Justine Henin is through to the Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-finals following a three-set win over Jelena Jankovic.
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Superb Henin through to last four
April 30th, 2010 
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April 30th, 2010 admin Number two seed Novak Djokovic is dumped out of the Rome Masters in the quarter-finals by Spain’s in-form Fernando Verdasco.
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April 30th, 2010 admin For the second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, the Spanish trio of World No. 3 and four-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal, No.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: and-four-time, david-ferrer, latvian, rafael, rafael-nadal, semi, Tennis News, the-second, world, world-tour No Comments »American Duo Ousts Federer-Allegro
April 30th, 2010 admin Roger Federer failed in his bid to reach the doubles semi-finals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia Friday as he and partner Yves Allegro were beaten by towering American duo John Isner and Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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American Duo Ousts Federer-Allegro
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April 30th, 2010 admin World No. 3 Rafael Nadal appears nigh on unstoppable in his pursuit of a fifth title at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia and a record-equalling 17th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 shield.
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April 30th, 2010 admin ATP World Tour No. 9 Fernando Verdasco was forced to call upon all his physical and mental reserves as he recorded his 12th win in 13 matches by defeating 2008 winner Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4 in an enthralling quarter-final match Friday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: all-his, defeating-2008, friday-at-the, physical, recorded-his, tennis, Tennis News, world No Comments »Safina wins on return from injury
April 29th, 2010 admin World number three Dinara Safina makes a winning return after three months out with victory over Hungary’s Agnes Szavay at the Stuttgart Grand Prix.
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Safina wins on return from injury
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-winning-return, agnes-szavay, dinara, dinara-safina, hungary, months-out, stuttgart, stuttgart-grand, with-victory No Comments »Rome Friday Preview
April 29th, 2010 admin Third round action on Thursday features six of the top eight seeds, led by No. 2 and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, No
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April 29th, 2010 admin British number one Andy Murray loses in straight sets to Spain’s David Ferrer in third round of the Rome Masters.
Posted in Tennis News Tags: david, david-ferrer, masters, murray, number-one, rome, spain, straight-sets-, tennis, third-round No Comments »Keothavong suffers Morocco defeat
April 29th, 2010 admin British number three Anne Keothavong is beaten in straight sets by France’s Alize Cornet in the third round of the WTA tournament in Morocco.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: alize, france-, keothavong, morocco, number-three, straight-sets-, the-third, third, wta No Comments »Nadal Reaches Rome QFs; Wawrinka Ousts Soderling
April 29th, 2010 admin World No. 3 Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a fifth title at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia as he defeated Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Rome.
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Nadal Reaches Rome QFs; Wawrinka Ousts Soderling
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-fifth-title, course-for, finals-at-the, hanescu, rafael-nadal, rome, world, world-tour No Comments »Gulbis Ends Italian Hopes; Tsonga To Face Ferrer
April 29th, 2010 admin Latvian Ernests Gulbis followed up his stunning victory over Roger Federer by ending Italian hopes at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4) third-round victory over Filippo Volandri Thursday.
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Gulbis Ends Italian Hopes; Tsonga To Face Ferrer
Posted in Tennis News Tags: bnl, ernests, filippo, filippo-volandri, his-stunning, hopes-at-the, internazionali, italian, latvian-ernests, roger, stunning, Tennis News, victory-over No Comments »Murray set for tough Ferrer clash
April 29th, 2010 admin Andy Murray will look to build on his improved form at the Rome Masters when he takes on Spain’s David Ferrer in the third round later on Thursday.
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Murray set for tough Ferrer clash
Posted in Tennis News Tags: build-on-his, david, david-ferrer, his-improved, improved, later-on-thursday, murray, round-later, spain, tennis, the-third, third, thursday, will-look No Comments »Americans Oust Fourth Seeds
April 29th, 2010 admin Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey teamed together Thursday to defeat fourth seeds and 2004 champions Max Mirnyi and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-6 and reach the quarter-finals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Americans Oust Fourth Seeds
Posted in Tennis News Tags: 10-6-and, defeat-fourth, mahesh, mahesh-bhupathi, mirnyi, teamed-together, tennis, world-tour No Comments »Djokovic, Verdasco To Meet In Blockbuster QF
April 29th, 2010 admin World No. 2 Novak Djokovic and in-form Spaniard Fernando Verdasco will clash in a blockbuster quarter-final at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia after both recorded straight-sets wins on Thursday at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Djokovic, Verdasco To Meet In Blockbuster QF
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April 29th, 2010 admin World No. 2 Novak Djokovic and in-form Spaniard Fernando Verdasco will clash in a blockbuster quarter-final at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia after both recorded straight-sets wins on Thursday at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome.
