Archive for category: Radek Stepanek
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Djokovic through to the quarters in Toronto, Haas also advances
Top seed Novak Djokovic is through to the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup after outplaying Sam Querrey in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Both players started the match well on serve, not giving any chances for their opponent to break making it a very tight match, until the world no. 2 [...] -
Defending Champion Djokovic into third round of Toronto Masters, Querrey and Haas also advance
Defending Champion Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Australian 19-year old Bernard Tomic at the Rogers Cup and is one step closer to defend his title. The world number 2 needed 71 minutes to win 6-2 6-3. After each player holding serve twice at the beginning of the first set, Djokovic showed great strength and [...] -
Olympic medalists Tsonga and Del Potro exit Toronto
Frenchman Jo-Wifried Tsonga, who just won the silver medal in the doubles event in the 2012 London Olympics, was upset in the second round of Toronto Masters by countryman Jeremy Chardy 6-4 7-6 in a match that lasted 88 minutes. Chardy started the encounter well, breaking Tsonga’s serve in the first [...] -
Washington’s champion Dolgopolov out of Toronto Masters, Haas overcomes Nalbandian
Alexandr Dolgopolov, who just won the Citi Open title in Washington, fell in the first round of the Rogers Cup held in Toronto to Czech player Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-1. The world number 40 started the match strong, breaking the Ukrainian’s serve in the fourth game of the first set. Winning [...] -
Cilic beats Melzer, Davydenko overcomes Stepanek at the Olympics
Marin Cilic and Nikolay Davydenko proceed to the second round of the London Olympic tournament without giving away a set. World No. 14 Croat Cilic, who was victorious on grass courts of Queen’s Club a month ago, fought a hard battle against Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the first set. It [...] -
Berdych and Raonic into last 8 in Halle
No.3 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reached the last 8 at the Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle after defeating world no.33 Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 6-2. In a match that lasted just an hour, the Czech dominated in all departments, holding his serve with a lot of [...] -
Haas through in Halle after Tomic retires
Former Halle champion Tommy Haas booked his place in the second round after his opponent Australian Bernard Tomic was forced to pull out of the match at 5-2 in the German’s favour. Tomic, who has been ill for the past few days, decided to give up the fight after 22 [...] -
Wawrinka and Stepanek into second round in Rome
Stanislas Warinka of Switzerland started his campaign at the Rome Tennis Masters with a 6-1 4-6 7-5 win over the Dutch qualifier Robin Haase and moved into the second round. With this win, Wawrinka improved his head to head record against Haase to 5-0, having also beaten him in this [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrer through to third round at the Madrid Masters
4th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated American Ryan Harrison in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (4) and moved into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Tsonga got an early break in the third game of the first set and after he took Harrison’s serve once more to go [...] -
Stepanek beats Tomic in Madrid, Cilic also through to 2nd round
Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open as he overcame Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-2 7-5 in just under 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tomic was 4-1 up in the second set, but Stepanek fought right back and despite facing two break points when [...] -
Raonic and Stepanek out of Monte Carlo Masters
Spaniard Albert Montanes booked his place in the second round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as he defeated Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets 6-2 3-6 6-3. Raonic struggled with his serve from the very beginning of the match, Montanes getting the early break. The Spaniard managed to consolidate [...] -
USA and Czech Republic take a 2-1 lead in Davis Cup QF
World no.1 doubles pair Bob and Mike Bryan beat Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra 6-4 6-4 7-6 (4) to give USA a 2-1 lead over France in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. Both first and second sets were decided at the very start, when the Bryan Brothers broke their opponents and [...] -
Tipsarevic keeps Serbian hopes alive, beats Stepanek in Davis Cup QF
After Tomas Berdych trashed Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-1 6-2, Janko Tipsarevic had to dig deep against Radek Stepanek to give Serbia a hope to move into the Davis Cup semifinal. In a battle that lasted 5 hours, Tipsarevic prevailed in five hard fought sets, winning 5-7 6-4 6-4 4-6 9-7. [...]
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