Archive for category: Malaysian Open
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Monaco tops Benneteau, captures Kuala Lumpur 2012 title
Second seeded Argentinian Juan Monaco took down seventh seeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau with a 7-5 4-6 6-3 win, capturing the Malaysian Open 2012 title in just over three hours. This is the seventh career title for Monaco, whilsts for the Frenchman it was his seventh disappointment in the same number of [...] -
Monaco overcomes Nishikori to book a place in Malaysian Open 2012 final
Juan Monaco of Argentina, the number two seed in the Malaysian Open, was first up on court for the day’s semi final encounters, against the third seed, Kei Nishikori of Japan.In a marathon encounter, Monaco finally prevailed in three sets 6-2 2-6 7-6 (4). In a match that lasted two [...] -
Benneteau beats Ferrer and advances into Malaysian Open 2012 final
After the titanic battle for a place in Sunday’s final between Argentine Juan Monaco and the Japanese player Kei Nishikori in the first match on court on Saturday at the Malaysian Open being played in Kuala Lumpur, which was won by Monaco, David Ferrer, the number five seed in this [...] -
Ferrer through to Malaysian Open 2012 semis, plays Benneteau next
David Ferrer comes back against Sijsling to set up a 2012 Malaysian Open semifinal clash against Julien Bennetau. Top seed Ferrer had to put in a lot of energy to eliminate unseeded Dutch player Igor Sijsling. It was a tactical rather than spectacular match with World No. 97 Sijsling surprising [...] -
Monaco storms into Kuala Lumpur semifinals, Nishikori also advances
Second seeded Argentinian Juan Monaco powered into semifinals of the Malaysian Open on friday as he dismissed young Canadian Vasek Pospisil to reach his sixth semifinal of the year and the first played on indoor. Monaco was too high hurdle for Pospisil – making his debut in the quarterfinals - as the Argentinian was [...] -
Ferrer and Nishikori into the last 8 of the Malaysian Open 2012
David Ferrer had an easy job, while Kei Nishikori delivered a great comeback to book a spot in 2012 Kuala Lumpur quarterfinals. Top seed David Ferrer came a step closer to his sixth ATP World Tour title of the season. He entered the Malaysian Open quarterfinals after dealing with Alex [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Davydenko advances to second round in Kuala Lumpur, Andujar out
Former world’s number 3, Russian Nikolay Davydenko had to fight hard for his victory against Indian Sanam Singh (ATP 373) in the first round of the Malaysian Open. In the opening set, both players had too many difficulties to keep their serves. Davydenko lost it twice, however he made less mistakes than [...] -
Benneteau and Ebden move into second round of Kuala Lumpur
Seventh seeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau defeated Argentinian Carlos Berlocq in straight sets this Tuesday at the Malaysian Open 2012. The opening set was very tight as both players struggled to keep their serves with a low rate of 2nd serve points won. Thus they gave away two serves each and [...] -
Jurgen Melzer withdraws in first round of Kuala Lumpur, Baker also out
Ex Austria’s top ten Jurgen Melzer had to retire from the Malaysian Open today due to a thigh strain in the middle of his match against Canadian Vasek Pospisil. The young Canadian used his powerful service and rallied to take the first set 6-4. In the second part of the [...] -
Tipsarevic celebrates first title of career in Malaysia
Serbian Janko Tipsarevic celebrated his very first ATP title of his career at the Malaysian Open as he beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-5 in a very tense match that lasted over 2 hours. World no.13 Tipsarevic has been playing some outstanding tennis this season and after his win, he said: [...]
