Hanescu beats Fognini and Chardy tops Kiefer to gain Mercedes Cup final

September 7th, 2009 Simone Bolelli returns for Italy in Davis CupROME — Simone Bolelli was named Monday to Italy's team for a Davis Cup playoff against Switzerland, putting a 10-month suspension behind him. Top-ranked Roger Federer is expected to play for Switzerland in the Sept.

September 5th, 2009 Rafael Nadal, the third seeded Spaniard advanced to the third round of the US Open 2009, as he beat his opponent, Nicolas Kiefer from Germany 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. But to every ones surprise, of what seemed to be a one sided match turned out to be an exciting one, as the 129th seeded Kiefer battled it hard to keep Nadal focused all through out the match.

August 31st, 2009 Isner wins 1st Grand Slam match in 2 yearsNEW YORK — American John Isner has won his first Grand Slam tournament match in two years, upsetting 28th-seeded Victor Hanescu 6-1, 7-6 (14), 7-6 (5) at the U.S. Open. The 24-year-old Isner came into Monday's match ranked 55th in the world and outlasted Hanescu during a 30-point tiebreaker in the second set to get his first Grand Slam tournament victory since a win over Rik De Voest, two years ago at Flushing Meadows.

August 1st, 2009 Bellucci, Beck advance to Swiss Open finalGSTAAD, Switzerland — Unseeded Thomaz Bellucci and Andreas Beck advanced on Saturday to the final of the Swiss Open, where both will seek a first career ATP Tour title. The 21-year-old Bellucci defeated No.

July 30th, 2009 Hanescu, Wawrinka out in 2nd round at Swiss OpenGSTAAD, Switzerland — Top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka was eliminated in the second round of the Swiss Open on Thursday, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. Defending champion Victor Hanescu also exited, retiring with a stomach illness after losing the opening set against Florent Serra of France.

July 24th, 2009 Cuevas beats Almagro to gain German Open semisHAMBURG — Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset 14th-seeded Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-4 Friday to reach the German Open semifinals. It was Cuevas' second semifinal of the year, having reached the final four at Vina del Mar, Chile, in February.

July 23rd, 2009 Davydenko beats Chardy to reach quarterfinalsHAMBURG — Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the German Open. Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ended Jeremy Chardy's bid for a second title in two weeks by beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3.

July 22nd, 2009 Chardy, Soderling advance at German OpenHAMBURG — Robin Soderling and Jeremy Chardy, who both won tournaments last week, extended their winning streaks on clay Wednesday to advance to the third round of the German Open. Soderling, who won his home Swedish Open in Bastad on Sunday, outlasted Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

July 19th, 2009 Chardy wins Mercedes Cup for 1st career titleSTUTTGART, Germany — Jeremy Chardy of France won his first career ATP Tour title on Sunday, beating Victor Hanescu of Romania 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Mercedes Cup final. After clinching the second set following a break of serve, Chardy raced to a 4-0 lead in the third.

July 18th, 2009 Hanescu beats Fognini to reach Mercedes Cup finalSTUTTGART, Germany — Romania's Victor Hanescu, the only seeded player left in the field, beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2 Saturday at the Mercedes Cup to reach his first ATP Tour final in a year. Hanescu, seeded fourth and ranked No.

July 17th, 2009 Fabio Fognini reaches Mercedes Cup semifinalsSTUTTGART, Germany — Fabio Fognini upset second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 Friday at the Mercedes Cup to reach his first semifinal in a year. The 22-year-old Italian, ranked No.

July 16th, 2009 Stuttgart,GERMANY - Nicolas Kiefer was hoping to line up against a German Davis Cup teammate in the quarter-finals of the Mercedes Cup after securing his own spot in the last eight 6-3, 6-4 over compatriot Simon Greul Thursday. Kiefer, 32, playing the event for the first time in a dozen years, was hoping for a victory later from fifth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber over Polish qualifier Lukas Kubot in their second-round encounter.

July 15th, 2009 Stuttgart,GERMANY - Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu began reversing a career-long loss streak against Mikhail Youzhny as he defeated the Russian 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) for a place in the second round of the Mercedes Cup tennis Wednesday. The 39th-ranked Mathieu claimed his first victory after defeats dating back to 2002 as he came through after two hours, 11 minutes at the Weissenhof club.

