Novak wins Japan Open title
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Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic won the Japan Open tennis title with a 5-7 6-1 6-3 victory over American Taylor Dent at Ariake Colosseum on Sunday.
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Jiri Novak toppled fourth-seeded David Nalbandian in an emotional five-set final at the Swiss Indoors, winning the first indoor title of his career.
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Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori stunned American top seed James Blake 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the ATP title here.
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TOKYO - Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic outlasted American Taylor Dent in the men&#39;s singles final to win the Japan Open tennis title with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 victory on Sunday.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer coasted to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Britain's Tim Henman on Sunday to capture his first Japan Open title.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  trounced Marta Domachowska 6-1 6-1 to win the Korea Open on  Sunday.
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Michael Schumacher won his 13th race of the season and first since August when he returned to his dominating form and captured the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova retained her Japan Open title with an easy victory over American Mashona Washington in Saturday&#39;s final.
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LONDON - Tiger Woods has closed the gap on world No. 1 Vijay Singh by winning his first stroke-play title of the year at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Japan on Sunday.
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Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt has defeated France&#39;s Cyril Saulnier 7-5, 6-1 in the Japan Open to set up a semi-final showdown with fifth-seeded Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic, who downed Thailand&#39;s Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 6-4.
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Jiri Novak rallied from a set down against Taylor Dent to win the Japan Open men&#39;s singles final 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday. Novak, the No.
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Miyazaki - Tiger Woods shot a 3-under 67 Sunday to win the Dunlop Phoenix for his first title since February and first victory in Japan.
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Unseeded Ricardo Mello won his first ATP Tour title Sunday, beating top-seeded Vincent Spadea 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final of the Millennium International Tennis Championship.
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Top seed Marion Bartoli beat Japanese wildcard Aiko Nakamura 2-6 6-2 6-2 to win her second career title at the Japan Open on Sunday.
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TOKYO - Takao Suzuki kept Japanese hopes alive in the men&#39;s draw at the Japan Open on Wednesday after producing a hard-fought win over 15th-seeded Czech Jan Hernych to reach the third round of the $860,000 event for the fourth year running.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova overpowered Mashona Washington 6-0, 6-1 on Saturday to win the Japan Open for the second straight year.
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Japan&#39;s Makoto Tamada took advantage of an early collision and outlasted world champion Valentino Rossi to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan today.