Sports Briefing | tennis: Top Seed Upset at Swiss Open
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GaÃ«l Monfils of France upset top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, yesterday in the first round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad. Monfils and Davydenko were tied at 5-5 in the third set Tuesday when rain forced the match to be suspended.Also, Stefan Koubek of Austria defeated second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, 6-4, 6-3, and third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France defeated Ruben RamÃ­rez Hidalgo of Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
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Tim Henman was defeated in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basle last night by the Czech, Jiri Novak. The British No 1 must now pick up ranking points at the Paris Masters to ensure qualification
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Defending champion Nicolas Massu was upset by Filippo Volandri 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.
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Top-seeded Roger Federer made it to the U.S. Open quarterfinals when Andrei Pavel pulled out with a herniated disc in his lower back. Tim Henman also advanced today.
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Top-seeded Nicolas Massu was upset by Agustin Calleri of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Lyon Open.
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Justine Henin advanced to the Zurich Open semifinals by defeating Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 6-2. Henin will play Nicole Vaidisova, who defeated Alona Bondarenko, 6-1, 6-4. Francesca Schiavone and Tatiana Golovin will meet in the other semifinal.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Roger Federer found himself in danger of a rare second successive defeat on Tuesday before recovering to beat Germany's Michael Berrer 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the opening round of the Swiss Indoors.
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Tim Henman loses 7-6 7-5 to Jiri Novak in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basle.
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MADRID (Spain): Hard-serving Ivan Ljubicic upset top-seeded but error prone Tim Henman of Britain 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on Thursday in the Â£2.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer lost to No. 3 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the Australian Open semifinals.
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Roger Federer was the only one who saw it coming. Too much tennis, too little time off. The world's top player knew it was the perfect combination for a long-awaited upset, one that a disbelieving British teenager pulled off Wednesday.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Tim Henman won his opening  match at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with little  difficulty Wednesday, beating Frenchman Antony Dupuis 6-3, 6-4.
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Top seed Rafael Nadal loses to Nicolas Mahut in the quarter-finals of the Artois Championships.
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Roger Federer was sent spinning to a stunning defeat as Czech 18-year-old Tomas Berdych produced the most incredible upset that this Olympic tennis tournament will see.
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France's surprise Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a disappointing return to France on Wednesday as he was beaten 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in straight sets by Croatian Mario Ancic in the first round of the Marseille Open.
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World number one Roger Federer of Switzerland crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday when he lost to unseeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
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Third-seeded Rainer Schuettler was upset by Oliver Patience of France 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Chennai Open, which started as scheduled Monday despite the tsunami-earthquake catastrophe that claimed several hundred lives on the city's coastline.