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For the third time in as many meetings, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) was defeated in straight sets by world no. 3 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic on Saturday in the final of the Wuhan Open, a WTA Premier 5 event in China. / Pour la troisième fois en autant de rencontres, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) s’est inclinée en deux manches face à la Tchèque Petra Kvitova, troisième mondiale, cette fois, en finale de l’Open de Wuhan, une épreuve de catégorie Premier 5 de la WTA présentée en Chine.
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Click here to see the draws and tomorrow's schedule from the China Open in Beijing.
The semifinals are set at the Red Rock Pro Open as three seeded players and a qualifier won quarterfinal matches on Friday at the USTA Women’s $50,000 Pro Circuit event taking place at the Red Rock Country Club.
Ernests Gulbis and Julien Benneteau will face each other for the third time this season on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur after scoring respective quarterfinal victories on Friday. Gulbis got past Benjamin Becker 6-3, 7-5. Benneteau, the Malaysian Open runner-up in both 2012 and 2013, outlasted Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4.
At times it probably felt like victory enough just to be back on the court for several players taking part in the Red Rock Pro Open on Wednesday.
Former tennis great Mats Wilander expects that 33-year-old Roger Federer has another five years left in his career, such is the enthusiasm for the game still exhibited by the record 17-time grand slam winner. Former teenaged Roland Garros champion Wilander, now a Eurosport tennis guru, predicts great things ahead for the Swiss whose enthusiasm for the sport remains at a peak.
U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori took the court for the first time since his incredible run in New York when he kicked off his campaign as the No. 1 seed at the Malaysian Open on Wednesday. Japan's top player began in style, rolling over American Rajeev Ram 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and four minutes.
Two Americans took advantage of their USTA wild cards as former three-time Tennessee All-American Caitlin Whoriskey and current UCLA sophomore Jennifer Brady each won first-round singles matches at the Red Rock Pro Open on Tuesday.
The very idea of a female Davis Cup coach for tennis power Spain has left Toni Nadal perplexed after the surprise appointment of former minor WTA player Gala Leon to head the male Davis effort for Iberia.
Nick Kyrgios' breakout 2014 campaign is over. Citing burnout, Kyrgios withdrew from his remaining tournaments this season aside from the current Malaysian Open. His swansong did not go well, as the 19-year-old lost an all-Australian showdown with Marinko Matosevic 7-6(4), 7-6(3) during first-round action on Tuesday.
The ITF announced that the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has nominated the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille to stage the 2014 Davis Cup World Group Final.
Click here to see the updated draws & schedule from the 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open in Wuhan, China.
What a way to celebrate China's newest big event: On the very day they hold the draw for their new Premier Five, China's best-ever player, Li Na, announces her retirement!
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