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Andy Murray of Great Britain watches the ball during his French Open quarterfinal match against Chilean Fernando Gonzalez at Roland Garros in Paris on June 2, 2009. Gonzalez defeated Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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Grigor Dimitrov ousted world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a three-set marathon Tuesday in a second-round match at the Madrid Open.
Tournament wins allowed Tommy Haas and Stanislas Wawrinka to inch up in the men's tennis rankings going into the masters-level Madrid Open.
World No. 5 Rafael Nadal and relative newcomer Lukas Rosol each picked up tournament titles, but only Rosol moved up in the world rankings.
The prize purse at this year's Wimbledon Championships will total $34.4 million, an increase of about 40 percent over 2012, tournament officials said Tuesday.
Roger Federer, who decided to pass up this year's Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, returned to the world No. 2 ranking in men's tennis Monday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic again needed a third set Thursday before he was able to advance to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters.
Rafael Nadal ran his winning streak at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters to 43 matches with a straight-set victory Wednesday.
Tommy Robredo and John Isner each won ATP tournaments last week but only Robredo saw a change in his world ranking.
Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet all improved their standing in the men's world tennis rankings, which were updated Monday.
Second-seeded Andy Murray fought off match point in the third set Sunday and staged a rally to overcome David Ferrer for the championship of the Sony Open.
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