http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis en-gb Thu, 23 May 2013 05:07:19 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/seeded-players-hsieh-su-wei-monica-niculescu-lose-in-2nd-round-at-strasbourg-international-208514271.html STRASBOURG, France - Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. The fourth-seeded Hsieh lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to Misaki Doi of Japan, and fifth-seeded Niculescu fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Anna... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02:09 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/sam-querrey-beats-sergiy-stakhovsky-to-reach-nice-open-quarters-montanes-andujar-advance-208511011.html NICE, France - American Sam Querrey reached the quarterfinals of the Nice Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. The third-seeded Querrey broke his opponent three times, while Stakhovsky converted only one of seven opportunities. Querrey will play French wild card Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:02 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/top-seeded-janko-tipsarevic-knocked-out-of-power-horse-cup-in-2nd-round-by-argentine-qualifier-208498241.html DUESSELDORF, Germany - Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic lost in the second round of the Power Horse Cup on Wednesday, falling 7-6 (1), 6-1 to Argentine qualifier Guido Pella. It's the biggest career win for the 101st-ranked Pella, knocking out the 10th-ranked Serb to reach the ATP World Tour Wed, 22 May 2013 13:11:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/american-players-brian-baker-and-mardy-fish-pull-out-of-upcoming-french-open-208469931.html PARIS - Seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a respiratory virus. Del Potro said in a statement Wednesday that he has not fully recovered and is not fully fit to play. American players Brian Baker and Mardy Fish have also pulled Wed, 22 May 2013 09:03:06 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/andy-murray-out-of-french-open-because-of-back-injury-will-focus-on-preparing-for-wimbledon-208395181.html LONDON - Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second-match against Tue, 21 May 2013 17:19:06 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/nikolay-davydenko-beaten-by-lucky-loser-in-power-horse-cup-1st-round-for-4th-straight-loss-208347051.html DUESSELDORF, Germany - Eighth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to "lucky loser" Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the first round of the Power Horse Cup. Bedene replaced Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the main draw and needed less than 2 hours to add Tue, 21 May 2013 14:42:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/sixth-seeded-fabio-fognini-advances-to-2nd-round-at-nice-open-along-with-stakhovsky--mathieu-208331031.html NICE, France - Sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied past Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in an all-Italian match in the first round at the Nice Open. Fognini won only three points on his opponent's serve in the first set, but broke twice in the second set and three times in the Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/top-2-seeded-players-bartoli-and-paszek-go-out-in-1st-round-of-strasbourg-international-208296151.html STRASBOURG, France - Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were beaten Tuesday in the first round of the Strasbourg International. Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon finalist, lost 6-3, 6-2 to the 88th-ranked Camila Giorgi after dropping serve six times. Paszek was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/first-round-matches-at-strasbourg-international-postponed-to-tuesday-because-of-rain-208187421.html STRASBOURG, France - Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday. Top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France, Tamira Paszek of Austria and Christina McHale of the United States had been scheduled to play Monday. The Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/tennis/jarkko-nieminen-beats-lukas-lacko-6-3-6-1-to-reach-2nd-round-at-power-horse-cup-in-germany-208150041.html DUESSELDORF, Germany - Sixth-seeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland advanced to the second round of the Power Horse Cup by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. Brazilian qualifier Andre Gham defeated Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-0. Gham is ranked No. 260 in the world, Soeda is No. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:51:03 CDT