Friday, August 28, 2009
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Federer Rolls Past Djokovic To Capture Third Cincinnati Title
No. 1 seed Roger Federer of Switzerland capped off an impressive week by defeating No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 6-1, 7-5, in two hours and six minutes on Sunday afternoon to capture his third Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati.

Roger Federer wins Cincy!
The 28-year-old Swiss, who owns a record 15 Grand Slam singles titles, came out firing, jumping ahead 5-0, before closing out the 33-minute opening set, 6-1.
“He was just too good in the first set,” said Djokovic, who fell to 4-8 lifetime against the Swiss. “I didn’t start very energetic, and my body language wasn’t (what) it was last night (against Rafael Nadal).”
In the second set, Djokovic secured an early break in the second game and got ahead 3-0, but Federer quickly broke back to get back on serve at 3-2, before leveling the match at 3-3. Federer, who earned his 61st ATP World Tour title in 83 final appearances, had a break point opportunity at 3-all, but was unable to capitalize on the moment.
At 4-5, 30-40 down, Federer faced a set point but was able to come up with impressive shots to fight off the set point that Djokovic held.
During a very critical stage of the second set, Djokovic failed at a drop shot attempt at 5-5, deuce. Federer, who has now won 16 career ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, capitalized on the opportunity by winning the next point to break Djokovic’s serve.
Federer served out the match to win the title at ease and showed his excitement by raising his arms in happiness.
The Swiss, whose wife recently gave birth to twin daughters, insisted his first title as a new dad was very special.
“I think the special part (is) winning for the first time as a dad,” said Federer, who improved to 47-7 on the season. “It’s a great thing. Gets me going emotionally a little bit, because I know it’s been a wonderful summer.”
For the third straight match, Federer was remarkable on his serve, smashing seven aces and no double faults, while winning 85 percent of first serve points. Djokovic, who is now 4-6 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals, hit three aces, one double fault and only managed to win 60 percent of first serve points. Federer broke Djokovic’s serve on four of 15 opportunities, while the Serb only broke once throughout the match.
Djokovic, who rolled past No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal on Saturday evening to reach Sunday’s final, earned a runner-up check worth $222,000, as well as 600 South African Airways ATP rankings points.
“It’s been a great week for me and I got a lot of matches in before the US Open,” said Djokovic, who has now lost in the finals for two straight years in Cincinnati.
The Swiss, who improved to 12-6 against Top 10 players in 2009, earned a winner’s check worth $443,500 and 1000 ranking points.
Having lost just one match since losing in the Masters 1000 in Madrid in May, Federer is the favorite for the US Open in New York that beings on August 31.
Roger Federer wins Cincinnati Masters title
"That's the special part, especially winning for the first time as a dad," Federer said. "It gets me going emotionally a little bit, because I know it's been a wonderful summer."
His stellar season can get even better beginning next week at the U.S. Open. The Swiss star has won the last five titles there, and his performance on Sunday at Mason, Ohio, suggested he's fully capable of another. Djokovic hadn't lost a set all week, but was never in the title match.
Federer took control right away, breaking Djokovic's serve in a second game that lasted 13 minutes and 22 points overall. The 22-year-old Serb kept up better in the second set but knew he was headed for his fourth runner-up finish in a Masters tournament this year.
Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva overcame an ugly first set to beat Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-3, in the final of the Rogers Cup at Toronto. Dementieva's steady play was too much for an error-prone Sharapova to handle in the first all-Russian final in tournament history.
Playing in her first final since a serious shoulder injury, Sharapova committed 10 double faults and had trouble with even the most routine shots.
Anna Chakvetadze ended Nadia Petrova's final hard-court tuneup for the U.S. Open with a 0-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win in the Pilot Pen at New Haven, Conn. In another first-round match, Alona Bondarenko defeated wild-card entry Meghann Shaughnessy, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Taylor Dent won his first-round match in the men's tournament, beating Ivan Ljubicic, 6-3, 6-4.
