Archive for category: Tennis News
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Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
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 [...] -
Davis Cup Final Spain vs Argentina to take place in Seville
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation chose Seville to host the Davis Cup Final 2011 between Spain and Argentina. The Final will be played from 2nd – 4th December and the Spaniards will try to win the cup for the fifth time having won it in years 2000, 2004, 2008 and [...] -
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: [...] -
Ivanovic and Petkovic into quarterfinals at China Open
Former world number 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia upset Vera Zvonareva in the third round at the China Open, when beating her easily 6-2, 6-1. With this win Ivanovic brought their head-to-head record level, now standing at 5-5. Ivanovic will now meet Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who ousted Zheng Jie [...] -
Murray fights back to beat Baghdatis at Japan Open
British number 1 Andy Murray survived a scare to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a break down in the third set and has now won 17 of his last 18 matches. He was [...] -
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. [...]
