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Third seed Gael Monfils reached his first ATP World Tour final of the season after finishing strongly in a testing clash with Spains Daniel GimenoTraver Saturday. The Frenchman dropped the second set before storming through the third set to seal a 64, 46, 60 victory in the semifinals of the MercedesCup, an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Stuttgart. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

ATP World Tour No. 5 Robin Soderling was pushed to three sets for the third match in a row Saturday as he battled past Spains David Ferrer 46, 63, 62 to move to within one victory of defending his title at the SkiStar Swedish Open, an ATP World Tour 250 claycourt tennis tournament in Bastad. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

The No. 1, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 seeds will all take the court today in a starstudded semifinal lineup at the SkiStar Swedish Open. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

For the first time since 1997 at the MercedesCup there are three Spaniards in the semifinals. Leading the way is No. 3 seed Gael Monfils of France and Spaniards No. 4 Juan Carlos Ferrero, No. 5 Albert Montanes and unseeded Daniel GimenoTraver. Ferrero is a twotime winner on the ATP World Tour this season while Montanes repeated his title effort in Estoril in May. Monfils and GimenoTraver are looki...

Italians Andres Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi will meet second seeds and Wimbledon finalists Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau in the SkiStar Swedish Open doubles final on Sunday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Fifth seed Albert Montanes produced a near flawless performance to knock out secondseeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 64, 61 in just 57 minutes on Friday for a place in the MercedesCup semifinals. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Fifth seed Tommy Robredo improved to a 277 record at the SkiStar Open after the 2006 and 2008 champion overcame his Spanish compatriot and No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco 64, 63 on Friday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

The top five seeds at the SkiStar Swedish Open have all made it through to the quarterfinals, and they will all try to take it a step further on Friday as semifinal berths are up for grabs. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Andy Roddick, Americas top mens player, has accepted a wild card into the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Roddick won the last ATP World Tour tournament in Atlanta in 2001. The Atlanta event, owned and operated by USTA Southern, will serve as the kickoff to the 2010 Olympus US Open Series. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

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Top seeds Michael Kohlmann and Jurgen Melzer scraped into the MercedesCup semifinals with a tense 75, 36, 119 win over James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin in 90 minutes. Melzer recently lifted his first Grand Slam championship title with Philipp Petzschner at Wimbledon. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

John Isner, best known for winning the longest tennis match in history at Wimbledon, will join American James Blake in the doubles draw at the Atlanta Tennis Championships. The Atlanta event, owned and operated by USTA Southern, will serve as the kickoff to the 2010 Olympus US Open Series. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Fifthseeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo, a twotime SkiStar Swedish Open titlist, recovered from a slow start to beat Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 36, 63, 62 in one hour and 46 minutes on Thursday for a quarterfinals berth. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Spaniard Daniel GimenoTraver recorded his first Top 10 win (15 lifetime) over World No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart on Thursday. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Stanislas Wawrinka has announced that he is being coached by former ATP pro Peter Lundgren. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

John Isner and Nicolas Mahut won the ESPY Award for Best RecordBreaking Performance for their marathon match at Wimbledon, beating out fellow nominees Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Brett Favre and the Connecticut Womens Basketball team. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

The last quarterfinal berths are up for grabs at the SkiStar Swedish Open on Thursday. No. 5 seed Tommy Robredo will be first up, facing Andrey Golubev in a firsttime encounter. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Top seed and World No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and No. 3 Gael Monfils of France headline Thursdays second round action at the MercedesCup. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Fernando Verdasco, ranked No. 10 on the South African Airways ATP World Tour Singles Rankings, has received the second (of four available) Wild Card berths for the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic presented by GEICO, an ATP World Tour 500 and Olympus US Open Series event. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]

Spanish top seeds Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo opened their campaign at the SkiStar Swedish Open with a comfortable 64, 61 victory over Harsh Mankad and Michal Przysiezny on Wednesday at the ATP World Tour 250 claycourt tennis tournament in Bastad. [[More Tennis News on ATPWorldTour.com]]