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Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco closed in on the ATP World Tour Finals in London with wins at the Paris Masters on Tuesday as defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also kept his outside hopes alive.

Former No. 1-ranked Marat Safin believes that Andre Agassi should give his titles back after confessing he tested positive for crystal meth during his career and lied about it to the ATP.

OVERCOMING THE ODDS: In other matches, world No. 179 David Guez beat Stanislas Wawrinka, while Julien Benneteau earned a clash with Roger Federer AP , PARIS Thursday, Nov 12, 2009, Page 18 Qualifier David Guez returns the ball during his surprise defeat of Stanislas Wawrinka at the ATP Paris Masters on Tuesday.

Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nikolay Davydenko won second-round matches at the Paris Masters on Tuesday to stay in contention for the ATP World Tour Finals.

You are here: Home -> Weekly Links - Manfred Wenas -> Agassi's Upcoming Book Continues To Stir The World Of Tennis Links of Interest Sportsviews Yahoo! Tennis Federer, Djokovic advance to Basel semis November 6, 2009 Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors on Friday, staying on course to meet in the final.

A handful of Dodgers filed for free agency, including infielders Ronnie Belliard , Orlando Hudson and Doug Mientkiewicz and pitchers Randy Wolf , Jon Garland and Eric Milton .

Top-seeded British star Andy Murray, second-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and Spanish crowd favorite Fernando Verdasco were among Thursday's second-round winners at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

Albert Montanes congratulates Guillermo Garcia-Lopez after the Spanish duo beat fourth seeds Martin Damm and Julian Knowle Wednesday.

Second-seeded world No. 7 Nikolay Davydenko was an easy first-round winner Monday at the $2.98 million Valencia Open.

Albert Montanes got his seventh campaign at the Valencia Open 500 off to a winning start with a hard-fought 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 win Monday over Spaniard compatriot and qualifier Roberto Bautista-Agut in one hour and 55 minutes at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament.

Championships after just two games with a serious back injury yesterday in Doha, Qatar, handing the year-end No.

French crowd favorites Gilles Simon, Julien Benneteau and Paul-Henri Mathieu highlighted Wednesday's winners at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix.

Fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France and countryman Florent Serra reached the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix on Wednesday.

Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed two tiebreaks to overcome American Kevin Kim 7-6 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix second round on Tuesday.

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.

In this July 23, 2009 file photo, actress Scarlett Johansson arrives at the opening night of the LA Shorts Fest '09 in West Hollywood, Calif.

Simon Gruel, ranked 59th in the world and without a finals appearance all year, surprised Benjamin Becker Monday on the first day of the Stockholm Open.

Arnaud Clement of France upset fifth-seeded Andreas Beck of Germany 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Stockholm Open.

Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina and tall Swedish crowd favorite Joachim Johansson were among Monday's first- round victors at the Stockholm Open.

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated American John Isner 6-4, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Japan Open.