In Women's tennis after the Fed Cup excursions last week, there wasn't much going on. Anna Chakvetadze beat Agnes Szavay in three sets on Sunday afternoon for the Open Gaz de France crown. The Russian is now 7-0 lifetime in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles finals, an incredible achievement in itself and moved back up to the 6th seed position in the world.
In men's tennis the three events taking place this week (Marseille, Costa De Sauipe and Delray Beach Open) there were a couple of notable results. Diego Hartfield pulled out a big surprise by defeating seeded Tommy Haas by 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 with unknown quantity Bobby Reynolds beating 2-time Swiss champion Xavier Malisse 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Meanwhile in Marseille in 5the big firts round clash between Robin Soderling and Jarko Nieminen the Swede came out on top in a close encounter 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.
Lastly last week in the Davis Cup 1st round games, Murray-less Great Britain suffered a defeat at Buenos Aires by Argentina at 4-1. Jamie Baker provided the only surprise win for team GB against Calleri. In other ties in the first round Russia beat Serbia in the big matchup by 3-2, while France Spain and USA qualified easily by beating Romania, Peru and Austria respectively.
Germany, Sweden and Checz Republic completed the quarte final line-up with narrow 3-2 wins against Korea, Israel and Belgium. More details on those ties will be up on my blog shortly
Tuesday 12 February 2008
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