French veteran Santoro loses to Ferrero in his 14th and last Wimbledon

September 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal marked a winning return to Grand Slam play three months after his last match at a major, as the Spanish third seed advanced to the US Open second round 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday over Richard Gasquet. Nadal, who toppled from his number one ranking when Roger Federer won Wimbledon and was then overhauled by Andy Murray, last played at the elite level when he lost in the French Open fourth round on May 31 to Robin Soderling.

August 7th, 2009 Haas moves into quarters with win over FerreroWASHINGTON — Tommy Haas defeated former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 in the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Thursday.

August 6th, 2009 Ferrero beats Robredo; Fish loses at Legg MasonWASHINGTON — Juan Carlos Ferrero advanced to the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Championship with a 6-3, 6-2 win against seventh-seeded Tommy Robredo Wednesday. No. 9 seed Mardy Fish was upset by Germany's Philipp Petzschner 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.

August 2nd, 2009 Davydenko beats Ferrero to win Croatia OpenUMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko routed former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-0 to win the Croatia Open on Sunday.

August 1st, 2009 Davydenko, Ferrero advance to Croatia Open finalUMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko cruised into the final of the Croatia Open on Saturday by beating Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-1. The Russian will face former No.

July 11th, 2009 Santoro continues his strong play in NewportNEWPORT, R.I. — Two-time defending champion Fabrice Santoro continued his dominance at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Friday, winning a pair of matches to advance to the semifinals.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic will regain the top doubles ranking from Bob and Mike Bryan after beating their hot rivals in four sets to claim a second straight Wimbledon title. "It's amazing, we started playing together to win Grand Slams," said Nestor, 36 and a trophy holder in all four of the majors over his career.

July 1st, 2009 Murray reaches 1st Wimbledon semifinalWIMBLEDON, England — Andy Murray has reached his first Wimbledon semifinal after overpowering Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Murray won the last five games of the match Wednesday to wrap up the win in 1 hour, 41 minutes.

June 29th, 2009 17-year-old Oudin loses at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — American 17-year-old Melanie Oudin (oo-DAN) has been eliminated in the fourth round at Wimbledon Oudin, a qualifier from Marietta, Ga., lost Monday to No. 11-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska (ag-nee-ESH-ka rad-VAN-ska), 6-4, 7-5.

June 22nd, 2009 Soderling beats Muller in 1st round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Robin Soderling has advanced to the second round of Wimbledon by beating Gilles Muller 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-1, 6-2. The French Open finalist again relied on the big serve and booming forehand that helped him best Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros, hitting 31 aces and saving all eight break points on Monday.

June 13th, 2009 Murray beats Ferrero to reach Queen's finalLONDON — Andy Murray reached his first grass-court final by beating Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 6-4 Saturday at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club. The top-seeded Murray is trying to become the first British winner of the pre-Wimbledon tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938.

June 8th, 2009 Juan Carlos Ferrero given Wimbledon wild cardLONDON — Former top-ranked player Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain has been given a wild card for Wimbledon. The 2003 French Open champion received a spot in the draw along with 2008 Wimbledon and U.S.

June 7th, 2009 PARIS - The six male tennis players who have won all four Grand Slam titles are: Andre Agassi, US: Australian Open 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003 French Open 1999 Wimbledon 1992 US Open 1994, 1999 Donald Budge, US: Australian Open 1938 French Open 1938 Wimbledon 1937, 1938 US Open 1937, 1938 Roy Emerson, Australia: Australian Open 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 French Open 1963, 1967 Wimbledon 1964, 1965 US Open 1961, 1964 Roger Federer, Switzerland: Australian Open 2004, 2006, 2007 French Open 2009 Wimbledon 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 US Open 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Rod Laver, Australia: Australian Open 1960, 1962, 1969 French Open 1962, 1969 Wimbledon 1961, 1962, 1968, 1969 US Open 1962, 1969 Fred Perry, Britain: Australian Open 1934 French Open 1935 Wimbledon 1934, 1935, 1936 US Open 1933, 1934, 1936

May 31st, 2009 Defending champion Ivanovic loses at French OpenPARIS — Defending champion Ana Ivanovic has lost at the French Open, losing to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-3 in the fourth round. The eighth-seeded Serb called for a trainer to look at her neck before the final game of the first set on Sunday.

May 29th, 2009 Venus Williams loses in 3rd round of French OpenPARIS — Venus Williams lost in the third round of the French Open for the third straight year, falling to Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4 Friday. The third-seeded Williams was playing for the third straight day at Roland Garros.