Japanese Miki Miyamura lifts double crown at MSLTA-ITF Pune Futures
17 October 2009
PUNE: Fourth seeded Miki Miyamura won a coveted double crown, winning the ladies singles title in the final of the $10000 MSLTA-AITA Women's ITF Tennis tournament at Balewadi Sports Complex on Saturday.
World No 547 Miyamura of Japan completely outplayed the world No 730 Elodie Rogge;Dietrich 6-3, 6-3 in 1hr and 8 minutes to win her second title in two days. The Japanese teenager had lifted the doubles title on Friday along with countrymate Moe Kawatoko.
“This is my second ITF singles title. I had won a women's $10,000 event in Japan in June last year. The second one came after quite some time, but I am happy to win it here,” Miyamura said after the final.
Miyamura broke the French girl in the eighth game of the first set to win it 6-3. Second saw as many as four breaks of serves, which involved long rallies, with the Japanese finishing on top on most of the occassions. Miyamura broke for a 3-2 lead, but failed to hold her serve in very next game. Miya,ura then broke Rogge-Dietrich in the 7th and the 9th game and to secure her first win overseas. Miyamura received 12 WTA ranking points and prize money of $1568, while Elodie received 8 points and prize money of $980.
Morigami Retires
16 Oct 2009
 OSAKA, Japan - Just two weeks after one of Japan's best players called it a career another one has done the same, as Akiko Morigami , winner of one singles title and one doubles title on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and many times a tough test for the world's best, announced her retirement.
Citing an ongoing knee problem that has kept her from practicing and playing at her full potential, the 29-year-old - who was born in Osaka but lives in Tokyo - played her last Tour event at the HP Open this week in her birthtown.
Morigami won her first match against Anastasia Rodionova but was outdone in the second round by Samantha Stosur . She was given flowers by the tournament and many of her friends came to watch, including Sayako Hirano, one of Japan's top table tennis players, who had never seen live tennis.
Morigami will play the Japanese National Championships in November to finish her tennis career: "I've never won a national title. I'm really determined to win."
Morigami, who played with two hands on both sides, won her lone singles title on the Tour at Prague in the spring of 2007, defeating another two-handed player, Marion Bartoli, in the final. Apart from that she enjoyed almost all of her success on hardcourts, including her other two finals, both in Cincinnati (in 2005 and 2007). She finished in the Top 100 five straight years (2003 to 2007).
Although she only made it as high as No.41 herself, Morigami was always a rough customer for the top players, with seven Top 20 wins in her career. Again, while most of those moments came on fast surfaces, the biggest win - her only Top 10 win - came on clay, more specifically the terre battue of Roland Garros in 2006, where she beat then-No.3 Nadia Petrova - who was riding a 15-match win streak - in a stunning upset, 62 62, in the first round.
Perhaps her most famous match ended in defeat, as she built a 5-3 third set lead against Venus Williams in the third round of Wimbledon in 2007 before succumbing, 62 36 75. Williams went on to win the tournament.
Morigami won her lone doubles title on the Tour at Memphis in 2003 with fellow Japanese Saori Obata. She also played Fed Cup for Japan seven straight years (2002 to 2008) and was on the Olympic team in 2004.
2009 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas - Latest Updates
7 Sept 2009
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated CROATIA 4-1
Venue: Sportska Dvorana “Zatika”, Porec, CRO (clay - indoors)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 67(5) 76(5) 76(6) 67(2) 1614
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) 63 63 36 46 63
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Marin Cilic/Lovro Zovko (CRO) 61 63 64
Jan Hajek (CZE) d. Roko Karanusic (CRO) 76(4) 64
Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 63 64
SPAIN defeated ISRAEL 4-1
Venue: Polaris World la Torre Golf Resort, Torre Pacheco, Murcia, ESP (clay - outdoors)
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Harel Levy (ISR) 61 64 63
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 64 62 60
Tommy Robredo/Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d. Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) 76(6) 67(7) 64 62
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Andy Ram (ISR) 63 61
Harel Levy (ISR) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 75 62
WORLD GROUP SEMIFINALS
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated CROATIA 4-1
Venue: Sportska Dvorana “Zatika”, Porec, CRO (clay - indoors)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 67(5) 76(5) 76(6) 67(2) 1614
Tomas Berdych (CZE) d. Marin Cilic (CRO) 63 63 36 46 63
Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek (CZE) d. Marin Cilic/Lovro Zovko (CRO) 61 63 64
Jan Hajek (CZE) d. Roko Karanusic (CRO) 76(4) 64
Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 63 64
SPAIN defeated ISRAEL 4-1
Venue: Polaris World la Torre Golf Resort, Torre Pacheco, Murcia, ESP (clay - outdoors)
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Harel Levy (ISR) 61 64 63
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 64 62 60
Tommy Robredo/Feliciano Lopez (ESP) d. Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (ISR) 76(6) 67(7) 64 62
David Ferrer (ESP) d. Andy Ram (ISR) 63 61
Harel Levy (ISR) d. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 75 62
WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFFS
CHILE leads AUSTRIA 2-1
Venue: Medialuna Monumental of Rancagua, Rancagua, CHI (clay – outdoors)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) d. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 46 64 64 63
Paul Capdeville (CHI) d. Stefan Koubek (AUT) 64 64 36 16 64
Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Paul Capdeville/Nicolas Massu (CHI) 62 64 63
Paul Capdeville (CHI) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Nicolas Massu (CHI) v Stefan Koubek (AUT)
