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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 [...] -
ATP Sao Paolo (Brasil Open) 2013 Draw Preview and Analysis
The second leg of the Golden Swing, the Brasil Open is an ATP 250 tournament played on clay indoors. Previously hosted in Costa do Sauipe, the tournament is in its second year at the new venue in Sao Paolo. Rafael Nadal heads the field which also includes three times champion Nicolas Almagro and [...] -
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 [...] -
Italy defeats USA to advance to Fed Cup 2013 semis
The American team, without Venus and Serena Williams, came to Rimini to challenge the three time Fed Cup champions Italy, on their own soil. Italy’s team of world number 7 Sara Errani, 16th ranked Roberta Vinci, Karin Knapp at 122 and Nastassja Burnett at 155 took on 21st ranked Vavara [...] -
Russia edges Japan to book Fed Cup 2013 semi-final place
Russia’s great depth of talent in women’s tennis proved to be too strong for Japan in the first round of the World Group tie played at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow over the weekend. In the first rubber, 13th ranked Maria Kirilenko took on the Japanese legend Kimiko Date-Krumm, who [...] -
Slovakia eliminates Serbia to advance to Fed Cup 2013 SFs
The injury hit Serbians did not have their stars, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, on their team in their World Group tie against the Slovak Republic which was played in Nis, Serbia and even a home advantage could not help them to victory. Slovakia eventually prevailed 3-2. They did have [...] -
ATP San Jose 2013 Draw Preview and Analysis
For full draw, please click here: ATP San Jose 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments this week, the SAP Open in San Jose is one of the oldest tournaments in the United States. Two times defending champion Milos Raonic heads the field for the ATP 250 event while [...] -
Czech Republic beats Australia to reach Fed Cup 2013 semi-finals
Czech Republic hosted Australia at the CEZ Arena in Ostrava in the Federation Cup World Group first round on Saturday and Sunday. The Czech team comprised world number 8 Petra Kvitova and number 18 Lucie Safarova in singles; and number 3 ranked Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova in the doubles. [...] -
ATP Rotterdam 2013 Draw Preview and Analysis
For full draw, please click here: ATP Rotterdam 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments, the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam boasts a fairly strong field for an ATP 500 tournament. The field is headed by 2005 and 2012 winner Roger Federer and contains three more top ten players [...] -
WTA Qatar Total Open (Doha) 2013 Draw Preview and Analysis
For full draw, please click here: WTA Qatar Open (Doha) Draw 2013 This week’s tournament in Doha sees the top competitors in the women’s game play together for the first time since the Australian Open. One of the WTA’s Premier 5 events, the Qatar Total Open awards 900 ranking [...]
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