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Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...] -
Cermak-Polasek move into Tokyo SFs
Frantisek Cermak of Czech Republic and Filip Polasek of Slovakia got through to the Tokyo Open semifinals after defeating the Spanish duo Ferrer/Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. They will next play the Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, who eliminated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 7-6 (5), [...] -
Fish eliminates Tomic in Tokyo and will face Nadal in SF
American Mardy Fish set up a semifinal encounter against Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open when he outsted the Australian Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinal, beating him 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. The breaking point in the match was the 9th game in the second set, when Fish broke Tomic’s serve, [...] -
Tsonga faces Berdych in China Open semifinal
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made his way into the semifinal of the China Open, defeating former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-4. He will now meet the Czech Tomas Berdych, who outsted Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-1, 6-0. He broke the Spaniard’s serve six times and dominated throughout the [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrero to meet in QF at China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the quarterfinal of the China Open after ousting the Chinese wildcard holder Ze Zhang in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The top seed French player set up a quarterfinal match against the former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero after the Spaniard defeated Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga [...] -
Nadal beats Raonic in Tokyo and cruises into quarters
Top seed Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to defending his title at the Japan Open as he eliminated Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 6-3. This is Nadal’s first tournament since helping Spain to reach the Davis Cup final. Raonic came back to the men’s tour after his hip injury [...] -
Bryan Brothers to play Llodra/Zimonjic in China Open QFs
World no.1 pair Mike and Bob Bryan cruised through their second round match at the China Open as they overpowered the Germany Florian Mayer and Czech Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-3. They will next play third seed Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. Other 2nd round results: [...] -
Bhupathi-Paes through to second round at the China Open
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won their first round match at the China Open, defeating Chinese Mao-Xin Gong and Zhe Li 6-2, 3-6, 10-3. After the easy first set the for the Indians, the Chinese came back to the cheers of applause of the crowd to take the second set. [...] -
Stosur out, Zvonareva wins opener in Beijing
US Open champion Samantha Stosur got upset by Maria Kirilenko in the first round of the China Open as she lost 5-7, 6-1, 5-7. Third seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia overcame her first round hurdle when she defeated Klara Zakopalova of Czech Republic 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Zvonareva will face former world [...] -
Tsonga through to second round at the China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled his way through to the second round at the China Open as he defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (7), 7-5. For the top seed Frenchman Tsonga, Beijing has got a special place in his heart as he won his first career match here in 2004. Tsonga [...] -
Banned player David Savic plans to appeal against lifetime ban
World no.659 David Savic of Serbia, who received a lifetime ban for attempting to fix matches is planning to appeal against the decision. TIU (Tennis Integrity Unit) found him guilty and fined him $100,000. “I was obviously chosen as a scapegoat. Without any concrete evidence, I became a drastic example [...] -
Great Britain win Junior Davis Cup title for the first time
Great Britain won the Junior Davis Cup after defeating Italy in the Final in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. This was their first ever win at the Davis Cup. They reached the final in 2009 but were second best to Australia. Evan Hoyt, Kyle Edmund and Luke Bambridge were top seed [...]
