Tennis News

Top-seeded David Nalbandian advanced to his second straight clay-court final Friday, beating 2006 champion Luis Horna 7-5, 6-1 in the Mexican Open. via CBS SportsLine

Argentine Guillermo Canas overcame his compatriot Carlos Berlocq 6-4 6-7 6-4 to reach the second round of the Mexican Open yesterday. via Buenos Aires Herald

Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman saved a match point in beating American teenager Donald Young 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships quarterfinals on Friday. via CBS SportsLine

“I was definitely thinking about it”
Swede Jonas Bjorkman survived a third-set tiebreaker to beat Donald Young 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, reaching the semifinals here for the first time … via CBS SportsLine

“It’s like practice for if a match is going to be closer and I call him and don’t know what to expect. I mean, I know him very well but it’s good practice before tough matches.”
Jelena Jankovic was stretched to the limit before edging past India’s Sania Mirza to reach the quarter-finals of the […]

They shared the court as Dubai doubles partners on Monday and tomorrow they’ll be back together again only this time separated by the net. via Tennis Week

Peer advances, Sela out at Memphis Shahar Peer advanced to the quarterfinals of the Memphis International women’s singles tournament yesterday, defeating Ahsha Rolle of the U.S. 6-2 6-1. Peer, who made it to … via Haaretz Daily News

Four becomes two Friday, as the semifinals of the third annual PBZ Zagreb Indoors take the court. via Tennis Articles

Dubai, Feb 28: Sania Mirza’s campaign at the Dubai Tennis Championships here ended as she and her partner Francesca Schiavone of Italy were shown the door in doubles quarterfinals of the $1,500,000 event by top … via Central Chronicle

Defending champion Juan Ignacio Chela and two-time winner Carlos Moya were eliminated in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano on Wednesday. via PR-inside.com

“It’s not necessarily the goalie, it’s ourselves. We’ve got to take it upon ourselves, it doesn’t matter who’s in net or if it’s the best goalie in the world.”
Despite playing the night before in a 1-0 loss at Chicago, Phoenix goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov had to be thrilled about another chance to face the St. […]

Andy Roddick serves to Mardy Fish at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championship tennis tournament in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Feb. via Thestate.com

Last Update: 2/27 9:54 pm Top-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian breezed into the quarterfinals Wednesday at the clay-court Abierto Mexicano Telcel tennis event. via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

Bangalore, Feb 29: India’s Shikha Uberoi has been awarded a wild card entry for the U.S.D 600,000 Bangalore Open 2008 tennis championship starting on March 3. Ranked 824 in the world, Shikha, an Indo-American … via Sahara Samay National

Updated: On the Court Monday Night..Defending Men’s Champion Tommy Haas of Germany takes on Argentina’s Diego Hartfield. via WMC TV

“I felt good the whole match and he hit a lot of bombs”
Former No. 1 Lindsay Davenport sped into the Cellular South Cup semifinals when she defeated sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 6-2 in 53 minutes on Thursday. via CBS SportsLine

“The tournaments are delighted with FSN’s broadcast commitments to the events, both on a national and regional level, to two of the largest tournaments on the tours”
Indian Wells will come complete with a new soundtrack next month. Fox Sports Net, which will televise the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells as well as the […]

Top seeds David Nalbandian and Flavia Pennetta each advanced in straight sets to the semifinals of the Abierto Mexicano on Thursday. via CBS SportsLine.com

Top seeds David Nalbandian and Flavia Pennetta advanced to the semifinals of the Mexican Open clay-court tournament Thursday. via Fox Sports

“Crespo was cunning and (referee Roberto) Rosetti fell into the trap and gave the second warning”
Inter Milan may have sealed a third successive Serie A title after drawing AS Roma 1-1 with two minutes left on Wednesday. via The Japan Times

India’s Sunitha Rao and her doubles partner Sophie Lefevre of France went down to American pair Carly Gullickson and Shenay Perry 0-6, 4-6 in the first round of the Memphis Open tennis tournament Tuesday. via Nerve News

“We both played very well. “I changed my tactics a little bit from the first set and tried to be very aggressive and close out the match. It worked.”
Big-serving Australian Chris Guccione fired 15 aces to upset sixth seed Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3 6-4 in the second round of the Memphis Championship. via […]

“They were making a sudden noise during the rallies, which was disturbing, and I asked them to wait until the end of the rallies to do it”
Agence France-Presse DUBAI - World number four Jelena Jankovic spent almost the whole of a two-hour, 14-minute match trailing before narrowly surviving against Sania Mirza in the second […]

Andy Ram and Yoni Erlich lost for the first time in 10 matches on Saturday. The Israeli duo was defeated 7-5, 4-6, 10-7 by Tomas Berdych and Dmitry Tursunov in the semifinals of the ATP tournament in Rotterdam. via Jerusalem Post

The tournament will be held at the Sunrise Tennis Center March 16 - 23. “This is incredible, the strongest we have ever had and stronger than many ATP tour events this year. via PR-inside.com

“I’m here after having a good week in Buenos Aires and I’ve been able to keep my game level here so, I feel really happy. I hope to keep advancing”
Defending champion Juan Ignacio Chela and two-time winner Carlos Moya were eliminated in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano on Wednesday. via Fox Sports […]

“Unfortunately I have been battling a virus for several days and it’s reached a point where I’m unable to compete”
Maria Sharapova announces her withdrawal from the Dubai Open on Tuesday. Dubai: Sania Mirza and partner Francesca Schiavone reached the quarter finals of the $1,500,000 Barclays Dubai Open after winning their … via The Telegraph […]

Last Update: 2/27 9:54 pm Top-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian breezed into the quarterfinals Wednesday at the clay-court Abierto Mexicano Telcel tennis event. via KCOY-TV Santa Maria

Why should you care about a 9-year-old girl playing tennis in Australia? In this crazy world we live in, where political correctness and an obsession with being overly sensitive to everyone in every situation, … via WBTW

“I push myself very hard. … It was a good game but not an incredible game”
Massu will face sixth-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain in the clay-court event. Almagro beat Italy’s Filippo Volandri 6-3, 6-3 to reach his third straight quarter-final. Almagro won his third career title in … via The Globe and Mail