BELGIUM defeated UKRAINE 3-2
Venue: Spiroudome de Charleroi, Charleroi, BEL (clay – indoors)
Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 63 64 36 62
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 62 63 64
Sergei Bubka/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Xavier Malisse/Olivier Rochus (BEL) 76(5) 36 64 76(4)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Xavier Malisse (BEL) 63 36 06 61 63
Steve Darcis (BEL) d. Sergei Bubka (UKR) 62 61 60
ECUADOR leads BRAZIL 2-1
Venue: Ginasio Gigantinho, Porto Alegre, BRA (clay – indoors)
Marcos Daniel (BRA) d. Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) 76(3) 36 76(4) 62
Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d. Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 76(2) 64 75
Giovanni Lapentti/Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) d. Marcelo Melo/Andre Sa (BRA) 36 63 64 46 64
Marcos Daniel (BRA) v Nicolas Lapentti (ECU)
Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
FRANCE defeated NETHERLANDS 4-1
Venue: MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, NED (clay – indoors)
Thiemo de Bakker (NED) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) 63 57 63 64
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 76(2) 62 76(3)
Michael Llodra/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d. Thiemo de Bakker/Igor Sijsling (NED) 63 36 76(2) 64
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) d, Thiemo de Bakker (NED) 76(5) 62 36 76(4)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) d. Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 63 62
INDIA defeated SOUTH AFRICA 4-1
Venue: Ellis Park Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, RSA (hard – indoors)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Izak van der Merwe (RSA) 76(5) 63 64
Rohan Bopanna (IND) d. Rik de Voest (RSA) 26 64 62 64
Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (RSA) d. Mahesh Bhupathi/Rohan Bopanna (IND) 63 36 40 ret. (Bhupathi right groin injury)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) d. Rik de Voest (RSA) 36 67(3) 76(5) 62 64
Yuki Bhambri (IND) d. Izak van der Merwe (RSA) 36 63 64
SERBIA defeated UZBEKISTAN 5-0
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) d. Denis Istomin (UZB) 62 57 61 64
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 64 36 63 46 62
Janko Tipsarevic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. Farrukh Dustov/ Denis Istomin (UZB) 62 63 62
Viktor Troicki (SRB) d. Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 46 64 63
Ilia Bozoljac (SRB) d. Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 61 64
SWEDEN defeated ROMANIA 3-2
Venue: Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg, SWE (hard – indoors)
Victor Hanescu (ROU) d. Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) 76(5) 76(10) ret. (sprained ankle)
Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Victor Crivoi (ROU) 62 61 75
Robert Lindstedt/Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Victor Hanescu/Horia Tecau (ROU) 61 76(7) 76(5)
Robin Soderling (SWE) d. Victor Hanescu (ROU) 75 61 60
Marius Copil (ROU) d. Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) 46 ret. (ankle injury)
SWITZERLAND defeated ITALY 3-2
Venue: Centro Sportivo "Valletta Cambiaso", Genoa, ITA (clay – outdoors)
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) d. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 64 61 62
Roger Federer (SUI) d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 63 64 61
Simone Bolelli/Potito Starace (ITA) d. Marco Chiudinelli/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 62 64 76(3)
Roger Federer (SUI) d. Potito Starace (ITA) 63 60 64
Fabio Fognini (ITA) d. Michael Lammer (SUI) 75 76(4)
Belgium, France, India, Serbia, Sweden and Switzerland qualify for 2010 World Group
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I THIRD ROUND PLAY-OFFS
CHINA, P.R. defeated THAILAND 4-1
Venue: Jiaxing International Tennis Center, Jiaxing, CHN (hard – indoors)
Shao-Xuan Zeng (CHN) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 57 61 62 64
Danai Udomchoke (THA) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 63 62
Shao-Xuan Zeng/Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 26 46 64 75 62
Shao-Xuan Zeng (CHN) d. Danai Udomchoke (THA) 26 64 36 61 64
Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 75 36 63
Thailand relegated to Group II in 2010.
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FINAL
PHILIPPINES defeated NEW ZEALAND 4-1
Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, PHI (clay – indoors)
Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) d. Daniel King-Turner (NZL) 64 67(5) 60 ret. (cramping)
Cecil Mamiit (PHI) d. Jose Statham (NZL) 64 75 62
Treat Conrad Huey/Cecil Mamiit (PHI) d GD Jones/Mikal Statham (NZL) 76(4) 63 75
Johnny Arcilla (PHI) v Mikal Statham (NZL) 63 26 64
Jose Statham (NZL) d. Vicente Elberto Anasta (PHI) 61 75
Philippines promoted to Group I in 2010.
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP I THIRD ROUND PLAY-OFFS
CHINA, P.R. defeated THAILAND 4-1
Venue: Jiaxing International Tennis Center, Jiaxing, CHN (hard – indoors)
Shao-Xuan Zeng (CHN) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 57 61 62 64
Danai Udomchoke (THA) d. Ze Zhang (CHN) 63 63 62
Shao-Xuan Zeng/Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA) 26 46 64 75 62
Shao-Xuan Zeng (CHN) d. Danai Udomchoke (THA) 26 64 36 61 64
Mao-Xin Gong (CHN) d. Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) 75 36 63
Thailand relegated to Group II in 2010.
ASIA/OCEANIA ZONE GROUP II FINAL
PHILIPPINES defeated NEW ZEALAND 4-1
Venue: Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, PHI (clay – indoors)
Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) d. Daniel King-Turner (NZL) 64 67(5) 60 ret. (cramping)
Cecil Mamiit (PHI) d. Jose Statham (NZL) 64 75 62
Treat Conrad Huey/Cecil Mamiit (PHI) d GD Jones/Mikal Statham (NZL) 76(4) 63 75
Johnny Arcilla (PHI) v Mikal Statham (NZL) 63 26 64
Jose Statham (NZL) d. Vicente Elberto Anasta (PHI) 61 75
Philippines promoted to Group I in 2010.
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