesday. Seven matches were postponed and one player could end up playing twice on Thursday. Ginepri and Isner beat second-seeded Stephen Huss of Australia and Ross Hutchins of Britain 3-6, 6-3, 10-1, and Jesse Levine of the United States and Dudi Sela of…
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