Topic: Fabrice Santoro

Veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro announced Thursday he would compete in the Australian Open later this month making him the first player to participate in 70 Grand Slam tournaments in four decades.The 37-year-old - ranked still 68 in the world - had announced his ...

Magician Santoro produces final disappearing act

PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Fabrice Santoro brought down the curtain on a remarkable and atypical career by losing to American James Blake in the first round of the Paris Masters Sunday.The oldest player on the men's circuit, Santoro, who will turn ...

Rusty Tsonga struggles through in Lyon

LYON (Reuters) - Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed two tiebreaks to overcome American Kevin Kim 7-6 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix second round on Tuesday.The Frenchman never looked in danger of losing his serve as he fired 14 aces but ...

Tsonga beats Gasquet at windswept Japan Open

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame swirling on-court winds to beat his compatriot Richard Gasquet for a place in the quarter-finals at the Japan Open tennis tournament on Thursday.The 2008 Australian Open finalist and second seed displayed fine reflexes at the net to complete ...

France's Santoro bids farewell to Tokyo

Fabrice Santoro's first visit to Tokyo ended quickly in a three-set defeat to former world number one Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the Japan Open on Thursday.The veteran 36-year-old Frenchman, who is due to retire at the end of the ...
Former number one Marat Safin stretched his farewell tour out another day as he reached the second round of the Thailand Open Tuesday 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over German fifth seed Philipp Petzschner.Safin went a step beyond fellow November retiree Fabrice Santoro ...

Santoro edged out by Korolev at Bangkok tennis

Evgeny Korolev bid farewell to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (9/7) opening-round victory which knocked the veteran out in his final appearance at the Thailand Open on Tuesday.Seventh seed Santoro, 36, who came to the ...

Nadal rolls into second round at US Open

Six-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal made an impressive start to his quest for a first US Open title on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Frenchman Richard Gasquet.The third-seeded Spaniard fired seven aces and made only 10 unforced ...
World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco steamrolled over Chile's Paul Capdeville 6-0, 6-3 in just 49 minutes in the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.The Spaniard broke Capdeville's serve five times from 11 opportunities and surrendered just three ...
Querrey ends two-time defending champ Santoro's run in NewportSam Querrey of the United States used his big serve to upset two-time defending champ Fabrice Santoro of France, 6-3, 7-6 (2), on Saturday to reach the finals of the Hall of Fame ...