Agassi to Play 1st Senior Tennis Event; Sharapova Out of IW Singles
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Monterrey Open
Monterrey, Mexico
No. 2-seeded Marion Bartoli of France won her first title in three years Sunday at the Monterrey Open in Mexico, straight-setting China’s unseeded Li Na 6-4, 6-3.
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The 24-year-old Bartoli had won all of her three previous career titles in 2006.
In the doubles final the No. 6-seeded pairing of Dechy/Santangelo defeated unseeded Czechs Benesova/Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-4.
TENNIS-X NEWS, NOTES, QUOTES AND BARBS
AGASSI RETURNS — Andre Agassi will reportedly play his first senior tour match at the Outback Champions Series event in October at Surprise, Ariz., with an official announcement on Monday…
HEWITT FADES, GUCCIONE SAVES — Australia defeated Thailand 3-2 on Sunday in Davis Cup zonal play when Lleyton Hewitt faded in the heat 2-6, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-1 to No. 155-ranked Danai Udomchoke, but Chris Guccione saved the day with a fifth-match 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4) win over Kittipong Wachiramanowong…
Maria Sharapova says she is not ready to play singles at Indian Wells, but will play doubles…
The Bradenton Preparatory Academy is opening a branch in Dubai…
Brit Davis Cup captain John Lloyd is getting routed by British tennis fans after losing to the Ukraine in relegation play. Guess swallowing pride and letting Greg Rusedski play in favor of the “younger generation” seems like a good move now. With Andy Murray sick on the sidelines, the Brit Davis Cup couldn’t beat the Brit Fed Cup team…
Approximately 8,000 protesters were at the Israel at Sweden Davis Cup match…
Rough headline from ESPN, “Blake Disappoints Enthusiastic Birmingham Crowd”…
Wesley Moodie withdrew from playing Davis Cup for South Africa after the South African Tennis Federation refused to buy him a business-class ticket from the U.S…
The ATP is returning approximately $3 million in fees to tournaments. “In these difficult times the ATP has decided to give the tournaments a reduction in tournament fees to help them financially,” a spokesman for the ATP told Reuters…
Former French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria was tentatively scheduled to play a Challenger in Japan this week…
Jose Luis Escanuela was named head of the Spanish Tennis Federation…
The WTA Ponte Vedra Beach event, The MPS Group Championships (formerly the Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island), has three Top 20 commitments thus far in Nadia Petrova, Caroline Wozniacki and Patty Schnyder…
The South African Tennis Association announced they were cancelling a Challenger event to be held in April due to “insufficient sponsorship.”…
Mary Pierce is training at the IMG/Bollettieri academy in Florida is preparation for her comeback to professional tennis…
Nicole Vaidisova is reportedly considering working with her stepdad and former coach Ales Kodat after now looking at potentially dropping out of the Top 100 this month…
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