Tommy Robredo News

Top-seeded Tommy Robredo and No. 3 seed David Ferrer will meet in an all-Spanish final to the Heineken Open after winning rain-delayed semifinals Friday. Robredo beat seventh-seeded Agustin Calleri of Argentina 6-4, 6-0 while Ferrer beat Olympic silver medallist Mardy Fish of the United States 6-0, 4-6, 6-1. Rain delayed the start of the Robredo-Calleri match by 90 minutes and only five points had been played _ Robredo held serve ...

Nikolay Davydenko reached his seventh final of the season at the Paris Masters on Saturday, beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Davydenko will meet 17th-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia on Sunday. Hrbaty won because 10th-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany retired because of gastroenteritis while trailing 6-4, 1-0. ``This is not the best way to win the semifinal,'' Hrbaty said. ``But still . . . I don't play finals every day so I'm happy to be there.'' Haas can no ...

Nikolay Davydenko reached his seventh final of the season at the Paris Masters on Saturday, beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Davydenko will meet either 10th-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany or 17th-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia on Sunday. His second-set loss was the first he'd lost all tournament. The fourth-seeded Davydenko now has 66 wins, second to top-ranked Roger Federer's 87. The Russian also avenged his loss to Robredo in July's Bastad final, one of their two previous meetings ...

Tommy Robredo beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Paris Masters. The sixth-seeded Robredo won the quarter-final on his fourth match point when Nieminen sent a routine forehand long. The 14th-seeded Nieminen had Robredo 2-1 and 15-40 down on serve in the third set, but the Spaniard fought back and broke Nieminen in the next game. Serving at 5-3 down, the Finn ...

Top-seeded Tommy Robredo defeated Ramon Delgado 6-2, 7-6 (1) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Mumbai Open. Robredo will face fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov, who rallied to overcome qualifier James Auckland 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Stefan Koubek, ranked No. 118, upset second-seeded Mario Ancic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The left-handed Koubek rallied past the 11th-ranked Ancic, who reached the final of the China Open two weeks ago after a two-month injury layoff. ...

Top-seeded Tommy Robredo rallied for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win Thursday over Michael Berrer to advance to the quarter-finals of the Mumbai Open. Second-seeded Mario Ancic got past Stefano Galvani 6-1, 7-6 (6) in humid conditions. Joining them in the quarter-finals was third-seeded Tomas Berdych, who posted a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Simon Greul. Fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov rallied from a first-set loss to defeat Kristian Pless 6-7 (5), 6-3, ...

Top-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain advanced to the second round of the Mumbai Open on Wednesday, beating Austria's Alexander Peya 6-4, 6-2. Czech Tomas Berdych, the third seed, defeated Poland's Lukasz Kubot 6-2, 6-2. In other first-round action, fourth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia ousted Indian wild card entry Akash Wagh 6-2, 7-5, and France's Nicolas Devilder beat South Africa's Rik de Voest 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Imagine this scenario unfolding in a few weeks' time: Andre Agassi vs. Roger Federer, U.S. Open final, fifth set, full house, match point. Agassi whips a shot past Federer and drops to his knees, celebrating a Grand Slam title in his last tournament as a pro. The crowd goes wild. Because of the money and logistics involved, the system is being used only on one court at most ...