Archive for category: Jurgen Melzer
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Roddick and Melzer out of Roland Garros
26th seed American Andy Roddick bowed out of this year’s Roland Garros after losing to France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2. Former world no.1 Roddick has been struggling with his form for a while now and will surely be looking forward to the grass court season, where he managed [...] -
Melzer eliminates Lopez in the 1st round of the Madrid Open
Austrian Jurgen Melzer overcame 13th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open, beating him 3-6 7-6 (6) 6-4. There were two breaks of serve on each side throughout the whole match that lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Melzer’s head to head record [...] -
Raonic and Stepanek out of Monte Carlo Masters
Spaniard Albert Montanes booked his place in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as he defeated Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets 6-2 3-6 6-3. Raonic struggled with his serve from the very beginning of the match, Montanes getting the early break. The Spaniard managed to consolidate [...] -
Spain will face USA in Davis Cup semis
USA set up a Davis Cup semifinal encounter against the defending champions Spain as they beat France 3-2. World no.10 John Isner once again proved that he can play on any surface, defeating French no.1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (4) 5-7 6-3. The American team with dismissed Switzerland in this [...] -
Argentina wins doubles in Davis Cup QF against Croatia
David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank secured the second point for the Argentine Davis Cup team as they beat the Croatians Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic in a five set match 3-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 6-7 (6) 8-6. With one minute short of five hours, this was the second marathon match [...] -
Spain takes a 2-0 lead against Austria in the Davis Cup QF
In the absence of world no.2 Rafael Nadal, Spanish duo Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer secured the first two points for the hosts Spain in their Davis Cup quarterfinal encounter in Marina d’Or against Austria. Almagro outclassed Jurgen Melzer as he defeated him in straight sets 6-2 6-2 6-4 and [...] -
Ferrer crushes Dimitrov, Bellucci beats Melzer
No.5 seed David Ferrer stormed to a comfortable 6-2 6-2 victory over Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The Spaniard has won 3 titles this year and is a serious contender for the title win here as well. Ferrer will [...] -
Melzer wins title in Memphis as he defeats Raonic in final
Jurgen Melzer overcame a tough opponent in the final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. He defeated the Canadian Milos Raonic 7-5 7-6 (4) to win his fourth title ever. Raonic came into the match full of confidence, having lost just once this year (against Lleyton Hewitt in [...] -
Raonic to play for 3rd title of the year in Memphis
Last year’s runner up Milos Raonic of Canada will have a chance to get his hands on the Memphis trophy as he defeated the German Benjamin Becker in the semis, winning 6-4 6-4. He will face Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the final, who defeated Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic [...] -
Melzer defeats Stepanek in Memphis semifinal
Jurgen Melzer has had a fantastic week so far at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. He is only one match away from winning the 4th title of his career. Melzer defeated the Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4 3-6 6-3 to book his place in Sunday’s final. The Austrian’s performance [...] -
Serbia, Austria and Croatia win 1st round of Davis Cup
Serbia, without their biggest hero Novak Djokovic, still managed to secure a comfortable 4-1 win over Sweden in the first round of Davis Cup played in Nis, Serbia. In the first singles match Janko Tipsarevic won his 30th Davis Cup match as he beat Filip Prpic in straight sets 6-3 [...] -
Mirnyi/Nestor become Brisbane champs
World no.2 Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor cruised to victory in the Brisbane International doubles final as they overpowered Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner 6-1 6-2 . The Belarussian-Canadian duo stormed to win the first set after just 24 minutes. After some big serving and very powerful display at the [...] -
Ferrero and Ferrer victorious at Shanghai Masters, Melzer out
Former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero beat fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco in the second round of the Shanghai Masters 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and will meet David Ferrer of Spain in round three. David Ferrer, who is on a good way to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (currently [...]
