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Falla upsets Dolgopolov in Kuala Lumpur, Lopez also out
Colombian Alejandro Falla produced a fantastic performance in his encounter against fourth seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, wrapping up a 6-3 3-6 6-3 win in just over one hour and a half. Falla was more effective at the beginning as he broke Dolgopolov twice to take the opening set just before Dolgopolov [...] -
Monaco and Davydenko through to quarterfinals in Kuala Lumpur
Second seeded Argentinian Juan Monaco dismissed Taiwanese Jimmy Wang in straight sets and booked a place in quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open 2012. In spite of losing just 3 points on his first serve, Monaco had some troubles to dominate his opponent ranked 151th and set a difference of two breaks against [...] -
Petrova defeats Errani, sets up Tokyo semifinal against Stosur
Nadia Petrova pulled off a complete comeback against Sara Errani in today’s quarterfinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012. She will challenge Sam Stosur for a place in 2012 Tokyo final. 17th seed Petrova and 7th-seeded Errani have met for the second time in their careers, with Errani defeating [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska beats Caroline Wozniacki and reaches Tokyo SFs
Agnieszka Radwanska was in full flow, sending former world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki crashing out of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 today. But it wasn’t without a fight from her opponent who fought back from 3-1 down in the first set to take a 4-3 lead. The world’s most improved female [...] -
Stosur scores second career win against Sharapova in Tokyo QFs
Sam Stosur entered today’s quarter-final at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a 1-10 losing record against her opponent, Maria Sharapova. There was even a figurative asterisk next to that lone victory, as it came towards the end of last year when Sharapova was suffering from an ankle injury. [...] -
Azarenka pulls out against Kerber in Tokyo, Radwanska beats Wozniacki
Top seed Victoria Azarenka pulled out of her quarterfinal encounter against Angelique Kerber at the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 in Tokyo. World no.1 Azarenka, who had complained about feeling a bit dizzy during her 6-4 6-2 victory against Italy’s Vinci in the previous round, decided to retire from today’s [...] -
Wozniacki defeats Li Na, plays A. Radwanska in Tokyo QFs
Caroline Wozniacki managed to turn around her third round 2012 Pan Pacific Open clash with Li Na and will be playing Agnieszka Radwanska in Tokyo WTA tournament quarterfinal. Tenth seeded Wozniacki has extended her recent run of victories (she lifted Seoul trophy last week) to proceed into Tokyo QFs. The [...] -
Stosur beats Cibulkova in Tokyo, Kerber also through to the QFs
For the first time in days the rain ceased and the roof was open on centre court on Wednesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012 tournament being played in Tokyo as Aussie number 8 seed Sam Stosur took on twelfth seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia for a place in [...] -
Monfils advances into second round in Bangkok, Karlovic also through
The evergreen Ivo Karlovic showed his younger opponent that he’s still got what it takes, hitting nine aces past Australia’s Marinko Matosevic to reach round two of the Thailand Open 2012. The Croatian, ranked 80 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, produced two solid sets winning 76 per cent [...] -
Tipsarevic and Nieminen through to Thailand Open quarterfinals
A single break in each set was enough for Janko Tipsarevic to move into the quarterfinals of Bangkok, seeing off a spirited Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-4. Tipsarevic was dominant on serve throughout the match, serving three aces and dropping just three points on his first serve, not facing a single break point. [...] -
Azarenka beats Vinci, meets Kerber in Tokyo QFs
Victoria Azarenka was untroubled in the third round of Tokyo WTA tournament as she dismissed Roberta Vinci in two sets. Top seed and World No. 1 Azarenka had beaten fourteenth-seeded Italian Vinci twice before meeting her in third round of the Pan Pacific Open 2012. Both of their previous encounters [...] -
Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska move into Tokyo QFs
Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska progressed into 2012 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo after eliminating Safarova and Hampton in straight sets. Second-seeded Sharapova pulled level in head-to-head series against sixteenth seed Czech Lucie Safarova who had defeated her third round Tokyo opponent in their only previous encounter in Madrid [...] -
Pospisil and Benneteau move to quarterfinals in Kuala Lumpur
Young Canadian Vasek Pospisil has reached his first quarterfinals of the ATP Tour by defeating veteran American Michael Yani in straight sets 6-3 7-5 today at the Malaysian Open. The Canadian survived 5 breakpoints in the match and fired 9 aces on his way to a superb victory. He managed to [...]
