Home>News Center>Sports
         
 

Safin withdraws from China Open
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-19 08:48

BEIJING (Reuters) - Defending champion Marat Safin will miss next month's China Open after missing the entry deadline, organizers said on Thursday.

Russia's Marat Safin serves to Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty during their third round match of the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament in Cincinnati August 18, 2005. Safin won 6-0 6-3.
Russia's Marat Safin serves to Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty during their third round match of the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament in Cincinnati August 18, 2005. Safin won 6-0 6-3. [Reuters]
French Open winner Rafael Nadal heads a quality field at the $1.1 million tournament in Beijing.

Fellow Spaniards Carlos Moya and Juan Carlos Ferrero will also appear along with Argentine Guillermo Coria. The men's event takes place from September 12 to 19, immediately after the U.S. Open.

The women's tournament begins the week after and involves five of the world's top 10 players.

World number one Lindsay Davenport, Russians Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, as well as Serena and Venus Williams are all scheduled to take part.

Serena won the inaugural tournament last year.



Bao Chunlai advances at IBF Badminton worlds
Man U beat Everton 2-0
IAAF World Athletics Championships
 
  Today's Top News     Top Sports News
 

Most firms pass SOEs' performance appraisal

 

   
 

2nd phase of "Peace Mission 2005" starts

 

   
 

Selection rules set for pandas to Taiwan

 

   
 

Congratulations on KMT party congress

 

   
 

China on dengue fever alert after HK case

 

   
 

Khamenei: Iran won't stop nuke enrichment

 

   
  Teen Tian saddles up for China
   
  Liu Xiang wins silver again
   
  Safin withdraws from China Open
   
  Gatlin aiming for world domination
   
  Mourning plans to return to NBA Heat next season
   
  Ferrari can still count on me, says Barrichello
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Advertisement