The Tournament of Champions concluded today in Bali, Indonesia. Arevane Rezai defeated fellow Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in the final. Bartoli in typical French fashion put up the "white flag" after the first set and retired citing a quad strain. The match score was 7-5, 0-0 (retired).
Court-rust was not a factor for Andy Murray who was coming off an injury and away from competition for 6 weeks mowed down Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3,6-2 to win the Valencia Open 500 in Valencia, Spain. The layoff looks like it might of actually recharged Murray and is now focused on next weeks Paris Masters and year end championships in London.
Roger Federer's domination of the Swiss Indoor in Basel, Switzerland is over. I think for once I actually predicted the final and winner correctly when Novak Djokovic upset Roger Federer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Djokovic frustrated the defending champion throughout the match with his strong play. Federer who was having a "bad day at the office" showed his frustrations by chirping at the chair umpire between games. Djokovic has now won 3 tournaments this season, and this is his 2nd title in the last 4 weeks.
Italy has claimed their 2nd Fed Cup title in the past 4 years defeating the United States 4-0. Yesterday Italy took a commanding 2-0 lead and entering today needed just 1 match victory out of 3 scheduled. Flavia Pennetta clinched the victory by beating Melanie Oudin in todays first match. The Italians showed even more dominance by winning the meaningless doubles match, and the last singles match of Francesca Schiavone-Alexa Glatch wasn't even played.
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