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Djokovic, Verdasco To Meet In Blockbuster QF
Posted in Tennis News Tags: and-in-form, final-at-the, masters, news-on-atpworldtour, novak, Novak Djokovic, rome, tennis, Tennis News, thursday, wins-on-thursday, world, world-tour No Comments »Henin wins despite broken finger
April 28th, 2010 admin Justine Henin reaches the second round of the Stuttgart Grand Prix with 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 win over Julia Goerges despite carrying an injury.
Posted in Tennis News Tags: despite-carrying, henin, julia, reaches-the, reaches-the-second, second, second-round, stuttgart-grand, tennis, with-7-6 No Comments »Libel blow for ‘worst tennis pro’
April 28th, 2010 admin A tennis player loses his libel claim against a national newspaper which labelled him the “world’s worst” professional.
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Libel blow for ‘worst tennis pro’
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-national-newspaper, him-the, libel, libel-claim, london, loses-his, national-newspaper, tennis-player, which-labelled No Comments »Rome Thursday Preview
April 28th, 2010 admin Third round action on Thursday features six of the top eight seeds, led by No. 2 and 2008 champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, No. 3 and four-time Rome winner Rafael Nadal of Spain, No.
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Rome Thursday Preview
Posted in Tennis News Tags: and-four-time, eight-seeds, features-six, murray, news-on-atpworldtour, novak, Novak Djokovic, rafael-nadal, robin-soderling-, scotland, spain, tennis, the-top, thursday No Comments »Nadal eases into Rome third round
April 28th, 2010 admin Spain’s Rafael Nadal remains on course to retain his Rome Masters title after sweeping aside Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 6-3 to reach the third round.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 6-1-6-3, philipp, philipp-kohlschreiber, rafael, rafael-nadal, remains-on-course, retain-his, sweeping-aside, third-round, title-after No Comments »Briton O’Brien beaten in Morocco
April 28th, 2010 admin British number two Katie O’Brien bows out of the WTA tournament in Fes following a second-round 6-0 7-5 defeat to Czech player Renata Voracova.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 6-0-7-5, bows-out, czech, katie, number-two, renata, renata-voracova-, tennis, wta No Comments »Cuevas-Monaco Shock Top Seeds
April 28th, 2010 admin South American duo Pablo Cuevas and Juan Monaco shocked top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-2, 7-6(4) in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: daniel, internazionali, monaco, nenad-zimonjic, news-on-atpworldtour, pablo, rome, shocked-top, Tennis News, the-second, wednesday No Comments »Tsonga Cruises Past Troicki
April 28th, 2010 admin World No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga enjoyed a comfortable route through to the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday in Rome, defeating Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-3.
Posted in Tennis News Tags: bnl, internazionali, italia-on-wednesday, news-on-atpworldtour, route-through, serbian, serbian-viktor, tennis, Tennis News, the-third, third, troicki, tsonga, wednesday No Comments »ATP Stars Attend Vatican Mass
April 28th, 2010 admin ATP stars Jeremy Chardy, Leander Paes and Andreas Seppi visited the Vatican on Wednesday to attend the weekly Mass led by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: andreas, atp, benedict, chardy, jeremy, leander-paes, wednesday, weekly, xvi No Comments »Verdasco Overcomes Italian Challenge
April 28th, 2010 admin World No. 9 Fernando Verdasco needed to call on all the confidence he has gained in the past two weeks to overcome a gritty challenge from Italian wild card Simone Bolelli in his opening match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: all-the, call-on-all, italian, match-at-the, simone, simone-bolelli, tennis, Tennis News, the-past, two-weeks, wednesday No Comments »Murray magic returns in Rome
April 28th, 2010 admin Jonathan Overend on a display full of vitality and variety
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-display-full, display-full, overend, tennis, vitality-and No Comments »Soderling Rebounds Strongly In Rome
April 28th, 2010 admin ATP World Tour No.
