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Yesterday I was in Basel and was given the award "Ehrespalebärglemer".This award is given to persons (born or living in Basel) who carry the City Basel in a positive sense beyond its borders and makes the city well known. This was a huge honor for me as Basel means so much to me. I had a chance to see so many family, friends and fans. It was very special that so many members of my fan club came to this event.

[Marc]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Yesterday I was in Basel and was given the award "Ehrespalebärglemer".This award is given to persons (born or living in Basel) who carry the City Basel in a positive sense beyond its borders and makes the city well known. This was a huge honor for me as Basel means so much to me. I had a chance to see so many family, friends and fans. It was very special that so many members of my fan club came to this event.

LOL they could of thought of a shorter name for the award surely?
Surprised he hasn't been given that way before now

[Marc]

WTA - ECM Prague Open 2009 (Czech Republic)

Semi Finals :
[1] F. Schiavone df. T. Bacsinszky 6-2 4-6 7-5
[2] S. Bammer vs. I. Benesova [3] 6-0 7-5


WTA - Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo (Palermo)

Semi Finals :
[1] F. Pennetta df. T. Garbin 6-1 6-1
[5] S. Errani df. A. Groenefeld 6-3 4-6 6-1


ATP - Catella Swedish Open (Bastad)

Semi Finals :
J. Monaco df. T. Robredo [3] 6-0 6-2
[2] R. Soderling df. A. Vinciguerra 6-1 7-6


ATP - Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart)

Semi Finals :
J. Chardy df. N. Kiefer 6-3 7-5
[4]V. Henescu df. F. Fognini 6-3 6-7 6-2

[Marc]

Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick has pulled out of the Indianapolis Championships with a hip injury.

The American was hurt during the marathon final against Roger Federer, who won 16-14 in the fifth set.

Roddick said in his Twitter feed he was disappointed to miss the tournament, which he has won twice, but is "not properly prepared at this point".

Tournament organisers are hoping James Blake will accept a wildcard for the event, which begins on Monday.

Roddick was also forced to pull out his country's Davis Cup quarter-final against Croatia, which the US lost.

The world number five fell during the fourth set of the Wimbledon final, but afterwards denied he had hurt himself.

[BigSister]

aww poor Andy. Hope hes better soon

[Marc]

WTA - ECM Prague Open 2009 (Czech Republic)
Final :
[2] S. Bammer df. F. Schiavone [1] 7-6 6-2


WTA - Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo (Palermo)
Final :
[1] F. Penneta df. S. Eranni [5] 6-1 6-2



ATP - Catella Swedish Open (Bastad)
Final :
[2] R. Soderling df. J. Monaco 6-3 7-6


ATP - Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart)
Final :
J. Chardy df. V. Henescu [4] 1-6 6-3 6-4

[Marc]

WTA Tour:

D. Safina [1] and S. Errani [5] reach semi finals at Slovenia Open. As does A. Brianti (plays Safina) and S. Voegele (plays Errani).

A. Petkovic continues her brilliant week with a win over Y. Shvedova to reach her first WTA Tour final. She will play I. Olaru in the final on Sunday, who defeated A. Cornet [1].

ATP Tour

F. Dancevic, S. Querrey [3], J. Isner and R. Ginepri make it an all North-American semi final line up in Indianapolis.

Hamburg's semi finalists are P. Mathieu [13] who plays P. Cuevas and D. Ferrer [6] who plays N. Davydenko [2]

[BigSister]

Federer became a dad this week to twins ^_^

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
Federer became a dad this week to twins ^_^

Ooh yeah why didn't I post that on here?
Mehh oh well! Only babies hehe

[BigSister]

I couldnt find this thread to post it
Its still tennis news though as hes a tennis player ^_^

[Marc]

WTA - Banka Koper Slovenia Open (Slovenia)
Final :
[1] D. Safina df. [5] S. Errani 6-7 6-1 7-5

WTA - NÜRNBERGER GASTEIN LADIES 09 (Austria)
Final :
A. Petrovic df. I. Olaru 6-2 6-3


ATP - Indianapolis Tennis Championships (USA)
Final :
R. Ginepri df. [9] S. Querrey 6-2 6-4

ATP - International German Open (Germany)
Final :
[2] N. Davydenko df. P. Mathieu [13] 6-4 6-2

[Marc]

Big tournament this week for the ladies, Bank of the West Classic. S. Williams, Jankovic, Dementieva, V. Williams, Bartoli, Radwanksa, Cibulkova all seeded for it

