ATP tennis tour roundup

Rob Keating — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:46:17 +0000

Another week has gone and 3 titles were decided over the weekend. Andy Murray showed he is a class player when he defended his ATP tour title at the San Jose event. Murray defeated big Croation player Ivo Karlovic 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(2). Even 26 aces from Karlovic was not enough to stop Murray taking the title.
Guillermo Canas won his first ATP title since 2004 when he downed former world number one player Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(4), 6-2 to take the Brasil Open played in Costa do Sauipe. Ferrero was trying to break a losing streak in finals that now stretches to five. The last time Ferrero was successful in a title was back in Oct 2003.

In the third event this past week Frenchman Gilles Simon claimed his first ATP title following his upset win over number 7 seed Marcos Baghdatis. The final score was 6-4, 7-6(3). Simon managed to win the title without dropping a set. Baghdatis was on a nine match winning streak coming into the final following his tournament victory recently in Zagreb. It was the firth time the Cypriot has appeared in a final. His most notable final appearance so far was at the 2006 Australian Open.

This week the ATP tennis action will take place in Buenos Aires, Rotterdam and Memphis. The Buenos Aires tournament is another of the round robin experimental events the ATP is conducting this year.

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ATP tennis tour roundup