Justin's Articles – January 2009 Archive (12)

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Seventh-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo (pictured) defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer, 6-3, 6-4, on Monday in the first round at the Medibank International in Sydney. Robredo earned his first win of the year in his 2009 season debut.



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Sixth-seeded American Sam Querrey advanced to the second round on Monday at the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand, with a routine, 6-4, 7-5, victory over local wild card entrant Daniel King-Turner. The 22-year-old Californian earned his first career victory in Auckland, having lost in his debut last year to… Continue

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For the third straight match, eighth-seeded Radek Stepanek (pictured) rallied from behind to win, this time upsetting third-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, to claim the Brisbane International title in Australia on Sunday. Stepanek now owns three career ATP singles titles,… Continue

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Third-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic (pictured) claimed his second career ATP singles title on Sunday by defeating wild card entrant and World No. 202 Somdev Devvarman, 6-4, 7-6(3), to win the Chennai Open title in India. Both singles titles Cilic has won to date have been on hard… Continue

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Red-hot World No. 4 and third-seeded Andy Murray (pictured) successfully defended his Qatar ExxonMobil Open title by defeating fourth-seeded American Andy Roddick, 6-4, 6-2, on Saturday in Doha. Murray now owns two titles in three appearances in Doha, having lost in the finals to Ivan Ljubicic in his tournament debut in 2007.



In the opening set, Murray jumped out to an early lead… Continue

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World No. 4 Andy Murray (pictured) came from behind in his semifinal match against Roger Federer on Friday at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha to defeat the Swiss, 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2. Fourth-seeded American Andy Roddick also advanced by defeating fifth-seeded Gael Monfils, 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-3, to earn his first win against the Frenchman in his last four outing, but more importantly a place in the… Continue

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Backed by 35 winners, No. 5 seed Gael Monfils defeated World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-4, in 89 minutes to advance to the semifinals at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha on Thursday. 13-time grand slam singles champion Roger Federer and 2003 US Open champion Andy Roddick also advanced to the final four in Doha.



In their three previous meetings, Monfils had not won more than three games… Continue

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World No. 1 Rafael Nadal advanced on Wednesday to the quarterfinals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha after a second straight lopsided victory, this time defeating Slovakian qualifier Karol Beck, 6-1, 6-2. Second-seeded Swiss Roger Federer also had little trouble reaching the quarterfinals, as he defeated Italian Andreas Seppi, 6-3, 6-3.



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Second-seeded French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured) came from behind on Wednesday at the Brisbane International in Australia to defeat Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen, 0-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(5). With the victory, Tsonga sets up a clash with compatriot Richard Gasquet for a spot in the semifinals.



A finalist at last year’s Australian Open, Tsonga started… Continue

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World No. 1 Rafael Nadal (pictured) and former top-ranked Roger Federer both had little trouble advancing to the second round at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha on Tuesday. In-form Scotland native Andy Murray also cruised to victory by defeating Spaniard Albert Montanes, 6-2, 6-4.



After experiencing the most memorable year of his career in 2008, Nadal didn’t waste time letting the ATP World know that he is for real and has… Continue

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The 2009 ATP Tour season has just started and Latvian Ernests Gulbis (pictured) has already pulled off an upset for the ages, defeating Serbian Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening round at the Brisbane International on Tuesday. The 20-year-old earned his biggest career victory by ousting the defending Australian Open champion, in a 90-minute thriller in front of a jam-packed crowd at the Patrick Rafter Arena at the Queensland… Continue

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