Monday, July 27, 2009

[tennis] Davydenko, Ginepri Win in Hamburg and Indianapolis

Russian Nikolay Davydenko won his first title in over a year by defeating Paul-Henry Mathieu 6-4,6-2 in the final of the International German Open. The win keeps the world no 12 in contention for the year end ATP Tour Final, previously known as Sanghai Masters.
While in Indianapolis Robby Ginepri defeated 3rd seed Sam Querry 6-2,6-4 in the all American final on Sunday. This is the third ATP tour title for the American. For Querry it was second consecuive lose in final as he lost to Rajeev Ram in the New Port two weeks ago.
The losers in the finals were the biggest gainers in the ranking list coming out this week. Sam Querry jumped 5 places to 32 while Paul-Henry Mathieu jumped 11 places to 28.

Indian top ranked player Somdev Dev Varman slipped 25 places to 152 after the new rankings came out.

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