French Open tennis in Paris
Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during their semi-final match of the French Tennis Open at Roland Garros, near Paris, June 5, 2009. Federer won 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)
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LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Russia's Nikolay Davydenko captured the ATP World Tour Finals in London Sunday with a straight-set win over Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro.
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina beat Roger Federer 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 Thursday to reach the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Roger Federer and Scot Andy Murray won their openers Sunday in Group A Competition at the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals in London.
LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Top-ranked Roger Federer will battle local favorite Andy Murray in his four-player group at next week's 2009 ATP World Tour finals.
PARIS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Marat Safin, a former world No. 1 and a two-time Grand Slam event winner, ended his competitive tennis career Wednesday in Paris.
PARIS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Russian Marat Safin, playing in his last event on the world tour, was a first-round winner Monday in the Paribas Masters in Paris.
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Roger Federer, playing in his first event since the U.S. Open, scored a straight-set victory Monday in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament.
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. 14 (UPI) -- Seeded players Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas both withdrew Wednesday from the $5.3 million Shanghai ATP Masters tournament due to injuries.
TOKYO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro was beaten in straight sets Tuesday during first-round play at the $1.2 million Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.
