Richard Gasquet attended a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide whether he must serve a longer ban....
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Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub.The World Anti-Doping Agency and International Tennis Federation have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland to ban him for one to two years.Gasquet failed a drug test after pulling out injured from a tournament in Florida in March and was suspended....
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World No. 3 Novak Djokovic whitewashed Czech Jan Hernych 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors.Djokovic, attempting to win his fourth ATP tournament of the season, was almost apologetic after needing only 52 minutes to dispatch the World No. 59.Stanislas Wawrinka bt Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Richard Gasquet bt John Isner 4-6, 7-6(9), 6-2; Marin Cilic bt Viktor Troicki...
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breezed into the Swiss Indoors semi-finals on Friday but the home crowd's hopes of an all-Swiss final were dashed when Novak Djokovic [Federer overcame Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 and will face unseeded compatriot Marco Chiudinelli, a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Frenchman Richard Gasquet, in Saturday's semi-final.Wawrinka, the other home quarter-finalist, won the first set against the world number three and was...
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Friendship will be on the back burner when Roger Federer faces childhood mate Marco Chiudinelli in a battle of Basle boys for a place in the final of the Swiss Indoors.Top seed Federer has won the last three editions of his home event, claiming his 18th straight victory at the tournament with a 55-minute win over Russian Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 Friday.Number 73 Chiudinelli, who will be playing the...
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Friendship will be on the back burner when Roger Federer faces childhood mate Marco Chiudinelli in a battle of Basle boys for a place in the final of the Swiss Indoors.Top seed Federer has won the last three editions of his home event, claiming his 18th straight victory at the tournament with a 55-minute win over Russian Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 Friday.Number 73 Chiudinelli, who will be playing the...
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Radek Stepanek stunned Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors here on Friday.Stepanek, playing in Basel for the first time, won in two hours, overcoming 10 aces from Cilic and breaking on all four opportunities that came his way.Stanislas Wawrinka bt Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Richard Gasquet bt John Isner 4-6, 7-6(9), 6-2; Cilic bt Viktor Troicki 7-6(7), 6-7(8), 7-6(6).Andy...
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World No. 1 Roger Federer breezed into the Swiss Indoors semifinals on Friday but the home crowd’s hopes of an all-Swiss final were dashed when Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Stanislas Wawrinka.Federer overcame Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 and will face unseeded compatriot Marco Chiudinelli, a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Frenchman Richard Gasquet, in Saturday’s semifinal.Wawrinka, the other home quarterfinalist,...
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Britons Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski won their second ATP World Tour title, beating Richard Gasquet and Jeremy Chardy in the St Petersburg Open final.Scot Fleming and Liverpudlian Skupski are expected to represent GB in their Davis Cup tie against Lithuania.They have had a fine season, winning their debut main tour title in Metz in September and climbing towards the world's top 50 in ATP doubles rankings.On...
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whitewashed hapless Czech Jan Hernych 6-0, 6-0 in Basel on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.Djokovic, attempting to win his fourth ATP tournament of the season, was almost apologetic after needing only 52 minutes to dispatch the world number 59."It's hard to talk about a 6-0 6-0 result," said Djokovic. "The win is what counts. He didn't play very well today, actually, he made...
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