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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tennis - ATP World Tour: Headline News

Henman To Return At The AEGON Masters Tennis In LondonTim Henman will end an absence from competitive tennis of more than three years after announcing that he is to play in the AEGON Masters Tennis event at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 30th November - 5th December.



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Federer, Murray Lead Strong FieldTwo-time champion (2005-06) Roger Federer, who is No. 1 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings for the 275th week (as of Mar. 22), leads an outstanding field which features 16 of the Top 20 players. Federer is the top seed for the sixth time in seven years (except last year).



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Agassi To Play McEnroe At LA Tennis OpenThe LA Tennis Open Presented by Farmers Insurance Group today announced a new partnership with the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education (AAFE). To mark the beginning of the partnership, and support the Foundation's efforts to transform education, Andre Agassi will play John McEnroe in a special one-night exhibition at the LA Tennis Center on Saturday, July 24.



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Hewitt To Return At US Men's Clay Court ChampionshipLleyton Hewitt has accepted a wild card to return from a January hip operation and defend his US Men’s Clay Court Championship title at River Oaks Country Club April 5-11.



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TV Schedule: MiamiThe 2010 ATP World Tour season resumes this week with the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament of the year. The players will be looking to earn valuable South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings points.



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Ljubicic Celebrates First ATP World Tour Masters 1000 TitleCroatian Ivan Ljubicic completed his giant-slaying run at the BNP Paribas Open, defeating World No. 8 Andy Roddick 7-6(3), 7-6(5) on Sunday afternoon in Indian Wells to capture his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title.



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Bryans To Be Featured Tonight On 60 MinutesWorld No. 1 doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan will be featured on Sunday, March 21, at 7 PM (ET/PT) on CBS’ 60 Minutes, the most successful broadcast in television history.



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Lopez-Nadal Upset Top Seeds To Take Doubles TitleRafael Nadal helped ease the disappointment of losing in the singles semi-finals earlier on Saturday (falling to Ivan Ljubicic) by teaming with fellow Spaniard Marc Lopez to take the BNP Paribas Open doubles championship.



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Indian Wells Sunday PreviewNo. 7 seed Andy Roddick will take on No. 20 seed Ivan Ljubicic in the championship of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday. Roddick leads the series 7-3, winning their last meeting here in two tie-breaks in the quarter-finals in 2007.



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Roddick One Away From TitleAfter three semi-final finishes, American Andy Roddick finally went one better at the year’s first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament, defeating World No. 7 Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday afternoon to be among the last two players standing on the final Sunday.



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Ljubicic Shows Heart In Semi-Final Win Over NadalIvan Ljubicic’s fighting spirit was on display one day after his 31st birthday as he came back to defeat defending champion Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(1) on Saturday afternoon at the BNP Paribas Open.



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Top Seeds vs Wild Cards In Doubles FinalTop seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will take on Spanish wild cards Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal in Saturday's men's doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.



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Soderling Stops Murray To Reach SFsSweden’s Robin Soderling knocked out 2009 finalist Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6(4) on Friday afternoon at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells to reach his first semi-final at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament.



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Roddick Rolls Past Robredo In QFsWorld No. 8 Andy Roddick had dropped just one set in his 10 previous meetings against Tommy Robredo, and he showed no signs of letting up Friday afternoon, defeating the Spaniard 6-3, 7-5 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells.



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Silent Tennis Auction To Benefit Chile Earthquake VictimsSOBeFit and Marta Montenegro have collaborated with famed pro tennis player, World No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez to hold a silent auction benefiting the earthquake victims of Chile at the launch of the Montenegro Method fitness DVD Series party on March 22nd in Miami, Florida.



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Bryans On 60 Minutes On SundayATP World Tour Doubles Champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday, 21 March, at 7:00 pm ET on CBS.



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Indian Wells Friday PreviewThe top half of the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday feature World No. 4 and last year’s finalist Andy Murray of Scotland against No. 6 seed Robin Soderling of Sweden and No. 7 seed Andy Roddick of the U.S. against No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain.



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Nadal Stays On Track In Indian WellsWorld No. 3 Rafael Nadal is two wins away from defending his title at the BNP Paribas Open, the first of nine elite ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, after overcoming 19th-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6(4) on Thursday night in Indian Wells.



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W Washington DC Named Official Hotel For Legg Mason Tennis ClassicW Washington D.C. has signed on to become the Official Tournament Hotel for the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO, an ATP World Tour 500 and Olympus US Open Series event that returns to the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park from July 31 through August 8, 2010.



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Age No Limit For First-Time Semi-finalist LjubicicOne day after knocking out World No. 2 Novak Djokovic, 20th seed Ivan Ljubicic moved through to the semi-finals for the first time at the BNP Paribas Open with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over 21st-seeded Argentine Juan Monaco on Thursday afternoon.



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Indian Wells Thursday PreviewThe bottom half of the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday is led by World No. 3 and defending champion Rafael Nadal against No. 19 seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic and No. 21 Juan Monaco of Argentina against No. 20 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.



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W Washington DC Named Official Hotel For Legg Mason Tennis ClassicW Washington D.C. has signed on to become the Official Tournament Hotel for the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO, an ATP World Tour 500 and Olympus US Open Series event that returns to the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park from July 31 through August 8, 2010.



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Roddick, Murray Sweep Into QFsTop American Andy Roddick continued his smooth progress at the BNP Paribas Open, advancing to the quarter-finals at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament with a 7-6(5), 6-4 win over Austrian Jurgen Melzer on Wednesday in Indian Wells.



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Nadal Still Standing, Faces Berdych In Quarter-finalsATP World No. 3 Rafael Nadal, the final champion standing in the 2010 BNP Paribas Open draw, fought his way into the quarter-finals Wednesday afternoon with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over towering American John Isner at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells.



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Ljubicic Knocks Out Djokovic; Monaco Matches Best Masters 1000 PerformanceArgentine Juan Monaco, the No. 21 seed, matched his best ATP World Tour Masters 1000 performance after reaching the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Tuesday in Indian Wells.



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