Friday 8 May 2009

Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of next week's Madrid


Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of next week's Madrid Open due to a knee injury but the world number seven said on Friday she would be fit to defend her French Open title later this month.
Ivanovic said her right knee had been bothering her since Serbia's Fed Cup victory over Spain last month and a Munich specialist had advised her not to play competitively for a week.
Latest result:
Djokovic - Troicki 6-3, 6-2
Seppi - Daniel 6-4, 7-5
Karlovic - Cipolla 6-3, 6-3
Kubot - Vliegen 7-6, 6-3

Source: http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/08052009/58/ivanovic-pulls-madrid.html

Rafael Nadal takes Rome crown from Novak Djokovic


World n0 1 Nadal overcame stubborn early resistance from defending champion Djokovic to claim the Rome Masters crown with an entertaining 7-6 6-2 win.

The Spaniard took the first set in a tiebreak after Serbian Djokovic had twice recovered breaks as well as destroying a racket after losing serve in the 11th game.

Nadal broke the third seed twice in the second set to bag his fifth title of the year, his third on clay, and continue his dominance before beginning his bid for a fifth successive French Open title later this month.

Source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04052009/58/nadal-takes-rome-crown-djokovic.html

Andy Murray to move into top three


The 21-year-old Scot was guaranteed to overtake Novak Djokovic as the number three player in the ATP standings on May 11 after the Serb failed to defend his Rome Masters title.

No British man had climbed higher than fourth since the inception of computerised rankings in 1973, with Murray sharing the record with the now-retired Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski in the 52-week rolling standings.
Source: http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/04052009/58/murray-move-top-three.html

DjOKOVIC IS BETTER PLAYER THAN MURRAY


Murray's superb run in the last 9 months - which has seen him win a trio of Masters series events and play in his first Grand Slam final - has rocketed him up the rankings, and with Djokovic failing to reproduce his early 2008 brilliance the pair will swap places after this weekend.
The switch will make Murray the first British player to make it to the top-three of the men's game since the rankings were introduced in 1973.Particular congratulations for comical myopia go to reader vojislavpejic for using no fewer than 49 exclamation marks to explain precisely why "DjOKOVIC IS BETTER PLAYER THAN MURRAY".
Source: http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/08052009/3/blake-steps-new-ground-clay-run.html

Dinara Safina to face Kuznetsova in WTA Rome final


World no 1, Dinara Safina, booked a date with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the WTA Rome claycourt International final after an epic three-set victory over Venus Williams on Friday.
She from a set down to beat the five-time Wimbledon champion 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than three hours.from a set down to beat the five-time Wimbledon champion 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than three hours.Top seed Safina started slowly against the fourth seed, as she had done all tournament, and for the third straight match she dropped the opening set.
Source:http://www.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/