07 August 2006

Titles for Sharapova, Davydenko & Clement

This weekend Sharapova, Davydenko and Clement all won titles at San Diego, Sopot and Washington respectively.Russian player Maria Sharapova beat Belgian Kim Clijsters, who played with pains in the back, by a scoreline of 7/5 7/5. In her first victory of the summer season in the United States, Sharapova beat the present number two of the world for the first time in five confrontations.



Russian María Sharapova winning the San Diego tournament



For the ATP, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, took the Sopot title in Poland after defeating German Florian Mayer in the final, 7/6 (6) 5/7 6/4.





Nikolay Davydenko










Finally, an inspired Arnaud Clement of France beat British tennis player Andy Murray 7-6 6-2 in the final of Washington.





Arnaud Clement







This week the WTA tour travels of JPMorgan Chase Open and Nordea Nordic Light Open in California and Stockholm and to the Rogers Masters Cup, in Toronto, Canada for the ATP tour.