Murray tops Federer to reach Qatar final
(Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:51:25 PST)
Defending champion Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 on Friday to reach the final of the Qatar Open, his fourth straight win over the former top-ranked player. Murray, who improved his career record against Federer to 5-2 in tour matches, will face Andy Roddick in Saturday's final. "It is good to have beaten him," Murray said.

Karlovic upset by Devvarman in Chennai
(Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:07:19 PST)
Ivo Karlovic of Croatia became the latest seeded player to lose at the Chennai Open, falling 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Indian wild-card Somdev Devvarman in a quarterfinal on Friday. Third-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia overcame Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-4, 0-6, 6-4. He will next face eighth-seeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers, who beat Lucas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.

Dementieva reaches ASB Classic semis
(Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:17:51 PST)
Russia's Elena Dementieva beat Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic. The top-seeded Dementieva, ranked No. 4, dropped her serve in the opening game but broke fifth-seeded Peer to level at 2-2 in what seemed a close match. But she then reeled off nine straight games to take charge of the match and to improve to 5-1 in her career against Peer.

Injured Davydenko to miss Aussie Open
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:23:40 PST)
Nikolay Davydenko will miss the Australian Open because of a heel injury that bothered him last season and has caused "unbearable" pain the past two weeks. The fifth-ranked Russian also pulled out of the Chennai Open, where he was seeded first and was to play Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic in the second round.