Archive for October, 2009

Defending champion Venus Williams will face Serena Williams in the final of the Sony Ericsson Championships after the sisters win their semi-finals. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »

Seventh seed Jurgen Melzer became the first Austrian since 1995 to reach the final of the Bank Austria TennisTrophy after rallying from a set down to defeat Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 Saturday at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Vienna. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

The ATP World Tour features two ATP World Tour 500 indoor hard-court tournaments this week at Valencia and Basel. There are a number of players attempting to win valuable South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings points in their quest to clinch one of two remaining singles berths at the Barclays ATP World Tour... »

Veteran Croatian Ivan Ljubicic, who has faced just two break points in four matches this week, powered into the Lyon final with another crushing serving performance Saturday at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, an ATP World tour 250 tennis tournament. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Venus Williams has advanced to her second straight Sony Ericsson Championships final after rallying for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Jelena Jankovic. … Article source: SI.com »

LYON, France (AP) — Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia reached the final of the Lyon Grand Prix on Saturday by beating Arnaud Clement of France 6-2, 6-4. … Article source: SI.com »

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Ukrainian qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky advanced to his second career ATP final by beating Marat Safin of Russia 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the St. Petersburg Open. … Article source: SI.com »

WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) — The U.S. Tennis Association says Serena Williams has pulled out of the team that will face Italy in the Fed Cup final. … Article source: SI.com »

VIENNA (AP) — Jurgen Melzer rallied to beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 Saturday to reach his first ATP final of the season at the BA Tennis Trophy. … Article source: SI.com »

The United States Fed Cup team will head to Italy without its strongest singles player. According to the Associated Press, Serena Williams has withdrawn from the upcoming Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final against Italy. The United States Tennis Association announced the news of Serena’s pull-out on Saturday, replacing her on the squad with... »