Weekend Winners

by Savannah

Maria Sharapova was handed the Championship trophy of the Pan Pacific Open by Jelena Jankovic who retired during their final with a wrist injury.

Gilles Simon proudly hoists the winners trophy he earned by winning the Thailand Open over Victor Troicki.

Nikolay Davydenko (right) holds the winners trophy for the first Malaysian Open Tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur. Fernando Verdasco was the runner up.

Rajeev Ram and Eric Butorac won the doubles crown in Bangkok

Alisa Kleybanova and Francesca Schiavone are the PPO doubles champions for 2009

Mariusz Fyrstenberg (L) and Marcin Matkowski (R) took home the doubles championship at the Malaysian Open

Simply the Best

by Savannah

Singles

Dmitry Tursunov 2009 Men's Champion Eastbourne

Caroline Wozniacki 2009 Women's Champion Eastbourne

Tamarine Tanasugarn 2009 Women's Champion Ordina Open

Benjamin Becker 2009 Men's Champion Ordina Open

Doubles

Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski Men's Doubles Champions Eastbourne

Sugiyama Ai and Akgul Amanmuradova 2009 Eastbourne Women's Doubles Champions

Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 2009 Women's Doubles Champions Ordina Open

Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman are the Men's Doubles Champions for the Ordina Open.

The Champions 9/14/2008

by Savannah

Fed Cup

The Russian team, led by Shamil Tarpishev, defeated the Spanish women in what can only be described as a comprehensive beat down. I was able to watch a few matches on WebTV and could only shake my head as the Russian team used their size advantage - the average height of the Spanish team was 5'4" - and fire power to win point after point. Congratulations to Team Russia on their victory.


The Other Winners


Gilles Simon of France hoists his third championship trophy of this year, the BCR Open Romania

Patty Schnyder of Switzerland won the championship in Bali, her first title since Cincinnati in 2005. Congratulations Patty!

Wei Hsieh-Su of Taiwan(left) and Peng Shuai of China won the doubles in Bali

In a marathon the French team of Nicolas Devilder and Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Polish top seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in an epic 7-6(4) 6-7(9) 22-20 match.

They saved a total of six match points to pull out the win. Congratulations to the French men for scoring a sweep at Bucharest.