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Murray rolls over Youzhny Valencia final
VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Scot Andy Murray needed just 69 minutes to take down Russian Mikhail Youzhny Sunday in the championship match of the Valencia Open in Spain.
Djokovic ends Federer string in hometown
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in three sets for the Swiss Indoors title Sunday, denying the Swiss star a fourth straight championship in his hometown.
Blake opens with win in Paris
PARIS, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- American James Blake began play in the Paribas Masters in Paris Sunday with a first-round victory over soon-to-retire French veteran Fabrice Santoro.
Italy, behind Pennetta, wins Fed Cup title
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Flavia Pennetta defeated American Melanie Oudin in straight sets Sunday, giving Italy the Fed Cup championship.
Rezai wins WTA Tournament of Champions
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Aravane Rezai on Sunday completed an undefeated run through the WTA Tournament of Champions in Indonesia and collected a first-place check for $200,000.
VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Scotsman Andy Murray and Russian Mikhail Youzhny will battle Sunday for the $3 million Valencia Open championship.
Italy on verge of clinching Fed Cup title
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Straight-set victories Saturday by Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone over American opponents put Italy on the verge of a Fed Cup title.
It's Federer and Djokovic in Swiss final
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic rallied for a three-set win and earned a finals spot against world No. 1 Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.
Bartoli, Rezai set for Bali finals
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- French players Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai each had straight-set wins Saturday and advanced to the finals of the Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.
VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Scotsman Andy Murray and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko won their quarterfinal matches Friday at the Valencia Open tennis tournament in Spain.
Federer advances to Basel semis
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer beat Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 Friday in one quarterfinal of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland.
Pennetta leads Italy into Fed Cup final
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Italian Flavia Pennetta is paired against U.S. player Alexa Glatch in the opening match Saturday of the 2009 Fed Cup finals in Italy.
Bartoli among Bali semifinalists
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Marion Bartoli used a straight-set win Friday to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.
Wickmayer suspended for doping violation
BRUSSELS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer was given a one-year suspension from competition for failing to keep doping officials notified of her location.
Murray, Davydenko win at Valencia Open
VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Scotland's Andy Murray and Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, the top two seeds, won their second round matches Thursday at the Valencia Open tennis tournament.
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia was among Thursday's winners at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at Basel, Switzerland.
Rezai makes Tournament of Champions semis
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- No. 10-seeded Aravane Rezai was a straight-set winner Thursday, becoming the first semifinalist of the $600,000 Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.
Federer leads winners in his hometown
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer, gunning for a fourth straight title in his hometown, led Wednesday's winners at the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel, Switzerland.
Bartoli opens Bali tournament with win
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Marion Bartoli opened round-robin play Wednesday at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions event in Indonesia with a straight-set victory.
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic scored 10 aces and racked up three service breaks in a 6-3, 7-5 win over German Andreas Beck Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors Tournament.
VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Two favorites, top-seeded Andy Murray and reigning champion David Ferrer, advanced in Tuesday's opening round of the Valencia Open in Spain.
Haas illness said to be swine flu
FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Tommy Haas withdrew from this week's ATP tournament in Switzerland after becoming ill with what turned out to be swine flu.
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