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Groupings made for Shanghai Masters Cup
(China Daily/Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-10 06:15
LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - World number one and defending champion Roger
Federer was drawn against Guillermo Coria, Ivan Ljubicic and David Nalbandian in
the group stages of the $4.45 million Tennis Masters Cup.
Kim Clijsters of Belgium (L) congratulates
Mary Pierce of France during the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles
November 8, 2005. [Reuters] | The quartet were
placed in the Red Group for the November 13-20 season-ending extravaganza.
The Gold Group features Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Nikolay Davydenko and
Gaston Gaudio.
The top two in each group will advance to the semi-finals of the event to be
staged in Shanghai's Qi Zhong Stadium.
Pierce downs tired Clijsters
LOS ANGELES: Kim Clijsters's bid to cap her stellar 2005 with the WTA Tour
Championship crown - and perhaps a world No 1 ranking - suffered a blow on
Tuesday with a three-set loss to France's Mary Pierce.
Pierce avenged her US Open final defeat at the hands of Clijsters with a 6-1,
4-6, 7-6 (7/2) triumph in the opening match of the elite season-ending event.
It remains to be seen if the defeat is a real road block, or just a speed
bump in Clijsters's path as she vies to become the first player to move from
outside the top 100 to No. 1 within the same season.
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