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Andy Murray Conquers Shanghai
Andy Murray came back to his best this week, managing to impose itself on the Shanghai Masters 1000 which ended on Sunday.
Murray overcame more easily than expected to Swiss Roger Federer, third seed, by an aggregate score of 6-3 and 6-2.
The British player and seems to have taken the mold to the Swiss player, who has won 8 of 13 meetings.
The world No. 4 in Shanghai won the second title this season, after obtaining the Toronto in August, and 16th of his career.
This victory will not let you climb up positions in the ranking, as they remain in fourth place, but if you make the Swiss Roger Federer, who on Monday will be world number 2. Read the rest of this entry »
ATP tournament with five top-ten players
Kuala Lumpur will host one of the most stellar casts players a 250 ATP tournament with five top-ten players top the list for the event to be held between 25 September and 3 October at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
After his impressive presentacióones in the U.S. Open, Mikhael Youzhny (No.9) and David Ferrer (No. 10) will now join Robin Sodering (No.5), Nikolay Davydenko (No.6) and Tomas Berdych (No.8 ) ranked among the top-ten in the ATP World Tour.
Youzhny, who made the U.S. Open semifinals last week, has reached its highest ranking since February 2008, when he was No. 8 in the ATP World Tour. In his best performance at a Grand Slam, the Russian fell to Rafael Nadal, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6 in the semifinals, something that had not been since losing to Andy Roddick in the semis of U.S. Open 2006. Its good performance has continued in 2010 with his sixth ATP World Tour title in Munich, with finals in Rotterdam and Dubai, and quarter-finals of the ATP World Tour 1000 in Miami and in the French Open.
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The Spanish Ferrer, who also returned to the top ten for the first time since October 2008 has had a great season in 2010 winning the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, and reaching three finals and five semi-finals, also losing closely in quarterfinals Wimbledon in five sets against Robin Soderling, in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open last week to compatriot Fernand Verdasco, 7-5, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 3-6, 6-7 ( 4).
Soderling was strong in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon and the second quarter-final at the U.S. Open. After losing to Nadal and Roger Federer in them, the Swede said: “It was good. In Australia I was not so good. Paris and Wimbledon were better. ”
In addition to these five top-ten in the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2010, seven other players have improved their ranking significantly since the entry list was announced, with great results in the last month. Read the rest of this entry »