Archive for category: Japan Open
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Stosur against Bartoli in Japan Open final
Samantha Stosur of Australia and Marion Bartoli of France set up a final encounter at the Japan Open. The US Open champion Stosur had to fight hard for her victory in the semis as she defeated China’s Zheng Jie 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3. The Australian will be aiming to win [...] -
Stosur and Bartoli into Japan Open SFs
US Open champion Samantha Stosur moved into the Japan Open semifinals as she overcame Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-2, 6-3. The Australian Stosur will now face either Petra Cetkovska or Jie Zheng. In the other quarterfinal, the second seed Marion Bartoli of France comfortably beat Ayumi Morita of Japan [...] -
Stosur and Bartoli into Japan Open QFs
US Open champion Samantha Stosur of Australia reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open, defeating Misaki Doi of Japan 6-2, 6-4. She will now play seventh seed Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa for a place in the semis. Marion Bartoli of Italy beat the American Vania King 6-1, 6-2 to [...] -
Kerber and Cetkovska move into Japan Open QFs
German Angelique Kerber got through to the Japan Open quarterfinals as she defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarusia 6-1, 6-3. Kerber will now meet the defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in the quarters. Petra Cetkovska of Czech Republic secured herself the quarterfinal spot by beating the qualifier Eirka Sema of Japan 6-0, [...] -
Bartoli through,McHale loses to Tanasugarn at the Japan Open
Eight seed Christina McHale of the United States lost her first round match at the Japan Open against the defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand. World no.11 Marion Bartoli of Italy is through to the second round after beating Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-2, 6-2. Other 1st round results: Misaki [...] -
Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...] -
Cermak-Polasek move into Tokyo SFs
Frantisek Cermak of Czech Republic and Filip Polasek of Slovakia got through to the Tokyo Open semifinals after defeating the Spanish duo Ferrer/Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. They will next play the Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, who eliminated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 7-6 (5), [...] -
Fish eliminates Tomic in Tokyo and will face Nadal in SF
American Mardy Fish set up a semifinal encounter against Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open when he outsted the Australian Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinal, beating him 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. The breaking point in the match was the 9th game in the second set, when Fish broke Tomic’s serve, [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Nadal beats Raonic in Tokyo and cruises into quarters
Top seed Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to defending his title at the Japan Open as he eliminated Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 6-3. This is Nadal’s first tournament since helping Spain to reach the Davis Cup final. Raonic came back to the men’s tour after his hip injury [...] -
Murray fights back to beat Baghdatis at Japan Open
British number 1 Andy Murray survived a scare to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a break down in the third set and has now won 17 of his last 18 matches. He was [...]
