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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Becker, Dorsch advance in singles

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Baylor teammates and NCAA champions Benjamin Becker and Benedikt Dorsch took different roads to the second round of the $50,000 Price Leblanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic.

While the top-seeded Becker made quick work of Gary Lugassy, 6-1, 6-1, for the second straight week, Dorsch survived two tiebreakers and three sets to knock off wild-card entry Ryan Sweeting, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), on Monday.

After a day off, Dorsch will draw third-seeded Igor Kunitsyn, and Becker will face the winner of a match today between qualifier Martin Fischer and lucky-loser entry Izak van der Merwe.


http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/04/22/04222008wacbuextennis.html


Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Benni wears Prada for Ocean Drive

The Fashion & Style section of the April Ocean Drive magazine issue features Benjamin Becker in Prada suit and Mark Jacobs tie, among four other tennis stars. Benni reveals a few of his thoughts on the fashion in tennis and his preferences in casual off-court clothing. Becker proves to be one of the Florida magazine’s favorite tennis guests as they catch him every time he comes to play the Sony Ericsson Open. Please visit www.oceandrive.com to see Benjamin’s artistic shot and comments.



Monday, April 14, 2008
Becker advances in Puerto Rico

HUMACAO, Puerto Rico — Former Baylor all-American Benjamin Becker, seeded third and ranked 101st in the world, advanced to the second round of the $50,000 Puerto Rico Men’s Challenger.

Becker came back from a one-set deficit to knock off wild-card entry Nicolas Todero, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, on Wednesday and faced Ivan Miranda in the featured match late Thursday.

In a first-round doubles match, Becker and former Baylor teammate Benedikt Dorsch lost to Lester Cook and Kevin Kim, 7-5, 2-6, 10-8.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/04/11/04112008wacbecker.html



Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Haas ousted by Becker
Defending champion Tommy Haas was ousted by German compatriot Benjamin Becker 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the second round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships on Wednesday.


Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Watch Benjamin Becker live onlie at the SAP Open
the SAP open will have a live webcast you can find it here http://www.sapopentennis.com/schedule/tvschedule.asp


Saturday, February 09, 2008
German tennis player Benjamin Becker gestures during his mens singles match























German tennis player Benjamin Becker gestures during his mens singles match against Serbian Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, 15 January 2008. Djokovic leads by two sets to none as the match continues.

Photo credit: GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images


Monday, January 14, 2008
Becker draws No. 3 seed in Australia
Former Baylor all-American Benjamin Becker has his work cut out for him after drawing third-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the first round of the Australian Open, which starts Sunday in Sydney.

Becker, ranked 81st in the world, reached the quarterfinals of a season-opening tournament last week in Adelaide, Australia.

Benedikt Dorsch, another Baylor ex, lost to Adam Feeney of Australia, 7-6 (0), 6-2, in the first round of the Australian qualifier.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/01/12/01122008wactennis.html


 

 

 

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