WTA Paris:

Safarova continues her superb run to beat top-seed Henin in straight sets (7-6, 6-4).

Petrova also ended Mauresmo's hope of defending her title by beating her 5-7, 6-4. 7-6.

Safarova faces Petrova in the final of the tournament.

She can do it

@ dblock. . . Which of the "shes"?

WTA Paris:
Petrova finally ended Safarova's impressive run by beating her 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to clinch the Paris title.

        


WTA Pattaya Open:
Austrian Sybille Bammer launched a stunning late fightback to win her first tour title with a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Gisela Dulko at the Pattaya Open.

India star, Sania Mirza was beaten 4-6, 5-7 in the semi-final by Dulko.

This week's tournaments are:

Feb. 12 - 18
ATP Tour Open 13 Marseille, France which features players like Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), Novak Djokovic (SRB), Mario Ancic (CRO), Richard Gasquet (FRA), David Ferrer (ESP), Ivan Ljubicic (CRO), Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) as seeds. Other players are Mikhail Youzhny (Rus), Jonas Bjorkman (Swe), Gael Monfils (Fra), Fabrice Santoro (FRA), Fernando Verdasco (ESP) among others.


ATP SAP Open San Jose, California, United States which features players like Andy Roddick (USA), Vincent Spadea (USA), Feliciano Lopez (ESP), Andrew Murray (GBR), Hyung-taik Lee (KOR), Benjamin Becker (GER), Marat Safin (RUS), Mardy Fish (USA), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP), James Blake (USA)


ATP Brasil Open Costa do Sauipe, Brazil which features Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), Gaston Gaudio (ARG), Nicolas Almagro (ESP), Filippo Volandri (ITA), Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG), Carlos Moya (ESP), Luis Horna (PER), Agustin Calleri (ARG) as seeds.


Feb. 12 - 19
WTA Tour Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium which features players like Amelie Mauresmo (FRA), Dinara Safina (RUS), Nadia Petrova (RUS), Anna Chakvetadze (RUS), Patty Schnyder (SUI), Elena Dementieva (RUS), Ana Ivanovic (SRB) and homegirl Kim Clijsters.


WTA Bangalore Open Bangalore, India which features Mara Santangelo (ITA), Yuliana Fedak (UKR), Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO), Alberta Brianti (ITA), Yung-Jan Chan (TPE), Vasilisa Bardina (RUS), Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA), and home star Sania Mirza as seeds.

WTA Antwerp Update:

Quarter Final Fixtures:
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) vs Dinara Safina (RUS)

Nadia Petrova (RUS) vs. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)

Tatiana Golovin (FRA) vs. Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) vs Kim Clijsters (BEL)

Patty Schnyder and Sybille Bammer (winner of the last Pattaya Open) both fell in the second round. Schnyder was beaten 7/6  6/7  2/6  by Golovin while Bammer lost to Chakvetadze 6/4  6/7  2/6.

Chakvetadze, who beat Petrova 6/3  6/4 few minutes ago, is through to the semi-finals where she faces the winner between Mauresmo and Safina.

ATP Marseille Update:

Quarter Final Results:
Robin Soderling (SWE) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)

Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) vs Gilles Simon (FRA)

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), Mario Ancic (CRO), Novak Djokovic (SRB), Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) and Gaël Monfils (FRA) were all dumped out in the first round.

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), David Ferrer (ESP) also failed to go beyond the second round.

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) and Gilles Simon (FRA) are both through the semi-finals.

ATP San Jose Update:

Quarter Final Fixtures:
Andy Roddick (USA) vs. Vincent Spadea (USA)

Andrew Murray (GBR) vs. Hyung-taik Lee (KOR)

Benjamin Becker (GER) vs. Marat Safin (RUS)

Mardy Fish (USA) vs. Ivo Karlovic (CRO)

James Blake (USA) is the only seeded player who failed to reach the quarter final. He was upset by Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7/6  6/7  4/6.

Will we have another Roddick/Murray match? . . . let's watch and see.

WTA Bangalore Update:

Unseeded Russian Yaroslava Shvedova beat second seeded Indian Sania Mirza 6-7 6-4 6-4 to reach her first tour semi finals at the Bangalore Open.

The 19-year-old recovered from 2-0 down in the decider against the world number 49 after they won a set each.

Top seed and defending champion Mara Santangelo of Italy eased past Japan's Yurika Sema 6-1 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

In the semi-finals on Saturday Santangelo will meet Olga Savchuk of Ukraine, who beat fourth seed and last year's finalist Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 6-3 6-4.

Shvedova will meet Israel's Tzipora Obziler, who beat Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-4 7-6 in the quarter-finals.

Why, o why, must every tennis topic be on the same thread? I'd love to split this thread, if possible. But how?

Seun:

Why, o why, must every tennis topic be on the same thread? I'd love to split this thread, if possible. But how?

woah thot u were the admin

think its cause we have only a handful of dedicated fans and they keep coming back to their thread, anyways dont know jack about tennis except the williams sisters and that angry tennis player, and the cute one, and the young american one and the russian one, or is it russia? and and and . . . . oh am out!

Aight Seun,

Let me suggest these topics:

1. ATP Tournaments
2. WTA Tournaments
3. Davis Cup
4. Fed Cup
5. Gram Slams (Oz open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open)
6. Masters Cup/Masters Series

Any other suggestion(s) from anyone?

Can you post some of these topics on the forum, so we can link to it from here? Thanks.

