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Five-time Olympian Mark Foster and tennis legend Tim Henman launched this year’s exclusive charity partnership between Champions Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall and SportsAid, an organisation providing financial support and recognition to the next generation of British athletes.
Twenty years ago, Thomas Muster was the undisputed King of Clay. He was the reigning French Open Champion, he had put together a 40 match clay court winning streak and amassed 12 titles in 1995 alone.
Belgium’s Xavier Malisse retained his Optima Open title with a hard-fought victory after saving one match point in a thrilling final against Pete Sampras at the Royal Zoute Tennis Club in Knokke-Heist.
Pete Sampras will go up against local favourite Xavier Malisse in a mouthwatering Optima Open final on Sunday at the Royal Zoute Tennis Club in Knokke-Heist.
Xavier Malisse made a successful start to the defence of his Optima Open title as the Belgian beat Thomas Enqvist in straight sets on the opening day at the Royal Zoute Tennis Club in Knokke-Heist.
The 1987 Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash and the two-time French Open winner Sergi Bruguera have added their names to an all-star line-up in the Statoil Masters Tennis, the IMG-owned and staged event held at the Royal Albert Hall, 3-7 December.
In November 2000, eight months before he finally won Wimbledon, Goran Ivanisevic made history of a different kind when he became the first player ever to retire from a match due to, in the words of chair umpire Gerry Armstrong, ‘lack of appropriate equipment’. In Brighton, England, he was trailing Hyung-taik Lee 5-7, 7-6, 1-3 when he smashed the third and final racquet he had in his bag.
Belgian Xavier Malisse defeated Fabrice Santoro in the final of the Optima Open in Knokke-Heist to lift his debut ATP Champions Tour title.
Xavier Malisee and Fabrice Santoro will meet in the final of Belgium’s Optima Open on Sunday after both sailed through their final group stage matches.
Xavier Malisse and Fabrice Santoro got off to winning starts on the opening day of the Optima Open in Knokke Heist, each recording victories over Goran Ivanisevic and Greg Rusedski respectively.
Three-time former champion Goran Ivanisevic headlines a star-studded ATP Champions Tour field returning to Knokke-Heist in Belgium today for the fifth annual instalment of the Optima Open (August 14-17).
The reasons for the surprise split between world no.6 Andy Murray and his former coach Ivan Lendl are emerging that the 54 year-old is so enthused by his return to senior competitive tennis on the PowerShares Series and ATP Champions Tour that diary conflicts mean he cannot dedicate sufficient time to the Scot.
A few hours before Roger Federer swept past Kevin Anderson in straight sets in Indian Wells, his coach Stefan Edberg set up a final showdown against countryman Thomas Enqvist at the Kings of Tennis tournament in Stockholm.
Carlos Moya completed a perfect debut year on the ATP Champions Tour by winning his fourth successive title and guaranteeing the year-end number one position.
Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski will clash for the first time in London and the first time on the ATP Champions Tour.
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