Archive for category: Stockholm Open
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Tsonga to play Berdych for Stockholm Open 2012 title
The two top seed of the Stockholm Open 2012, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Czech Tomas Berdych will face off in tomorrow’s final. Tsonga booked his place in the final after his opponent Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus was forced to retire due to a groin injury at 6-4 4-6 5-2 in [...] -
Tsonga and Berdych cruise into Stockholm semifinals
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the Stockholm Open 2012 semifinals with an impressive victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, winning 6-3 6-4. The Frenchman could have closed out the match even earlier, but he failed to convert any of the four match points he had when Stakhovsky [...] -
Almagro beats Hewitt to reach Stockholm SFs, Baghdatis also wins
Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolas Almagro reached the last four of the Stockholm Open after both posted straight sets wins on Friday. On paper, Baghdatis had the easier route, as he took on 95th-ranked Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. But the contest proved much tighter in reality, and the Cypriot sealed the [...] -
Tsonga and Berdych advance into Stockholm quarterfinals
Top seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych were untroubled in the second round of the Stockholm Open 2012. Baghdatis and Stakhovsky also proceed. 87th-ranked Estonian Jurgen Zopp may have held his first serve to love, yet he was never a contender in the opening set. Czech Berdych confirmed his second [...] -
Almagro, Hewitt and Youzhny enter QFs in Stockholm, Mayer out
Nicolas Almagro, Lleyton Hewitt, and Mikhail Youzhny are through to the quarterfinals at 2012 Stockholm Open, whilst fourth and eights seeds Mayer and Nieminen bid farewell. As expected, 178th-ranked Marius Copil of Romania fell short to third seed Almagro. This year’s Sao Paulo and Nice conqueror Spaniard remained untroubled during [...] -
Hewitt reaches 2nd round of Stockholm, defending champ Monfils out
Hewitt wins a three-setter in the first round of Stockholm Open 2012, while outsider Rosenholm smashes out defending champ Monfils. Former number one Australian Lleyton Hewitt produced a confident first set against higher ranked Kevin Anderson of South Africa. He held all of his service games, broke Anderson in the [...] -
Lopez and Baghdatis reach second round at Stockholm Open
Seeded players Feliciano Lopez and Marcos Baghdatis advanced into the second round of Stockholm Open 2012, so did Ricardas Berankis. Fiftth-seeded Spaniard Lopez had a long day at the office meeting Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in first round. The first set serving was close to perfect from both sides and nothing [...] -
Youzhny beats Baker, Nieminen also through to 2nd round in Stockholm
Seeded players Mihkail Youzhny and Jarkko Nieminen moved into the second round of Stockholm Open ATP tournament in straight sets. Sixth-seeded Youzhny was the one dictating the terms in the first round clash against American Brian Baker. Two holds by each player in the opening four games were followed by [...] -
Nalbandian,Dimitrov,Nieminen advance into Stockholm QFs
David Nalbandian of Argentina cruised into the Stockholm Open quarterfinals as he only dropped two games to beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-1, 6-1. He will now play James Blake, who ousted second seed Del Potro of Argentina. In other second round matches, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated fourth seed [...] -
Monfils beats Tomic in Stockholm
Gael Monfils of France had to fight hard for his quarterfinal spot at the Stockholm Open. The 18 year old Australian Bernard Tomic took him to three long sets with the Frenchman clinching the match 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Tomic had his chances as he was up a break in [...] -
Bopanna-Qureshi and Butorac-Rojer into Stockholm SFs
Defending champions Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer moved closer to repeat their last year success at the Stockholm Open after they defeated Xavier Malisse and Frank Moser 6-3, 6-4 to reach the semifinals. They are hoping to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. The first eight [...] -
Blake upsets del Potro at Stockholm Open
American James Blake found his old form as he upset second seed Juan Martin del Potro in their second round match in Stockholm, beating him 6-4, 6-4 and moving into the quarterfinals. The 69th ranked Blake has won this tournament on two previous occasions, in 2005 and 2006. He hasn’t [...] -
Butorac-Rojer into Stockholm second round
Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer had a successful start at the Stockholm Open as they eliminated the Spaniards Marc Lopez and Tommy Robredo 7-6 (1), 6-2. The second seeds Butorac-Rojer are the defending champions and will be looking to improve their chances to qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour [...]
