Showing posts with label Feliciano Lopez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feliciano Lopez. Show all posts

Sam Querrey Repeats As Champion in LA

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American Sam Querrey became the first person since Andre Agassi in 2001 to defend his title in Los Angeles by defeating the top seed, World #4 Andy Murray 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3 on Sunday.

MadProfessah had been invited to visit the tournament earlier in the week for a USTA Diversity event and saw Querey and James Blake lose a desultory doubles match to the excessively handsome (and eventual semifinalist) Feliciano Lopez and Jarko Tipsarevic.

Roddick Becomes 1st American To Win Dubai

Andy Roddick continued his excellent run by defeating Feliciano Lopez in a high-quality, tough match 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2 to become the first American player (male or female) to win the Dubai Duty Free Open, his second title (San Jose, CA) in three weeks.

Roddick Beats Nadal To Face Djokovic in Dubai

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Andy Roddick beat World #2 Rafael Nadal 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Dubai Duty Free Championships and announced that 8-time Grand Slam champion Jimmy Connors is no longer his coach. 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic beat Igor Andreev for the right to face Roddick in the semifinal. Andy Murray (who started the tournament by upsetting World #1 Roger Federer in the first round 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4) lost 7-5, 6-4 to Nikolay Davydenko who will face Feliciano Lopez in the other semi-final.

Craig Hickman has more details and commentary on Federer's statements to the press after his second consecutive loss of the year.

UPDATE: Roddick defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals, in straight sets: 7-6(5), 6-3. This is the first time the American has defeated the World #3 and World #2 in the same tournament.