July 13th, 2009 STUTTGART, Germany — Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko rallied to beat Ivan Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Mercedes Cup on Monday. Navarro, a Spaniard ranked No.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - Draw for the $20.5-million Wimbledon Championships starting Monday: Men, singles Juan Del Potro, 5, Argentina v Arnaud Clement, France Lleyton Hewitt, Australia v Robby Ginepri, US Rajeev Ram, US v Philipp Petzschner, Germany Mischa Zverev, Germany v Dmitry Tursunov, Russia Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic v Alejandro Falla, Colombia Potito Starace, Italy v Jose Acasuso, Argentina Fabio Fognini, Italy v Denis Istomin, Kazakstan Kevin Kim, US v David Ferrer, 16, Spain Nikolay Davydenko, 12, Russia v Dan Evans, Britain Victor Crivoi, Romania v Bjorn Phau, Germany Federico Gil, Portugal v Paul-Henri Mathieu, France Alex Bogdanovic, Britain v Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic Jurgen Melzer, Austria v Wayne Odesnik, US Benjamin Becker, Germany v Roko Karanusic, Croatia Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria v Igor Kunitsyn, Russia Jeremy Chardy, France v Andy Roddick, 6, US Andy Murray, 3, Britain v Robert Kendrick, US Riccardo Ghedin, Italy v Ernests Gulbis, Latvia Taylor Dent, US v Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain Brian Dabul, Argentina v Viktor Troicki, Serbia Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland v Eduardo Schwank, Argentina Pablo Andujar, Spain v Martina Vassello Arguello, Argentina Christophe Rochus, Belgium v Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay Jesse Levine, US v Marat Safin, 14, Russia Fernando Gonzalez, 10, Chile v Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia Oscar Hernandez, Spain v Leonardo Mayer, Argentina Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain v Mikhail Youzhny, Russia Fabrice Santoro, France v Nicolas Kiefer, 33, Germany Victor Hanescu, Romania v Ivan Navarro, Spain Nicolas Devilder, France v Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador Thaigo Alves, Brazil v Andrei Pavel, Romania Bobby Reynolds, US v Gilles Simon, 8, France James Blake, 17, US v Andreas Seppi, Italy Adrian Mannarino, France v Marc Gicquel, France Paul Capdeville, Chile v Vince Spadea, US Evgeny Korolev, Russia v Igor Andreev, Russia Tommy Haas, Germany v Alexandre Peya, Austria Michael Llodra, France v Joshua Goodall, Britain Sam Querrey, US v Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia Alberto Martin, Spain v Marin Cilic, 11, Croatia Tommy Robredo, 15, Spain v Luka Gregorc, Slovenia Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France v Stefan Koubek, Austria Dudi Sela, Israel v Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico Xavier Malisse, Belgium v Rainer Schuettler, Germany Mardy Fish, US v Sergio Roitman, Argentina Jan Hernych, Czech Republic v Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia Simon Greul, Germany v Michael Yani, US Julien Benneteau, France v Novak Djokovic, 4, Serbia Fernando Verdasco, 7, Spain v James Ward, Britain Nicolas Mahut, France v Kristof Vliegen, Belgium Diego Junqueira, Argentina v Guillermo Canas, Argentina Grega Zemlja, Slovenia v Albert Montanes, Spain Ivo Karlovic, Croatia v Lukas Lacko, Slovakia Steve Darcis, Belgium v Frank Dancevic, Canada Simone Bolelli, Italy v Daniel Koellerer, Austria Andrey Golubev, Kazakstan v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 9, France Robin Soderling, 13, Sweden v Gilles Muller, Luxembourg Marcel Granollers, Spain v Andreas Beck, Germany Nicolas Almagro, Spain v Juan Monaco, Argentina Karol Beck, Slovakia v Feliciano Lopez, Spain Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany v Florent Serra, France Ivo Minar, Czech Republic v Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain v Agustin Calleri, Argentina Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan v Roger Federer, 2, Switzerland