Perhaps it’s an overstatement to call Andy Murray’s match against Rafael Nadal a moment of truth for the Scot. But it’s close.
Published on: 16th October, 2009
World No. 4 Novak Djokovic comes in many different flavors. But welcome the latest incarnation — the thinking man’s player.
Published on: 16th October, 2009
Feliciano López felt that his year could not have descended any lower 15 days ago when he lost in the first round of China Open qualifying to Donald Young, a lowly ranked American. On Saturday he plays in the semi-finals of a Masters event for the first time. Such are the vagaries of a professional’s life. Before tackling Rafael Nadal, his friend and fellow Spaniard, at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai – the girls will not know whom to swoon…
Published on: 16th October, 2009
LINZ, Austria (AFP) – Top seeds Flavia Pennetta and Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA event in Linz on Friday. Pennetta was stretched in the opening set of her match with Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru, but the Italian took control in the second to secure a 7-5, 6-2 victory. Radwanska fought off two set points against seventh-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova in their second-set tie-break before claiming a 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) victory on her fourth match point. Third-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer also won, beating eighth seed Sara Errani of Italy 7-5, 6-3, but… Full Article
Published on: 16th October, 2009
• Top-seeded Spaniard progresses to semi-finals • Djokovic, Davydenko and López also through Rafael Nadal celebrates winning a point during his quarter-final match against Ivan Ljubicic. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP. received a scare before being given a place in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, when Ivan Ljubicic became the latest player to withdraw from the tournament mid-match. The Croat took the first… 
