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Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Dubai Championships title, beating Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 yesterday in a rain-delayed final in the United Arab Emirates.

Leading 7-5, 2-0 before rain suspended play on Saturday, the second-seeded Serb won his 17th career title in a match lasting 3 hours, 21 minutes. . . .

Ernests Gulbis became the first Latvian to win an ATP Tour title when he upset second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 at the Delray Beach International Championships in Florida.
Alisa Kleybanova won her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, beating top-seeded Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian final.

The 21-year-old Kleybanova dominated the Olympic champion, using her raw power and booming first serve to earn most of her points. . . .

Nicolas Almagro will replace the injured Juan Carlos Ferrero for Spain’s Davis Cup tie against Switzerland on March 5-7.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) — Former runner-up Novak Djokovic beat former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 Tuesday in the first-round of the U.S. Open tennis.

The fourth-seeded Djokovic, the 2008 Australian Open champion, was the 2007 U.S. Open runner-up to Roger Federer.

Former Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the second round with a 6-0, 6-2, 6-1 victory over 18-year-old American Chase Buchanan.

Spaniard Fernando Verdasco beat German Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-4, 7-5; Czech Tomas Berdych beat American Wayne Odesnik 7-5, 6-4, 6-4; and Serb Viktor Troicki defeated Australian Peter Luczak 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-1.

In a Day 2 upset, 26-year-old Jesse Witten beat Russian Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.

The first round will conclude Wednesday, including matches for third-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal, sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina and former world No. 1 Marat Safin of Russia. Nadal is the reigning Australian Open champion and owns six major titles. Safin won the U.S. Open in 2000.

Novak sets up a quarterfinal with Roddick!

Reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is through to the quarterfinals with a win over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in four sets, 6:1 7:6(1) 6:7(5) 6:2, in 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Djokovic needed only 25 minutes to take the first set 6:1.

Baghdatis played much better in the second set. After saving three break points in the opening game, he broke Novak’s service in the next, and then held to increase his lead to 3:0. Djokovic used his fourth break point in the seventh game to come back into the set. Both players held their services and the set went to a tie-breaker. Nole won it 7-1, making four mini breaks, while Marcos made only one.

Both Djokovic and Baghdatis had chances for break in the third set, but it was decided in tie-break. This time Marcos was better. He hit some fantastic shots, made less errors and won it 7-5.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga avoided a Masters Cup whitewash as he came from a set down to beat world No 3 Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 in Shanghai.

The Frenchman, who had lost his first two matches in the season-ending tournament, looked on his way to a third defeat when Djokovic, who had already qualified for the semi-final, won the first set in 25 minutes.

However, Tsonga fought back and broke Djokovic at 6-5 in the second set to square the match, after the Serbian had sent a forehand long on set point.

In the decider, Tsonga grabbed an early break to take a 3-0 lead before another quickly followed as he wrapped up the third set 6-1 to seal an emphatic comeback.

Tsonga was pleased with his victory. “He was better than me in the first two sets, but I took the second one. It was daylight robbery!” Tsonga said. “And then for him maybe it was difficult to stay concentrated because he’s qualified and he has to think about the next match.”

Djokovic, the Australian Open champion who beat Tsonga in the Melbourne Park final, will be joined in the semi-finals by Nikolay Davydenko after the Russian thrashed Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets.

The world No 5 broke the 20-year-old del Potro twice in each set to win 6-3, 6-2 in 86 minutes.

Davydenko takes second place in Gold Group behind Djokovic, while del Potro can look forward to next week’s Davis Cup final against Spain.

“I feel great. I thought I had a chance to beat Djokovic but I didn’t, so today was my last chance to get to the semi-finals,” Davydenko said. “I saw del Potro was nervous in the first set and in the second set he lost a bit of concentration and made more mistakes.”

source: Times Online

Novak Djokovic will play at Davis Cup

Novak Djokovic among with his team: Victor Troicki, Janko Tipstarevic and Nenad Zimonjic,  left capital city of Serbia, Belgrade. They are going to Bratislava, Slovak Republic where they will fight for the place in the Davis Cup World Group.

Schedule:

Friday, 19th September (two singles), at 4pm CET
Saturday, 20th September (doubles), at 2pm CET
Sunday, 21st September (two singles), at 2pm CET.