Jo-Wilfried Tsonga News

ABU DHABI // Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, making his UAE debut, will get the Capitala World Tennis Championship under way against Nikolay Davydenko on December 31 after the pair were pitted together for the curtain-raiser of the annual tournament.

Robin Soderling will be the first Swede to play at the season finale since 2002.

Carol Thatcher has been axed from the unveiling of a portrait of her mum at 10 Downing Street after her racist "golliwog" rant.

America's Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick withdrew from the season ending ATP Masters tournament on Tuesday with him explaining that he had not recovered from a knee injury.

In disappointing news for tennis fans everywhere, the London Times is reporting that Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the ATP's year-ending championships in London next week: The American world No.6 has withdrawn from the eight-man extravaganza - which starts on Sunday at the 02 Arena in south-east London - having been unable to overcome the knee ...

It began with opera, rolled on through the beat of tom-toms from high up in the stands and ended in despair for the raucous 15,000 spectators packing every seat at the Omnipalais as their hero, Gael Monfils, double faulted on match point to hand an exhausted and very relieved Novak Djokovic his first ATP Masters 1000 Series title of the year with a ...

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Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the Paris Masters for the first time Friday by defeating Robin Soderling 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic, who won his fourth title of the year last week in Basel with a victory over top-ranked Roger Federer, will face second-seeded Rafael Nadal or defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's serve was harder to manage than his hair in Paris today. Defending BNP Paribas champion Tsonga delivered a dominant serving performance to cruise into the round of 16 and keep his hopes of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals alive for at least another day.

St Petersburg News.Net Tuesday 10th November, 2009 Fernando Vedasco kept pace with Russian front-runner Nikolay Davydenko Tuesday at the Paris Masters, with the Spaniard's win eliminating a pair of rivals from the chase to the year-end championships.

A year ago, when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won this Paris Masters title over David Nalbandian, the 15,000-strong crowd - never a quiet assembly here at the Omnipalais - threatened to wreck the rafters with their acclaim.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is fit to begin the defense of his Paris Masters title on Tuesday after picking up a wrist injury last week.

Fernando Verdasco is chasing a Barclays ATP World Tour Finals spot. No. 4 seed Fernando Verdasco , who captured his first ATP World Tour title in Valencia five years ago, plays countryman and wild card Oscar Hernandez in the first round Wednesday at the Valencia Open 500.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saw his chances of reaching the ATP World Tour Finals all but end after retiring from his opening match at the Valencia Open.

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.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bowed out of the Valencia Open after being forced to retire while trailing Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 6-0 3-0 in round one.

Friends and French Davis Cup teammates Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were both pushed to decisive third sets in Valencia with decidedly different outcomes.

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

World No.12 Gilles Simon reached the second round of the Grand Prix de tennis de Lyon with a 7-6 7-6 win over Simone Bolelli from Italy.

LYON: Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the quarter-finals of the ATP event here on Thursday with five other Frenchmen, leaving Croatian Ivan Ljubicic as the only non-French player left in the draw.