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

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

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

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

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

Djokovic vs Robin Soderling Thailand Open Quarterfinal Live

ATP Thailand Open Quarterfinal Live:
Djokovic vs Soderling Live:

World No.3 & Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic defeated German qualifier Simon Stadler in 6-1,6-3 in straight sets & faces Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals of ATP Thailand Open at Bangkok.Djokovic came back from 2-0 deficit in the second set hitting 5 aces & converted 5 of 9 break point opportunities.Djokovic holds a 2-0 lead against Soderling, the sensational serb will be is chasing for his 11th ATP of his career.

Match over
Djokovic won

Spain Faces Argentina In Davis Cup Final

World No.1 Rafael Nadal lead his nation Spain into its sixth Davis Cup final where they will face Argentina in its first final since defeating the U.S. for the 2004 title.Spain won its first Davis Cup title in 2000 & were runners-up in 1965, '67 and 2003.

Rafael Nadal dismissed Andy Roddick 6-4,6-0,6-4 & Sam Querrey in four sets in the singles semifinals of Davis Cup 2008 & advanced to the finals with 4-1 lead against USA.



Rising Star Juan Martin Del Potro lead Argentina into its third Davis Cup final defeating Russian Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 in the fifth rubber.Two-time finalist Argentina has now won 13 straight ties at home, including 4-1 victories over Great Britain and Sweden this year.

No.13 For Roger Federer!

Former World No.1 Roger Federer who spent 237 weeks at No.1 before being displaced by Rafael Nadal won his 13th Grandslam & his 5th consecutive US Open title.Federer became the first man to win 5 consecutive US Open titles since Bill Tilden won six in a row from 1920-25, after defeating first time grandslam finalist Andy Murray in straight sets.

The 27 year old Swiss superstar who many consider as an all time legend improved his grandslam final record to 13-4 and moved to within one of all-time leader Pete Sampras (14-4).He alos became the first person to win 2 different Grandslam 5 consecutive times(Wimbledon 2003-07).Read more here........

Simon wins Bucharest Open!

Gilles Simon of France won the Bucharest Open Romania title defeating former World No.1 Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-4 in the finals & increased his chances of Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai Qualification after successfully defending his title.

Simon who entered the week at No.15 will rise to No.12 in the next ATP 2008 Race, 48 points behind James Blake in eighth position.He will also rise career high No.13 in the ATP Rankings with 5 ATP Titles this year. Read more here........