Roger Federer says when it comes to rankings, it’s No. 1 or nothing. In July, Federer dropped out of the top two for the first time since November 2003. He’s now back at No. 2 after finishing runner-up to Andy Murray at the Shanghai Masters over the weekend.
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Ana Ivanovic ended a barren run of two years without a title as she beat Patty Schnyder 6-1 6-2 in the final of the Generali event in Linz, Austria. The 22-year-old Serb, the seventh seed, needed only 47 minutes to see off her Swiss opponent in a one-sided match.
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick cruised into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open with straight-set victories yesterday.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki is the new women's world number one after beating Petra Kvitova to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing.
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal downed Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Japan Open on Tuesday. Nadal, coming off a surprise loss in the semifinals of the Thailand Open on Saturday, had to work hard for the victory in his Japan debut.
Mikhail Youzhny won his second title of the season with a 6-7 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over Andrey Golubev in the Malaysian Open final yesterday. The fourth-seeded Russian, who also won the BMW Open in May, needed 2 1/2 hours to beat the eighth-seeded Golubev. Youzhny took a 6-3 lead in the first-set tiebreaker, but Golubev used booming serves and strong backhands to win four straight points.
Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer will lead Europe tee-off this morning in the opening Ryder Cup fourballs against American duo Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson.
