Archive for category: Last Week’s Tournaments
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Bolelli defeats Monaco in Sao Paolo, Almagro through
Simone Bolelli stunned Monaco, Filippo Volandri smashed out Bellucci, whilst Nicolas Almagro advanced to quarterfinal of Sao Paulo in three sets. A surprise exit for third seed Argentine Juan Monaco who was eliminated by Italian Bolelli on the clay court of Sao Paulo. The 80th-ranked Italian suffered a loss of [...] -
Isner and Haas advance to San Jose quarter-finals
John Isner, Tommy Haas enter quarterfinal in San Jose, whilst Michael Russell advanced into second round where he will meet top seed Raonic. Second seed American Isner overcame Vasek Pospisil of Canada in three sets in the second round of San Jose ATP tournament. Both players were serving excellently in [...] -
Federer beats Zemlja in first round of Rotterdam
Roger Federer eased into round two of the ATP Rotterdam Open 2013 after beating Grega Zemlja of Slovenia 6-3 6-1 in 58 minutes. The first four games went with serve, despite Zemlja having earned two break points in game four that he was unable to convert. After Roger took his [...] -
Del Potro beats Monfils to advance to second round in Rotterdam
No.2 seed Juan Martin del Potro reached the ABN Amro Rotterdam Open second round after beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4. The Argentine, last year’s runner up, broke Monfils in his first service game, which proved to be enough to wrap up the first set. Despite the Frenchman earning himself [...] -
Sijsling upsets Tsonga in first round of Rotterdam
Dutch wild card holder Igor Sijsling beat no.3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the World indoor Tournament in Rotterdam, prevailing in three hard fought sets 7-6 (3) 4-6 6-4. Sijsling will face Slovak Martin Klizan in the next round, who eliminated Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu 6-4 3-6 [...] -
Zeballos beats Nadal to win Vina del Mar 2013 title
For full match report, please click here: Zeballos vs Nadal As It Happened Horacio Zeballos upset Rafael Nadal to win his first ATP Tour title, beating the Spaniard 6-7 (2) 7-6 (6) 6-4 in today’s final in Vina del Mar. The Argentine played the tennis of his life, with his [...] -
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Cilic defeats Melzer to capture third Zagreb title
Top seed Marin Cilic prevailed in today’s Zagreb final against Austrian Jurgen Melzer with a 6-3 6-1 scoreline, winning his third title here. Cilic broke his opponent four times alltogether to race to his 9th career title. After the Croat taking the first set, Melzer was unable to recover, winning [...] -
Gasquet wins Montpellier title, beats Paire in final
Richard Gasquet won his second title of the year after defeating fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire in the Montpellier final, prevailing in straight sets 6-2 6-3. No.3 seed Gasquet took control of the match from the very beginning, breaking his opponent twice to wrap up the first set. Paire struggled with [...] -
Nadal beats Chardy to reach Vina del Mar final
Rafael Nadal booked his place in the ATP Vina del Mar 2013 final after beating Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-2 6-2. The top seeded Spaniard started the encounter on a high note, breaking Chardy in the opening game of the first set. Despite Nadal commiting three double faults in the following [...] -
Cilic to play Melzer in Zagreb final
Marin Cilic advanced to the Zagreb ATP tournament final after defeating defending champion Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 4-6 6-4 6-3 in two hours and 29 minutes. After both players split sets to take this semi-final match into a decider, the two times Zagreb champion Cilic broke Youzhny at the beginning [...] -
Gasquet beats Nieminen, faces Paire in Montpellier final
Benoit Paire became the first finalist of the Montpellier 2013 tournament after prevailing in an all French battle against Michael Llodra. Paire made a superb comeback from a set down to eventually win the match with a 4-6 6-3 6-1 scoreline. This was the first meeting between the two players [...] -
Nadal advances to semis in Vina del Mar
Rafael Nadal took his place in the Semi Finals of the VTR Open with another straight forward win, this time over Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver taking just 85 minutes to seal a 6-1 6-4 victory. He stormed through the first set for the loss of just one game, breaking twice and looking fairly dominant. [...]
