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Federer, Djokovic to meet in Basel final (AP)

Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek returns a ball during his semifinal match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov.  7, 2009.

Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final in a bid for a fourth straight title in his hometown tournament. Federer defeated childhood friend Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (7), 6-3 in one semifinal. Earlier, Djokovic saved three match points in rallying to beat Radek Stepanek 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2.





ITF confirms 1-year ban for Wickmayer (AP) The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse. The duo was suspended by a Belgian tribunal this week for failing to report their whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times this year. The ITF said in a statement Saturday that it agreed the players had viol......


ITF president expects fine for Serena (AP) Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said. Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock is expected to give his recommendation to the Grand Slam committee, which probably will announce the sanction Monday or Tuesda......


Murray vs. Youzhny for Valencia title (AP)

NIkolay Davydenko from Russia, serves the ball during the semi final match at ATP 500 World Tour Valencia Open tennis tournament  against Mikhail Youzhny, from Russia, at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias complex in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Youzhny won by  3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Top-seeded Andy Murray held off fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the Valencia Open final against Mikhail Youzhny on Saturday. Unseeded Youzhny defeated second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in an all-Russian semifinal. Murray, playing in his first tournament after a six-week layoff because of an injured wrist, will go ......




Italy grabs 2-0 lead over US in Fed Cup (AP)

From left to right, USA's Liezel Huber, Alexa Glatch, Vania King, Melanie Oudin, team captain Maria Joe Fernandez, and Italy's captain Corrado Barazzutti, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci pose ahead of the Fed Cup tennis final between Italy and the United States, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin lost in straight sets Saturday to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final. Glatch lost to Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-1, and Francesca Schiavone rallied after a two-hour rain delay to defeat Oudin 7-6 (2), 6-2 on the outdoor red clay court at the Rocco Polimeni club.





Bartoli, Rezai advance to Nusa Dua final (AP) Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai had straight-set victories on Saturday to line up an all-French final at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions. Bartoli beat Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm, 6-1, 6-3 in an 85-minute match. Date-Krumm, who was seeded 12th, had reached the semifinals after Yanina Wickmayer withdrew because of a one-y......


Gasquet faces doping hearing next week (AP) Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub. The World Anti-Doping Agency and International Tennis Federation have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland to ban him for one to two years. Gasquet failed a drug test after pulling out injur......


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