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Soderling Rebounds Strongly In Rome
Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-final-three, barcelona, disappointment, final-three, internazionali, paolo-lorenzi, robin-soderling-, third, wednesday, world, world-tour No Comments »Rome Wednesday Preview
April 27th, 2010 admin World No.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: 5-0-lifetime, german, german-philipp, mark-at-the, match-on-centre, rafael-nadal, reigning, season, second, second-clay, takes-on-top, tennis, Tennis News, the-reigning No Comments »Gulbis shocks Federer in Masters
April 27th, 2010 admin Roger Federer is out of the Rome Masters after losing to Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis in the second round.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: after-losing, ernests-gulbis, federer, latvia, masters, roger-federer, rome, second, tennis, the-second No Comments »Keothavong battles through in Fes
April 27th, 2010 admin Britain’s Anne Keothavong makes it through to the second round in Morocco with victory over France’s Julie Coin.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: france-, julie, julie-coin-, keothavong, makes-it-through, morocco, second, tennis, the-second, with-victory No Comments »Llodra-Ljubicic Cruise Into Second Round
April 27th, 2010 admin Michael Llodra and Ivan Ljubicic hit six aces and saved seven of eight break points to defeat Julian Knowle and Andy Ram 6-4, 6-3 in 78 minutes on Tuesday for a second round berth at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament in Rome. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: aces-and, berth-at-the, julian-knowle, michael-llodra, rome, second-round, Tennis News, world-tour No Comments »Gulbis Upsets Federer For Biggest Win Of Career
April 27th, 2010 admin Latvian World No. 40 Ernests Gulbis recorded the biggest of his five Top 10 career wins on Tuesday, when he knocked out top seed and two-time runner-up Roger Federer of Switzerland 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, for a place in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia third round. It marked the first time since 2000 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (l
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: biggest, carlo-rolex, ernests-gulbis, first, knocked-out, latvian-world, season, tennis, the-season-, third-round, wins-on-tuesday No Comments »Djokovic Races Into Third Round
April 27th, 2010 admin Second seed Novak Djokovic, who captured the 2008 Internazionali BNL d’Italia title, required just one hour to beat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-1, 6-1 to become the first player into the third round at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tennis tournament. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: chardy, first, france-, into-the, into-the-third, jeremy, Tennis News, third-round No Comments »Bolelli Ensures A Historic Day For Italy; Hewitt Beats Ninth Seed Youzhny
April 27th, 2010 admin For the first time in 16 years, five homegrown players – Paolo Lorenzi, Andreas Seppi, Potito Starace, Filippo Volandri and Bolelli – have reached the second round at the Foro Italico. Adriano Panatta was the last Italian to lift the prestigious trophy in 1976 (d.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: andreas, bolelli, five-homegrown, italian, last, tennis, Tennis News No Comments »Federer, Nadal Open New Centre Court Stadium
April 27th, 2010 admin World No. 1 Roger Federer and four-time champion Rafael Nadal rubbed shoulders with former Italian greats Lea Pericoli and Nicola Pietrangeli during the inauguration ceremony of Rome’s new 10,400-seater Centre Court prior to the start of play at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Federer, Nadal Open New Centre Court Stadium
Posted in Tennis News Tags: and-four-time, centre, centre-court, during-the, inauguration, internazionali, italian, nicola, rafael, rafael-nadal, roger-federer, start, tennis, the-start, with-former No Comments »Rome Tuesday Preview
April 26th, 2010 admin World No.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: centre, debut-on-clay, gulbis, latvian-ernests, makes-his, match-on-centre, news-on-atpworldtour, roger-federer, tennis, Tennis News No Comments »Allegro-Federer Record Opening Doubles Win
April 26th, 2010 admin Wild cards Yves Allegro and Roger Federer set up a second round clash against No.
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: a-second-round, and-the, clash-against, second-round, simon, simon-aspelin, tennis, Tennis News No Comments »Robson breaks into world top 300
April 26th, 2010 admin British teenager Laura Robson moves up to a career-high ranking of 269 in the world after a string of good results in the United States.
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Robson breaks into world top 300
Posted in Tennis News Tags: good-results, laura, laura-robson, tennis, the-world, united, united-states, world No Comments »Qualifier Upsets Former Champion Ferrero In Opener
April 26th, 2010 admin Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo completed one of the biggest wins of his career Monday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, defeating No. 12 seed and 2001 titlist Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 6-0, 6-3 in just 59 minutes. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]
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Posted in Tennis News Tags: bnl, career, carlos, carlos-ferrero, completed-one, his-career, monday-, news-on-atpworldtour, santiago, seed-and, spain, Tennis News, the-biggest No Comments »Monday Preview: Former Champ Ferrero; Wild Cards Starace, Volandri In Action
April 26th, 2010 admin No. 12 seed and 2001 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero takes on Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo in the opening match on Centre Court on Monday
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