Fernando Gonzalez News

" The singles field for next year's US Men's Clay Court Championship is beginning to take shape with commitments from World No.

Frederic Niemayer, Canada's tennis player of the year in 2002, has decided to retire and become a coach.

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With Federer a shock loser to Frenchman Julien Benneteau on Wednesday, a win for Nadal in Sunday's final would leave him just 305 points adrift of his arch rival with the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals to come in London later this month.

Sweden's Robin Soderling kept alive his hopes of qualifying for the ATP Tour Championships by defeating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday.

No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic will take the court later today at the newly named Roger Federer Arena, in what will be his first ever match in Basel.

With two remaining weeks on the ATP World Tour calender, the world's best will gather in Basel, Switzerland, and Valencia, Spain to take part in two respective 500 point events.

It's not blood lust or a taste for all night outings that motivate him, but a trace of Transylvanian tradition that comes to tennis in the form of Nicolas Massu, nicknamed "Vampiro" for his affinity for vampires.

Top seeds Marin Cilic of Croatia and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy.

Bob and Mike Bryan have won six tour-level titles this year. Top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic , who won the season climax in Shanghai last year , suffered their seventh opening round exit of the year Wednesday.A Despite saving five of seven break points, the Canadian-Serbian team fell to Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ...

SWEATING IT OUT: James Blake overcame Ivo Karlovic in the first round of the Shanghai Masters on Monday.

SUCCESSES: The Chilean s chances of reaching the end-of-season World Tour Finals received a boost, while James Blake was another winner in Shanghai REUTERS , SHANGHAI Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009, Page 19 David Ferrer of Spain hits a return to Richard Gasquet of France during the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 yesterday.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic kept the excitement high at the Shanghai Open Thursday as the top-seeded pair booked into the quarter-finals with ease.

Fernando Gonzalez of Chile plays a shot to Mischa Zverev of Germany during the Shanghai Masters yesterday.

Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez and former world No. 1 Marat Safin were among Monday's opening-round winners at the $5.25 million Shanghai ATP Masters.

A bad season continued Tuesday for Andy Roddick as the American was forced to retire after injuring his knee in a second-round match at the Shanghai Masters.

"I didn't have very good momentum at the start," said Blake, who recently started working with coach Kelly Jones.

It seems like history repeating. The 2009 men's tour is approaching its final stages, and the jostling for position at the top of the rankings is working up a real head of steam.

SERGIO GARCIA climbed to the top of the Madrid Masters podium then declared he wants to join friend and fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in holding an Olympic gold medal.

Top seed Rafa Nadal battled through a tricky second round tie against American James Blake on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the $6,6 million China Open.