Saturday, October 25, 2008

Federer vs Nalbandian ATP Basel Final Live

Federer vs Nalbandian ATP Basel Final Live:

World No.2 Roger Federer moved in to the finals of ATP Basel defeating Feliciano Lopez 6-3,6-2 in the semifinals.The Top seed and the 2 time defending champion fired 15 aces and won 28 o 31 service points & improved his record 7-0 against Lopez.The basel native will face World No.8 David Nalbandian in the finals.

Nalbandian defeated in form Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4,6-4 in the semifinals & avenged his defeat at ATP Masters Series Madrid last week.He meets Federer for the 18th time when they play on Sunday's Swiss Indoor Final.

Head to Head:

Federer leads 9-8 all time but Nalbandian leads 7-6 on hard courts.The Basel final will be an interesting encounter to watch with Federer regaining his form back & Nalbandian looks to repeat his late season charge as he did it last time by winning Madrid & Paris(Masters Series).

Roger Federer vs David Nalbandian ATP Basel Final Live

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Nalbandian Wins Stockholm Open!


World No.7 David Nalbandian won his ninth ATP title with 6-2,5-7,6-3 victory over Robin Soderling and added 40 points to his ATP 2008 Race, jumped 9 places to 19th & raises his hopes of qualifying for Tennis Masters Cup.He will next compete in the ATP Masters Series Madrid where he is the defending champion which starts on October 13th.

Federer vs Stepanek Madrid Masters Second Round Live


Federer vs Stepanek Madrid Masters Second Round Live:

World No.2 Roger Federer confirmed his participation in the ATP Madrid Masters Series after a three week self imposed exile since he won his fifth consecutive US Open title.He will face Radek Stepanek in the second round after a first round bye, who defeated Juan Monaco 6-1,6-1 in the first round.Federer who is a former Champion at Madrid(2006) & runner in 2007 (lost to Nalbandian) will be chasing for his 4th title this season & is definitely one of the favourites to win the title.

MATCH OVER
FEDERER WON

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Safin vs Kunitsyn Kremlin Cup Final Live


Safin vs Kunitsyn Kremlin Cup Final Live:

Igor Kunitsyn defeated Fabrice Santaro 6-4,6-3 in the semifinals to set up an all russian clash in the finals with Former World No.1 Marat Safin in the ATP Kremlin Cup,Moscow.Kunitsyn converted 6 of 15 break point oppurtunities to reach his maiden ATP final.Meanwhile Marat Safin moved into the finals after his opponent Mischa Zverev withdrew ill.

Head to Head:
Safin leads 3-0 all time & 2-0 on hardcourts.

MATCH OVER
KUNITSYN WON

Nalbandian vs Robin Stockholm Final Live


Nalbandian vs Robin Soderling Stockholm Final Live:

Top seed David Nalbandian eased into his 17th ATP final with 6-2,6-1 victory over Jarkko Nieminen at the ATP Stockholm Open & will face 4th seed Robin Soderling who defeated wild card Kei Nishikori, in the finals on Sunday.Nalbandian can add 40 points to his ATP 2008 Race & raise his hopes of qualifying for Tennis Masters Cup,last time he won back to back ATP Masters Series titles at Madrid & Paris & finished 9th in the ATP 2007 race.He is chasing for his second ATP title this year.

Head to Head:
Nalbandian leads 4-1 all time.

MATCH OVER
NALBANDIAN WON

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Davydenko vs Safin Kremlin Cup Quarterfinal Live

Davydenko vs Safin Kremlin Cup Quarterfinal Live:

Top seed & two time defending champion Nikolay Davydenko defeated Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-1,6-1 in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals of ATP Kremlin Cup,Moscow.The World No.5 needed just 55 minues to pack off the game,converted 5 of 10 break points & is chasing for his 4th title in Moscow.

In the quarterfinals Davydenko will face former World No.1 Marat Safin who recovered from dropping the second set 6-0 to prevail 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 against Frenchman Julian Benneteau.

Match Over
Safin Won

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Del Potro vs Berdych Japan Open Final Live

Del Potro vs Berdych Japan Open(Tokyo) Final Live:

Rising Star Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentine kept his hopes alive of qualifying for Tennis Masters Cup 2008 when he defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the ATP AIG Japan Open Final at Tokyo where he faces Tomas Berdych who defeated Andy Roddick in the semifpnals.It was his 29th match win from 30 matches.

Berdych was 3-5 down in the third set with Roddick serving for the match but he fought back to win the match 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(3) after 2hrs & 13 min.Del Potro & Berdych are meeting for the first time in an ATP tournament.

Tournament over
Berdych Won