[BigSister]

ooh good*rubs hands*

[Marc]

Would also like to mention Errani has done very well recently with two straight finals No.38 now her career high has been No.31, hope she can surpass this

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Monday, July 27, 2009

Singles - First Round
(3) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. Anne Keothavong (GBR) 61 64
(5) Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 63 36 63
(7) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 60 61
Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 60 75
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 64 67(6) 61
Monica Niculescu (ROU) d. Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 61 60

Doubles - First Round
(2) Williams/Williams (USA/USA) d. Chen/Washington (TPE/USA) 64 62
Dekmeijere/Ditty (LAT/USA) d. (WC) Barte/Burdette (USA/USA) 64 76(5)

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Stanford, CA-USA
July 27-August 2, 2009
$700,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

Second Round

(1) Serena Williams (USA) d. Melinda Czink (HUN) 63 76(7)
(2) Venus Williams (USA) d. (Q) Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 61 75
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Sabine Lisicki (GER) 26 62 64
(8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (Q) Melanie Oudin (USA) 75 64
Daniela Hantuchova d. (7) Agnieszka Radwanska 46 76(6) 61
(3) Elena Dementieva d. Maria Kirilenko 61 62
Maria Sharapova d. (5) Nadia Petrova 61 62
Samantha Stosur d. Monica Niculescu 61 75

Quarter-Finals:

1. Hantuchova vs. Dementieva
2. S.Williams vs. Stosur
3. Jankovic vs. Bartoli
4. Sharapova vs. V.Williams

[BigSister]

looks agood line up

[Marc]

BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC
Stanford, CA-USA
$700,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors

Quarter-Finals:

(3) Elena Dementieva df. Daniela Hantuchova 62 64
Samantha Stosur df. (1) Serena Williams 62 36 62
(8) Marion Bartoli df. (4) Jelena Jankovic 36 76(3) 63
(2) Venus Williams df. Maria Sharapova 62 62

Semi-Finals:

(2) Venus Williams d. (3) Elena Dementieva 60 61
(8) Marion Bartoli d. Samantha Stosur 63 16 61

Final:

(8) Marion Bartoli df. (2) Venus Williams 62 57 64


ISTANBUL CUP
Istanbul-TUR
$220,000/International
Hard/Outdoors

Quarter-Finals:

Timea Bacsinszky df. Urszula Radwankska 60 61
(5) Vera Dushevina df. (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues 61 62
(8) Lucie Hradecka df. Marta Domachowska 61 57 64
Andrea Petkovic df. (7) Olga Govortsova 63 63

Semi-Finals:

(5) Vera Dushevina df. Timea Bacsinszky 62 64
(8) Lucie Hradecka df. Andrea Perkovic 67(5) 75 75

Final:

(5) Vera Dushevina df. Lucie Hradecka 60 61

[BigSister]

ooooh re run of 07 Wimbledon final then ^_^(I think )

[Marc]

LA Tennis Open
Los Angeles, USA
$630,500
Hard

Quarter-Finals:

(1) T. Haas df. (8) M. Safin 76(3) 62
(6) S. Querrey df. (4) D. Sela 63 75
C. Ball df. J. Isner 64 64
L. Mayer df. (2) M. Fish wo.

Semi-Finals:

(6)S. Querrey df. (1) T. Haas 63 75
C. Ball df. L. Mayer 75 76(3)



ALLIANZ SUISSE OPEN GSTAAD
Gstaad, Switzerland
€ 450,000
Red Clay

Semi-Finals:

T. Bellucci df. (3) I. Andreev 64 75
A. Beck df. M. Daniel 76 63

Final:
T. Bellucci df. A. Beck 64 76(2)



ATP Studena Croatia Open
Umag, Croatia
€ 450,000
Red Clay

Semi-Finals:

(1) N. Davydenko df. (4) J. Melzer 61 61
(5) J. Ferrero df. (7) A. Seppi 61 67(1) 75

Final:
(1) N. Davydenko df. (5) J. Ferrero 63 60

[Marc]

Originally posted by BigSister
ooooh re run of 07 Wimbledon final then ^_^(I think )

Yeahh See how Marion can do this time around.. she's pretty much came out of nowhere getting to the final. She's so on and off

[Jayson]

I need to start watching tennis again

[Marc]

you do Jayson its like... awesome

[BigSister]

And i was right(Checked BBC tennis page on interactive red button)