Tennis in General - Results and Comments

ATP FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Brisbane : Roger Federer (1) won his 83rd ATP tournament (23rd ATP 250) defeating Milos Raonic (3) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
in a final well played by both players, in which Federer, after winning the first set with an only break in 3rd game, went 2-0 in second, but Raonic
broke him back in 4th game and was able to score 7 consecutive points to win the tie-break, then in a third set full of spectacular shots and break points saved by both players, Raonic felt the pressure on 4-5 and with a double fault on 30-30 and an unforced error gave the title to Federer.
This was also the 1000th match won in career by the Swiss champion, making him the third in the Open Era to reach this great goal after Jimmy
Connors (1253 matches won) and Ivan Lendl (1071)

ATP 250 Chennai : Stanislas Wawrinka (1) won his 8th ATP tournament (6th ATP 250), defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4.

ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Doha : David Ferrer (4) won his 22nd ATP tournament (14th ATP 250) defeating Tomas Berdych (3) 6-4, 7-5

ATP 250 Brisbane : Tomorrow the final will be : R. Federer (1) (6-2, 6-2 with G. Dimitrov (4)) vs M. Raonic (3)
(6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) with K. Nishikori (2)).

ATP 250 Chennai : Tomorrow the final will be : S. Wawrinka (1) (7-5, 6-3 with D. Goffin (4)) vs A. Bedene
(3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8) with R. Bautista-Agut (3)).

WTA Premier Brisbane : Maria Sharapova (1) won her 34th WTA tournament defeating Ana Ivanovic (2) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3

WTA International Auckland : Venus Williams (3) won her 46th WTA tournament defeating Caroline Wozniacki (1) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

WTA International Shenzhen : Simona Halep (1) won her 9th WTA tournament defeating Timea Bacsinszky (8) 6-2, 6-2

NEWS : Poland won the Hopman Cup (exhibition event in Perth) defeating U.S.A. 2-1, with A. Radwanska (POL)
defeating S. Williams (USA) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, J. Isner (USA) defeating J. Janowicz (POL) 7-6 (10), 6-4 and Radwanska / Janowicz (POL)
defeating Isner / S. Williams (USA) 7-5, 6-3.
ATP world' s N° 9 Marin Cilic, winner of the US Open 2014, announced he won' t play the Australian Open, starting on January 19th, due to
a right shoulder injury.

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Doha : D. Ferrer (4) def. I. Karlovic (7) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
T. Berdych (3) def. A. Seppi 6-2, 6-3

ATP 250 Brisbane : Tomorrow the semifinals will be : R. Federer (1) (6-0, 6-1 with J. Duckworth in 41')vs G. Dimitrov (4) (6-3, 6-4 with M. Klizan) and K. Nishikori (2) (6-0, 6-4 with B. Tomic) vs M. Raonic (3) (7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (2) with S. Groth).

ATP 250 Chennai : Tomorrow the semifinals will be : S. Wawrinka (1) (6-2, 7-6 (4) with G. Muller (8)) vs D. Goffin (4) (7-5, 6-2 with A. Haider-Maurer) and R. Bautista-Agut (3) (7-6 (7), 6-4 with Y-H. Lu (6)) vs A. Bedene (2-6, 6-3, 6-2 with G. Garcia-Lopez (5)).

WTA Premier Brisbane : M. Sharapova (1) def. E. Svitolina 6-1, 6-3
A. Ivanovic (2) def. V. Lepchenko 7-6 (2), 6-4

WTA International Auckland : C. Wozniacki (1) def. B. Zahlavova-Strycova (4) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
V. Williams (3) def. L. Davis 6-0, 6-3

WTA International Shenzhen : T. Bacsinszky (8) def. P. Kvitova (2) 6-4, 6-4
S. Halep (1) def. S. Zheng 6-2, 6-3

ATP 250 Doha : Another big surprise in Qatar : after Nadal, also world' s N° 1 Novak Djokovic is already out of the tournament, defeated
in quarter-finals 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-4 by Ivo Karlovic (7), in a match where Nole never seemed in control, mainly because of the great service
of the Croatian player.
Also qualified for semifinals David Ferrer (4), who defeated Dustin Brown 6-2, 6-2 and tomorrow will face Karlovic, Thomas Berdych (3), who defeated Richard Gasquet (6) 6-2, 6-1 and tomorrow will play with Andreas Seppi, who defeated Ivan Dodig 7-5, 6-4.

