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Murray loses; Nadal, Djokovic win

Associated Press

Fourth-seeded Andy Murray has lost 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the third round of the Paris Masters.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Murray marches on to semis

Associated Press

Andrew Murray carried his comeback into the Valencia Open semis by cruising past Albert Montanes of Spain 6-4, 6-2 on Friday.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Murray reaches quarterfinals

Associated Press

Top-seeded Andy Murray reached the Valencia Open quarterfinals, where a match with defending champion David Ferrer was averted when the Spaniard withdrew because of a hamstring injury.

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Tsonga retires in first round

Associated Press

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired in the first round of the Valencia Open because of a wrist injury while trailing 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-0 to Mikhail Youzhny.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Murray reaches second round

Associated Press

Andy Murray came back from a long-term wrist injury by beating wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the Valencia Open.

Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Ljubicic takes down Llodra in final

Associated Press

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia won his first title in more than two years by beating Michael Llodra of France 7-5, 6-3 in Sunday's Lyon Grand Prix final.

Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Ljubicic into final with 'perfect match'

Associated Press

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2009

No. 1 seed Tsonga falls in Lyon quarters

Associated Press

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost in the Lyon Grand Prix quarterfinals on Friday, falling 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (8) to Arnaud Clement despite 27 aces.

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Tsonga advances to quarterfinals

Associated Press

Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga led five Frenchmen into the Lyon Grand Prix quarterfinals by beating Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-2.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Benneteau, Serra reach quarters

Associated Press

Fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau and Florent Serra reached the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Nadal advances as Ljubicic retires

Associated Press

Rafael Nadal advanced to the semifinals at the Shanghai Masters on Friday, benefiting from yet another retirement when Ivan Ljubicic became the eighth player to quit while playing in the tournament this week.

Story | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Moving the year-ender to London a fruitful decision

Peter Bodo

...spreading the tennis gospel via the media. And does anyone know whether the Nikolay Davydenko versus Gilles Simon match will be broadcast at 2 or 4 a.m.? The ATP positioned the move to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Nadal seeking first title since May

Associated Press

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had straight-set wins Thursday to advance to quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters on a day when two more players retired with injuries.

Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Five reasons we advocate the fall tennis circuit

Peter Bodo

...on-the-cusp players the opportunity to gain valuable match experience. It seems that someone -- a Gilles Simon, Fernando Gonzalez or Nikolay Davydenko -- always goes on a run during the fall, and that positions...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2009

No marathon rallies in this match

Associated Press

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fernando Verdasco, acclaimed for their speed around the court, admitted to feeling a little nervous themselves as they played a modified exhibition match on one of the world's fastest commercial high-speed trains.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009