Archive for category: Thailand Open
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Simon overcomes Tipsarevic, plays Gasquet in Bangkok final
The Bangkok audience is going to witness an all-French final between Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet at the 2012 Thailand Open. Fourth-seeded Simon will play for his second title of the season after taking out top seed Janko Tipsarevic. The Frenchman started the match brightly with seizing a break straight [...] -
Tipsarevic defeats Verdasco, plays Simon in Bangkok semis
Janko Tipsarevic and Gilles Simon to meet in Thailand Open 2012semis after straight sets victories over Verdasco and Monfils respectively. Serbia’s number two Tipsarevic keeps confirming his top seed role at Thailand Open in Bangkok. On the other hand, fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco had enough chances to find himself on the [...] -
Nieminen beats Raonic, Gasquet ousts Tomic in Thailand Open 2012 QFs
Finn Jarkko Nieminen upset 3rd seeded Milos Raonic of Canada in today’s Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinals, overcoming him in straight sets 6-3 7-6 (3). In the first ever meetings between the two players, Nieminen broke Raonic once on his way to take the first set in 36 minutes. After both [...] -
Raonic overcomes Karlovic, Gasquet dismisses Dimitrov at the Thailand Open
An excellent serving performance from Canadian Milos Raonic saw him move into the quarterfinals in Bangkok, earning a very winnable tie against Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen. Raonic served 14 aces and faced no break points in a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over Ivo Karlovic. As expected by many, there was very little action [...] -
Tomic eliminates Sela, Monfils defeats Troicki in Bangkok
Bernard Tomic recovered from a set down to defeat Dudi Sela 4-6 6-3 6-4 to earn a tricky Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinal tie with Richard Gasquet. While break points were a regular occurrence throughout the match, they weren’t converted all that often. The first set would be decided by a single [...] -
Verdasco and Simon reach Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinals
Fernando Verdasco and Gilles Simon make it to 2012 Thailand Open quarterfinals after eliminating 2011 finalist Young and Soeda in straight sets. Last year’s runner-up American Donald Young fought a good battle against fifth-seeded Spaniard Verdasco. The opening ten games of the last sixteen match on the hard court of [...] -
Monfils advances into second round in Bangkok, Karlovic also through
The evergreen Ivo Karlovic showed his younger opponent that he’s still got what it takes, hitting nine aces past Australia’s Marinko Matosevic to reach round two of the Thailand Open 2012. The Croatian, ranked 80 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, produced two solid sets winning 76 per cent [...] -
Tipsarevic and Nieminen through to Thailand Open quarterfinals
A single break in each set was enough for Janko Tipsarevic to move into the quarterfinals of Bangkok, seeing off a spirited Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-4. Tipsarevic was dominant on serve throughout the match, serving three aces and dropping just three points on his first serve, not facing a single break point. [...] -
Dimitrov edges out Yang, Tomic also through to second round in Bangkok
Grigor Dimitrov narrowly avoided a disappointing first round exit after saving a match point on his way to defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7). It stopped Yang from earning his first main draw win at ATP level. Serve was dominant throughout this 2 hour and 15 minutes encounter with just five [...] -
Verdasco survives scare, Nieminen and Troicki progress at the Thailand Open
Fernando Verdasco bounced back from losing the first set to avoid a surprise defeat against Tatsuma Ito in the first round of the 2012 Thailand Open, winning 3-6 6-0 6-2. One of a number of Japanese players in the draw, Ito was thought to have the toughest draw of them all [...] -
Murray wins Thailand Open by outclassing Young
British Andy Murray became the PTT Thailand Open champion after defeating the 22 year old American Donald Young in straight sets 6-2, 6-0. World nr.4 Murray, who reached his first ATP World Tour final in Bangkok as a 18 year old, outclassed the American, for whom it was the first [...] -
Marach-Qureshi win title in Bangkok
Top seeded players Oliver Marach and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi made the most out of the partnership debut at the Thailand Open as they beat Germans Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). For the Austrian Marach, it was the 10th ATP World Tour title, the third of the season, [...] -
Young beats Monfils and will play in Thailand Open final
Donald Young battled his way through to defeat Gael Monfils of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to reach the final of the Thailand Open. This will be his first ATP World Tour final ever and he will play against the winner of the match between Murray and Simon. “I’m [...]