ATP 250 Brisbane : The quarter-finals in Australia will be : R. Federer (1) vs J. Duckworth, G. Dimitrov (4) vs M. Klizan,
S. Groth vs M. Raonic (3) and B. Tomic vs K. Nishikori (2).

ATP 250 Chennai : In India the quarter-finals will be : S. Wawrinka (1) vs G. Muller (8), D. Goffin (4) vs A. Haider-Maurer,
Y-H. Lu (6) vs R. Bautista-Agut (3) and G. Garcia-Lopez (5) vs A. Bedene.

WTA Premier Brisbane : In Australia the semifinals will be : M. Sharapova (1) (6-1, 6-3 with C. Suarez-Navarro (7)) vs E. Svitolina (4-6, 7-5, 6-3 with A. Kerber (3)) and A. Ivanovic (2) (4-6, 6-4, 6-3 with K. Kanepi) vs V. Lepchenko (7-5, 7-5 with A. Kudryavtseva).

WTA International Auckland : In New Zealand the semifinals will be : C. Wozniacki (1) (6-4, 6-4 with J. Goerges) vs B. Zahlavova-Strycova (4) (6-4, 7-5 with C. Vandeweghe (7)) and V. Williams (3) (6-2, 6-4 with E. Vesnina) vs L. Davis (2-6, 6-2, 6-1 with U. Radwanska).

WTA International Shenzhen : In China the semifinals will be : S. Halep (1) (6-3, 6-3 with A. Krunic) vs S. Zheng (3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 with Z. Diyas (4)) and T. Bacsinszky (8) (3-2 ret. with V. Zvonareva) vs P. Kvitova (2) (7-5, 6-4 with T. Smitkova).

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ATP 250 Doha : Big surprise in the first round : Rafael Nadal, N° 2 of the seeding and defending champion, was defeated
by the German qualifier Michael Berrer (N° 127 ATP) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in his first official match after the appendicitis operation last November.
After dominating in the first set, Nadal lost his serve on 1-2 in second and in the first game of third set, failing three break-points in the last game
of the match; no problems for the N° 1 Novak Djokovic (6-2, 6-1 with Dusan Lajovic) and the N° 3 Tomas Berdych (6-1, 6-4 with Denis
Istomin), while the N° 4 David Ferrer had to fight with Thiemo De Bakker, winning 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3.

RANKINGS AT JANUARY 5TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 11.360 points
2. Roger Federer SUI 9.625 points
3. Rafael Nadal ESP 6.585 points
4. Stanislas Wawrinka SUI 5.120 points
5. Kei Nishikori JPN 5.025 points
6. Andy Murray GBR 4.675 points
7. Tomas Berdych CZE 4.600 points
8. Milos Raonic CAN 4.440 points
9. Marin Cilic CRO 4.150 points
10. David Ferrer ESP 4.045 points
11. Grigor Dimitrov BUL 3.645 points
12. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 2.740 points
13. Ernests Gulbis LAT 2.455 points
14. Feliciano Lopez ESP 2.130 points
15. Roberto Bautista-Agut ESP 2.110 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Serena Williams USA 8.016 points
2. Maria Sharapova RUS 6.865 points
3. Simona Halep ROU 6.292 points
4. Petra Kvitova CZE 5.966 points
5. Agnieszka Radwanska POL 4.810 points
6. Eugenie Bouchard CAN 4.715 points
7. Ana Ivanovic SRB 4.640 points
8. Caroline Wozniacki DEN 4.625 points
9. Angelique Kerber GER 3.480 points
10. Ekaterina Makarova RUS 2.970 points
11. Dominika Cibulkova SVK 2.953 points
12. Flavia Pennetta ITA 2.861 points
13. Andrea Petkovic GER 2.780 points
14. Sara Errani ITA 2.775 points
15. Lucie Safarova CZE 2.675 points