| Nadal ousted in Doha; Federer, Roddick reach semis
World No. 1 superstar Rafael Nadal was a
quarterfinal upset victim on Thursday, while former top-ranked stars Roger
Federer and Andy Roddick safely reached the semifinals at the ATP World
Tour's season-opening Qatar Open, a $1.11 million Australian Open tune-up.
Reigning Doha champion Andy Murray joined Federer and Roddick in the final
four here.
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| Cilic, Karlovic advance; Moya tumbles out of Chennai
Tall seeded Croats Marin Cilic and Ivo
Karlovic were among Thursday's second-round winners, while former world No. 1
Carlos Moya came up a loser at the $450,000 Chennai Open, an ATP World Tour
season-opening event and Australian Open tune-up.
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| Verdasco, Mathieu reach Brisbane semis
Third-seeded Spaniard Fernando
Verdasco and unseeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu notched quarterfinal
victories Thursday at the ATP World Tour's season-opening Brisbane
International tennis event.
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| Dementieva reaches Auckland semis; Wozniacki ousted
Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva
cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win against fifth-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer on
Thursday to reach the semifinals at the WTA Tour's season-opening $220,000 ASB
Classic.
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| Mauresmo tops Ivanovic at Brisbane
Amelie Mauresmo defeated top-seeded Ana
Ivanovic to reach the semifinals at the $220,000 Brisbane International,
a season-opening event on the WTA Tour.
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| Nadal, Federer, Murray, Roddick all reach Doha QFs
Three of the world's top-eight players --
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick -- were among
Wednesday's second-round winners at the ATP World Tour's season-opening Qatar
Open, a $1.11 million Australian Open tune-up. Nadal, Federer and Roddick have
combined for 19 Grand Slam singles titles.
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| Injured Davydenko pulls out of Chennai, and Aussie Open
World No. 5 Russian star Nikolay
Davydenko will miss the upcoming Australian Open after pulling out of this
week's $450,000 Chennai Open due to a heel injury.
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| Dementieva reaches Auckland quarters
Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva
cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win Wednesday over New Zealand's own Marina Erakovic
in the second round of the WTA Tour's season-opening $220,000 ASB Classic.
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| Tsonga, Verdasco advance at Brisbane
Second seed and 2008 Australian Open
runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and third-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco were
both second-round winners on Wednesday at the $484,750 Brisbane
International.
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| Ivanovic, Mauresmo both rally to advance at Brisbane
After each dropped the first set of
their respective second-round matches, top seed Ana Ivanovic and Amelie
Mauresmo both rallied to advance into the quarterfinals of the $220,000
Brisbane International, a season-opening event on the WTA Tour.
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