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Former World No. 1 Marat Safin, who compiled a 422-267 singles record and won 15 titles, retired at the BNP Paribas Masters in November after a 13-season pro career.

Davis Cup finalist Radek Stepanek continued his winning ways on Friday at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, defeating fellow London contender Marin Cilic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Stepanek, who holds the No.

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.

No. 4 seed Marin Cilic progressed to the second round in Basel on Wednesday, defeating flat-hitting German Philipp Petzschner, 6-4, 6-4. Cilic, who currently stands in the 12th position in the race to qualify for the Tour finale in London, could add another 45 points to his total if he defeats his next opponent Viktor Troicki.

Friendship will be on the back burner Saturday when Roger Federer faces childhood mate Marco Chiudinelli in a battle of Basle boys for a place in the final of the Swiss Indoors.

The top seed, a hometown hero at the St Jakobshalle, was invincible as he reached the last eight, winning his 17th straight match in Basel and his 57th of the season.

Tennis Cruise control ... the world No.1 put on a show for his home crowd. AP Roger Federer, Marin Cilic advance at ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors November 05, 2009 Swiss world No.1 Roger Federer took just an hour to crush Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors.

Novak Djokovic is making his Basel debut this week. Serbiaa TMs Novak Djokovic , winner of three ATP World Tour titles this season and the No.

Jeremy Chardy, who at No. 4 was the highest seed in action Tuesday, stormed past Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6-2, 6-2 at the St.

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Fourth-seeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy and fifth-seeded Russian favorite Igor Andreev were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the $750,000 St.

Marat Safin of Russia reacts after losing a point to his compatriot Evgeny Korolev during their Kremlin Cup match at the Olympic stadium in Moscow on Thursday.

For only the 13th time since 1980, two qualifiers will contest an ATP World Tour semi-final at the same tournament.A Qualifiers Mikhail Kukushkin and Illya Marchenko booked their places in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals with victories over high-ranked opponents on Friday.

Playing in his native Moscow for the last time, Marat Safin came up a second-round loser Thursday at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Unseeded Marat Safin toppled top-seeded fellow Russian Nikolay Davydenko in opening-round action Wednesday at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev and Evgeny Korolev of Russia made a winning start on their ATP World Tour debut as they upset fourth seeds Ross Hutchins and Horia Tecau 7-6 , 2-6, 10-8 Monday in the first round of the Kremlin Cup , an ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tennis tournament in Moscow.

World No. 10 Gilles Simon of France noted of the Thai people's hospitality during his successful run at the recently-concluded 2009 PTT Thailand Open in Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok.

No. 2 seed Gilles Simon is 5-2 lifetime in ATP World Tour finals. The championship of the PTT Thailand Open on Sunday features No.

Healthy record: Tsonga's win was his 42nd of the season against just 15 defeats.

Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga came from behind Friday and earned a semifinal berth at the $608,500 Thailand Open.