@ Seun, I'll create the threads later.

ATP Marseille Update:

Soderling beat home fav Gasquet 6/1  7/6  to progress to the semi-finals. Soderling's hopes of reaching the final was dashed by unseeded Simon who beat him 6/7  2/6.

Baghdatis, who beat Youzhny 2/6  7/6  7/5 to reach the semis, brushed aside Nieminen 3/6  6/3  6/2 to set up a final tie with Simon.

The final takes place on Sunday.



Update: Unseeded Gilles Simon of France claimed his first ATP title by beating Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 7-6 in the Marseille Open final.

WTA Bangalore Update:

Mara Santangelo (ITA) meets Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) in the final at the Bangalore Open.

Santangelo crushed Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6/1  6/0 in the semi-final while Shvedova did enough to go past Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 7/5  6/2.



Update: Russian Yaroslava Shvedova won her first WTA tour title, defeating Mara Santangelo 6-4 6-4 in the final.

ATP San Jose Update:

Quarter-Final Results:
Andy Roddick (USA) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6/3 6/7 6/1
Andrew Murray (GBR) bt Hyung-taik Lee (KOR) 4/6 6/3 7/6
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs. Marat Safin (RUS) 6/4 6/3
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 7/6 6/4

Semi-Final Fixtures:
Becker vs. Karlovic - match in progress
Roddick vs. Murray

WTA Antwerp Update:

Second seed Kim Clijsters overcame Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4 6-3 to reach the final of the Diamond Games, where she will face top seed Amelie Mauresmo.

World number three Mauresmo, who beat Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-3 3-6 6-2 in her semi-final, will earn a diamond studded racket worth 1 million euros ($1.31 million) if she beats the Belgian in Sunday's final.

The racket is awarded for three title wins in five years and Frenchwoman Mauresmo enjoyed back-to-back victories in Antwerp in 2005 and 2006. No player has won the unique trophy.

The final, a rematch of the 2006 title decider, will also be Clijsters' last appearance on home soil following her decision to retire at the end of the season.

ATP San Jose Update:

Defending champion Andy Murray beat top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the San Jose Open.

In a repeat of last year's semi-final, third seed Murray served 14 aces on the way to victory and now plays Ivo Karlovic in the final after the big-serving Croat beat German Benjamin Becker 7-6 7-5.

WTA Antwerp Update:

Mauresmo beat Clijsters again on home soil to clinch the Antwerp title!!! She won 6-4, 7-6

By that victory over the home fav, she has earned herself a diamond studded racket worth 1 million euros ($1.31 million).

      

Now Murray shouldnt buckle

ATP San Jose Update:

Scottish teenager Andy Murray battled back to beat unseeded Ivo Karlovic 6-7 6-4 7-6 to win the San Jose Open title for the second successive year.

Karlovic hit 26 aces to take his tally for the week to 113 and looked set for victory when he led by a set and a break but third seed Murray fought back superbly to win his second career title.

"I'd like to thank [my coach] Brad [Gilbert] and Mark Grabow, my fitness trainer," the 19-year-old player said.

ATP Awards 2006

Player of the Year         -       Roger Federer

Doubles Team of the Year - Bob and Mike Bryan

Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship - Roger Federer

Most mproved Player - Novak Djokovic

Newcomer of the Year - Benjamin Becker

Comeback Player of the Year - Mardy Fish

ATPTennis Fans' Favourite(Singles)
                                 1st - Roger Federer (10,772 votes)
                                 2nd - Fernando Gonzalez (8,064 votes)
                                 3rd - Rafael Nadal (6,347 votes)

ATPtennis.com Fans' Favorite (Doubles)
                                 1st - Bob and Mike Bryan (17,709 votes)
                                 2nd - Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi (10,498 votes)
                                 3rd - Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic (5,627 votes).

Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year - Roger Federer

Source

congratulations to Federer for the awards

New ATP Rankings (2 April 2007)

              Name                Points
1 R. Federer (SUI)            7290
2 R. Nadal (ESP)               4875
3 A. Roddick (USA)            2980 
4 N. Davydenko (RUS)        2825 
5 F. Gonzalez (CHI)           2755 
6 T. Robredo (ESP)           2645 
7 N. Djokovic (SRB)           2540 
8 I. Ljubicic (CRO)             2270 
9 J. Blake (USA)              2150
10 T. Haas (GER)              2135 
11 A. Murray (GBR)           2125 
12 D. Nalbandian (ARG)      1805 
13 M. Ancic (CRO)             1775 
14 T. Berdych (CZE)          1715 
15 R. Gasquet (FRA)          1620 
16 D. Ferrer (ESP)             1615 
17 M. Youzhny (RUS)         1545 
18 M. Baghdatis (CYP)       1315 
19 L. Hewitt (AUS)            1250 
20 J. Nieminen (FIN)         1250

. . .
29 G. Canas (ARG)            1007

. . .
735  Babalola, Abdul-Mumin (NGR)     20
1030  Idoko, Candy (NGR)                7
1101  Nwokedi, Augustine (NGR)        5
1101  Igbinovia, Jonathan (NGR)         5
1222  Shehu, Lawal (NGR)                 4
1398  Ford-Da Silva, Destiny (NGR)     2

@ dblock. . . Which of the "shes"?

I was refering to Safarova

735  Babalola, Abdul-Mumin (NGR)     20

Should we be proud, or is it shameful