All Articles Tagged 'final' (45)

Sharapova defeated in Final

I really didn't see her losing in the Finals, but its always great to see a new face winning a grandslam, it keeps the game interesting.

Added by patrick m on July 2, 2011 at 11:09am — No Comments

Federer vs. Nadal final at 2011 Abu Dhabi

Nadal responded to Federer's strategy of attacking returns by serving much more aggressive. You don't have much of Federer asserting the chip and charge against those serves. The other thing to note is how Federer is not crowding the baseline in these rallies. It is true that Federer had the better tempo at the beginning and Nadal weathers the storm like he usually does. Federer even had break point to win the first set. But his backhand in the…

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Added by Tim Prapong on January 3, 2011 at 3:00pm — 8 Comments

Wimbledon 2009: Doubles Finals Will be a Classic

The Bryan Brothers are the #1 team in tennis.

Nestor and Zimonjic are #2.

The Bryans regained #1 after dethroning Mr.Nestor from the #1 position.

Nestor-Zimonjic hold a 5-3 lead over the brothers in head to head match-ups.

The Bryan's and of course Nestor (with relatively new partner) are easily the most decorated and accomplished doubles pairs in mens tennis. They own all of the titles, including Olympic Gold between… Continue

Added by Mark Oskar on July 4, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

Weekend winners : David Nalbandian, Igor Kunitsyn and Philipp Petzschner

David Nalbandian defeated Swede Robin Soderling 6-2 5-7 6-3 on Sunday and win the Stockholm Open.

It was the ninth title for Nalbandian, who goes to the Madrid Masters on Monday as the defending champion.

"It was a great final, we both played a good… Continue

Added by Svetlana on October 13, 2008 at 4:15am — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic's hat-trick

Jelena Jankovic defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-2 6-4 in Moscow on Sunday to secure her third title in a row. Jelena also beat the Russian on her way to winning titles in Stuttgart and Beijing in the past two weeks.

"I've played her twice in the last two weeks so I really knew what… Continue

Added by Svetlana on October 13, 2008 at 4:14am — 2 Comments

Marat Safin and Igor Kunitsyn in all-Russian Moscow final

Former world number one Marat Safin will have a chance on Sunday to win his first… Continue

Added by Svetlana on October 11, 2008 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Jelena Jankovic wins China Open

Jelena Jankovic won her second tour title of the year after defeating fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 at the China Open.

JJ looked really confident in the final of the $600,000 Beijing tournament, getting revenge for her quarter-final defeat by Kuznetsova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:22am — 2 Comments

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Novak Djokovic to win his first ATP title

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6 (4), 6-4 to win the Thailand Open, clinching his first career title and avenging his loss to the top-seeded Novak in the Australian Open final.

"I didn't believe that I would win," he said. "But… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:21am — 1 Comment

Andy Roddick wins China Open

Andy Roddick defeated Dudi Sela 6-4 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 to capture the China Open championship.

"At the end of the day, a win is a win and I'm happy with that," Roddick commented. "I had in the back of my mind that I'd played 30-40 finals and… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Maria Kirilenko clinches Korean Open

Maria Kirilenko rallied from a set down to beat Samantha Stosur 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 for the title at the Korea Open.

"I was very happy to make it to the final a second time," said Kirilenko, who lost a three-set match to Williams last… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 29, 2008 at 10:19am — No Comments

Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva weekend winners

Dinara Safina claimed her fourth WTA title of 2008 on Sunday,… Continue

Added by Svetlana on September 23, 2008 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Cincinnati Final Photos

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Day 7

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Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Montreal Final Photos

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Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Caroline Wozniacki wins Stockholm title

Caroline Wozniacki claimed her first WTA Tour title on Sunday with a straight-sets thrashing of Vera Dushevina at the Nordic Light Open in Stockholm.

The fourth-seeded was far too strong for her Russian opponent, winning 6-0 6-2.

"It's been a fantastic… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:13pm — No Comments

Dinara Safina wins Rogers Cup

Dinara Safina defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1 to capture the WTA Rogers Cup for her third title in her last six events.

"I was just playing whatever I was feeling, so I guess it was the right tactic today," said Safina, who was quite emotional, and whose voice… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Murray defeats Djokovic to capture his 1st Masters Series title

Andy Murray won his first career Masters Series title yesterday with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) victory over Novak Djokovic at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

"It's huge because to win these tournaments is tough nowadays," the Scot told Sky Sports after… Continue

Added by Svetlana on August 4, 2008 at 5:11pm — No Comments

Jelena Dokic wins Darmstadt title

Jelena Dokic defeated 7th seed Michelle Gerards from Netherlands 6-0 6-0 in yesterdays final in Darmstadt, Germany. This is Jelena's third ITF title this year.

Jelena now has a 32-7 W/L record for 2008 and is 11-1 in three set matches. Her… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 23, 2008 at 1:16am — No Comments

Gilles Simon wins Indianapolis title

Second-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon dispatched defending champion Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in straight sets to capture the $525,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships Sunday.

Simon, who pocketed $83,500 for the win, defeated the third-seeded Tursunov, 6-4, 6-4, to win his fourth career ATP singles title.… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:11am — No Comments

Wozniak wins at Stanford for first career title and first Canadian in 20 years

Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak bested France's Marion Bartoli to win the $600,000 Bank of the West Classic tennis event on Sunday.

Wozniak succeeded in winning her first career title by defeating Bartoli 7-5, 6-3 on the hardcourts at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

Wozniak won the semifinal when… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:08am — No Comments

Verdasco captures Croatia Open

Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco rallied to down fourth-seeded Russian Igor Andreev and win the Croatia Open title on Sunday.

Verdasco struggled in the first set, but battled back to take his second ATP singles title in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). The match lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes.

It's the second ATP title for the Spaniard - adding to his victory… Continue

Added by Svetlana on July 21, 2008 at 4:07am — No Comments