French Open tennis in Paris
Fernando Gonzalez of Chile returns the ball against Robin Soderling of Sweden during their semi-final match of the French Tennis Open at Roland Garros, near Paris, June 5, 2009. Soderling won 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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LONDON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic returned to No. 3 and Nikolay Davydenko jumped to sixth in men's world tennis rankings released Monday.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Andy Roddick withdrew from his second-round match Tuesday at the $5.3 million Shanghai ATP Masters tournament because of a knee injury.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and Marat Safin of Russia were among Monday's opening-round winners at the $5.25 million Shanghai ATP Masters.
BEIJING, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko had lopsided, second-round victories Wednesday at the $3.3 million China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.
BEIJING, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Defending champion Andy Roddick was a first-round upset loser Tuesday at the $3.3 million China Open in Beijing.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- No. 1 Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Fernando Verdasco won Saturday's semifinals at the Malaysian Open tennis tournament at Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Nikolay Davydenko was among the four top seeds at the $945,750 Malaysian Open who claimed straight-set quarterfinal victories Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- No. 2-seeded Fernando Verdasco claimed six service breaks during a straight-set win Thursday in the second round of the $947,750 Malaysian Open.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- It took three days but third-seeded Rafael Nadal Saturday finally reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open in New York, beating Fernando Gonzalez.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Daylong rains Friday forced the postponement of the scheduled women's semifinals at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
