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PARIS - The American pairing of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy won their first doubles title together by beating Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Open Gaz de France on Sunday.
Tradition won the day on Sunday when the French tennis federation decided to keep the French Open at a renovated Roland Garros and rejected plans to move the tournament to the Paris suburbs from 2016.
Caroline Wozniacki’s rivalry with Kim Clijsters will see the young Dane take back the world number one ranking from the US Open champion if she can manage a good run at the Dubai Open starting on Monday.
Defending champion Fernando Verdasco ended Juan Martin del Potro’s hopes of reaching a first final following a long injury layoff with a 6-4 6-4 victory in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open on Saturday.
DUBAI – Tennis fever has hit Dubai as many of the world’s top tennis stars have flown into the Emirate to take part in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Top seed and defending champion Fernando Verdasco of Spain breezed into the second round of a $600,000 ATP hardcourt tournament on Wednesday.
Jelena Jankovic will be hoping to kick-start her season when she joins eight of the top 10 women competing in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships next week.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands set up a second-round meeting with Maria Sharapova at the Paris Open with a blistering 6-0 6-3 win over Carla Suarez Navarro on Tuesday.
Australian Open semi-finalist David Ferrer failed to get past the first round at the World Indoor Tournament after being surprisingly swept aside 6-3 6-4 by unseeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen on Tuesday.
