Game, Set, Match News
This is a good surface for Nadia Petrova, but she really seems messed up right now. This will leave her still stuck below #30.
This will probably make Nikolay Davydenko feel a little better about his game, but it's not going to do much for Roger Federer. He was out there for two and a quarter hours, and it was the late match.
No one beats Nicolas Almagro at these little Latin American clay events. At least, lately he's won as many titles as he's suffered losses.
Milos Raonic is guaranteed to fall in the rankings this week. That's because his points from the Memphis final are more than he can possibly earn at this 250 point event.
Former Touring Tennis Professional Gets Past Fran Chandler of Jackson, Tenn., 6-3, 7-5 in Final
With all our quarterfinalists being unseeded, this week will produce a lot of firsts. Timea Babos not only reaches her first WTA semifinal, she is also one win away from a spot in the Top Hundred. She will be very close even if she doesn't win her semifinal.
The Azarenka Express powers on -- she is now more than a thousand points ahead of her nearest rival. It appears Yanina Wickmayer will end up at #24.
Roger Federer continues to look just a little off. Somehow, he needs to shake this off. He leaves Jarkko Nieminen a little below #40.
Barker Eliminates Fourth-seeded Carolyn Nichols to Advance to Women’s 55 Singles Final
Clay isn't really Marina Erakovic's surface, as she showed last week when she struggled at the Cali challenger. So this is a modestly promising result. It will probably take her above #55.
Victoria Azarenka skipped Fed Cup, but she seems to be just fine now! What a start to the year.... She leaves Mona Barthel still below #35. Could Caroline Wozniacki be paying the price for all those many years of over-playing? This took two and a half hours, and Wozniacki had three match points, but Lucie Safarova on the whole performed distinctly better than the ex-#1.
Matthew Ebden def. Dudi Sela 6-7(7-9) 6-2 7-6(7-1). This was the day's first match, and it lasted two and a half hours. Apparently they just can't have quick early matches here....
Juan Carlos Ferrero played Davis Cup, then hurried here. It may have been a little too much for him. Fortunately, it won't affect his ranking significantly. Santiago Giraldo is really in a slump all of a sudden. And if he can't break his funk on clay, where can he?
This must have been a scramble-fest. Donald Young would have all but clinched his Top Forty spot had he won; as it is, it's going to be a very close thing.
Victor Hanescu is European, but he prefers clay; he was probably wise to play here.
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