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Honors even after day one of Spain\’s Davis Cup defense
David Ferrer claimed a straight sets win 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-1 over Marco Chiudinelli to leave the Davis Cup first round tie between defending champions Spain and Switzerland finely pointed after the opening day\’s singles matches.
Apart from one moment when he went a mini-break down at [...]

Spain\’s Davis Cup defense gets off to losing start
Spain got its defense of the Davis Cup off to a losing start when Nicholas Almagro lost the opening singles match of its tie against Switzerland 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
With Spain missing Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco and the Swiss without World Number one Roger Federer, [...]

Nicklaus believes Woods will return for Masters
Jack Nicklaus said he would not be surprised if Tiger Woods ended his seclusion and decided to play the US Masters at Augusta National next month.
\”I\’ve been very non-committal because it\’s none of my business,\” Nicklaus told reporters on Wednesday following his pro-am round at this week\’s Honda Classic [...]

Swiss pass pressure to Spain ahead of Davis Cup
Swiss Davis Cup captain Severin Luthi Wednesday put his team in an underdog position when they play Spain in this weekend\’s tennis team event in the first round tie.
Spain, last year\’s champion, begins its defense of the Davis Cup against the Swiss in Logrono.
The Spanish are without [...]

Liang and Strange to star at Luxehills Chengdu Open
Chinese number one Liang Wenchong and Australian Scott Strange have both confirmed they will compete at the 1 million U.S. dollar Luxehills Chengdu Open from April 1-4, the opening event of the second OneAsia season.
Liang became OneAsia\’s first Chinese champion when he won the Midea China Classic [...]

Kleybanova, Djokovic bask in title triumphs
Alisa Kleybanova won her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open yesterday, beating top-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian final in Kuala Lumpur.The 21-year-old Kleybanova dominated the Olympic champion, using her raw power and booming first serve to earn most of her points. Once described as the new [...]

Zheng sent packing in another upset
Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei crushed China\’s 20th-ranked and third-seeded Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.The 19-year-old played fearlessly against an opponent ranked 72 places above her and completed a disastrous week for Chinese players after second-seeded Li Na was [...]

Karlovic beats Petzschner at Delray Beach
Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia beat Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Tuesday.
Third-seeded German Benjamin Becker also advanced by defeating Japan\’s Kei Nishikori 6-3, 1-6, 6-0.
Defending champion Mardy Fish advanced when Belgian Christophe Rochus retired at 3-3 [...]

Hass to miss Germany\’s Davis Cup tie with France
German No. 1 tennis player Tommy Haas was not included in the German Davis Cup team because of his poor form, the team captain Patrick Kuhnen said Tuesday.
Instead, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Benjamin Becker will spearhead the German tie with France in their Davis Cup World Group [...]

Djokovic, Murray advance in Dubai
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and third-seeded Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the Dubai Championships on Monday.The second-seeded Serb beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 6-4 and Murray defeated Russia\’s Igor Kunitsyn 6-2, 6-3 in Monday\’s first round of the US$1.6 million tournament.The fourth-ranked Murray had a nervous start, [...]