Pat Cash of Australia defeated Jim Courier to successfully defend his singles title in the Hall of Fame Champions Cup at Newport, R.I. Cash defeated the American, 6-3, 6-4, in the championship match at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Andy Murray wins 53-shot rally at Cincinnati Open
By Chris Chase from yahoo.news
Who says men's tennis doesn't have long enough rallies?
In a quarterfinal match Friday at the Cincinnati Open, world No. 2 Andy Murray won a 53-shot point against qualifier Julien Benneteau. It was a fairly big one too as Murray had lost the first set and was down 2-0 in the second. The unforced error for Benneteau gave Murray the break and he would go on to lose just two more games in the match, eventually winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
(Pay no attention to the title of the YouTube clip. It was 53 shots, not 58.)
The point looked like it would be over early, as Benneteau's serve forced a lunging, lobbed return from Murray. But the 55th-ranked Benneteau couldn't put away his subsequent overhead and failed to move Murray around for most of the shots in the rally. After the initial flurry, it was actually a little boring, looking more like warm-ups than a quarterfinal match at a U.S. Open tune-up event.
Benneteau only made it into the main draw in Cincinnati after Juan Martin Del Potro withdrew due to injury.
While theirs was a long rally by ATP Tour standards, Murray and Benneteau's 84-second point was a long ways off the world record. Last August, twin brothers from Connecticut set at Guinness World Record with a rally that lasted 25,944 strokes.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray advance at ATP Montreal Masters
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From correspondents in Montreal, Canada
- August 15, 2009
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both exited the Montreal Masters on a historic day of ATP tennis when the world's top eight reached the quarter-finals at the same event for the first time.
The No,1 and No.2 in the world were unable to carry the flag for the elite, with Federer letting a 5-1 lead in the final set escape as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga grappled to a 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-6 (7-3) victory in the quarter-finals.
No.2 seed Nadal, the defending champion, was humbled by rising Argentine Juan Del Potro 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 as the Spaniard continued to test his form after two and a half months out to rest injured knees.
Del Potro will next square off against on-fire American Andy Roddick, a winner over fourth seed Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6 (7-4).
Roddick has lost his last two finals in close calls, at Wimbledon against Federer and last weekend against Del Potro in Washington, a match decided on an electronic line call.
Tsonga fought back from 1-5 down in the final set to overcome Federer and end the world number one's 21-match winning streak.
"It happens in tennis," Federer said.
"It's never over until it's over. It showed today."
The Swiss star's game collapsed under relentless assault from the Frenchman, with Tsonga twice breaking Federer as the 15-time grand slam champion served for victory.
Tsonga set up three match points on Federer's serve in the 12th game, which the Swiss saved.
His luck ran out in the tiebreaker as No.7 seed Tsonga set-up a meeting with No.3-seeded Briton Andy Murray.
Federer's loss ended a run of impressive form which began with a title victory at the Madrid Masters in May over Nadal and progressed through to Grand Slam trophies at the French Open and Wimbledon.
"It was a very up-and-down match, obviously," said the disappointed Swiss, who will travel with his family to Cincinnati for next week's ATP Masters event.
"I should have won the first set. He completely lost his game for an hour there, through the second, the third.
"It was unfortunate I couldn't serve it out.
"All in all I thought it was a decent match. I didn't think it was bad, but it wasn't great, either. It's one of those matches I can live with."
Murray overcame a battle with the elements to stay in contention for his best career ranking thanks to a 6-2 6-4 quarter-final win over Russia's Nikolay Davydenko.
Murray, who trained in steamy Miami for two weeks leading up to his summer hardcourt return in Canada, said he was able to get on top of the sweltering 30 Celsius heat.
Murray is poised to take the world No.2 ranking from Nadal.
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Tsonga sends Federer out of Montreal ATP Masters
MONTREAL (AFP) - - World number one Roger Federer was knocked out of the Montreal Masters on Friday, losing 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 7-6 (7/3) to French seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals.Tsonga will face Britain's world number three Andy Murray for a place in the final.
Federer, who won a record 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon last month, was cruising to victory when he led 5-1 in the decider, but Tsonga stunned the Swiss with a remarkable comeback.
Friday, August 14, 2009
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