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Andy Murray will bid for his sixth ATP World Tour title of the season on Sunday, after beating Fernando Verdasco to book his place in the final of the inaugural Valencia Open.

Andy Murray progressed to the semi-finals of the inaugural Valencia Open with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory over Albert Montanes.

The last two tickets to the World Tour finals are still to play for at the Paris Masters tournament starting on Sunday, with Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco ideally placed to grab them.

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.

Fourth seed Fernando Verdasco advanced to the second round of the Valencia Open on Wednesday after Spanish compatriot Oscar Hernandez retired with back trouble.

ANDY Murray is hoping to reign in Spain this week as he seeks his 14th career title at the Valencia Open.

By EVE FODENS ANDY Murray's bid to climb back up the world rankings following a spell on the sidelines with a wrist injury begins this week at the Valencia Open.

The Valencia Tennis Open will be held in Valencia, Spain from November 2-9, with this year, the tournament being held in the newly-constructed Agora building, a stunning arena developed along the desiccated soil along the River Turia.

Spainard Fernando Verdasco enjoyed a sensational run to the Semi Finals of the Australian Open earlier this year.

Marin Cilic took a wild card into the tournament. A busy Tuesday schedule features top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, top Austrian and No.

DUBAI // The UAE's top tennis players will benefit from the same expertise that set the likes of Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez on the path to stardom, after a co-operative agreement with the Spanish Tennis Federation was penned yesterday.

Men's Tour Robin Soderling beats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to reach Stockholm semis From correspondents in Stockholm, Sweden October 24, 2009 Top seed Robin Soderling kept home title hopes alive when he defeated Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 6-4 in the Stockholm Open quarter-finals. The Swede, who was runner-up to Argentina's David Nalbandian in ...

The top seed, who is playing for the first time in his career as a member of the ATP Top ten, can lift his chances of reaching one of the last two spots in the eight-man World Tour Finals with a title at the weekend.

It is one of the most prestigious competitions in the tennis calendar and the eight players who compete will be looking to end the year on a high with a victory.

Nikolay Davydenko won his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy. As victor of the penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the year, Davydenko earned 1000 South African Airways 2009 ATP Ranking points, moving him up one place to No.

Swedish tennis star and French Open finalist Robin Soderling resumes his fight to earn one of the three remaining spots in the ATP World Tour Finals when he plays as top seed at his home Stockholm Open starting Monday.

Nikolay Davydenko avenged last year's Tennis Masters Cup final defeat by Novak Djokovic to upset the world No.

ABU DHABI // It goes against the grain for top-class tennis players not to defend their hard-earned tournament successes but Andy Murray has decided against returning to Abu Dhabi to seek a repeat triumph in the Capitala at Zayed Sports City.

Gael Monfils, under the guidance of Lleyton Hewitt's former coach Roger Rasheed, improved to a 35-15 season record.

SHANGHAI: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fernando Verdasco, acclaimed for their speed around the court, admitted to feeling a little nervous themselves as they played a modified exhibition match while hurtling around Shanghai in one of the world's fastest commercial high-speed trains.