Tomas Berdych and Juan Martin Del Potro are through to the second round of Dubai Tennis Championship, while Tsonga fell short against Michael Llodra. Third seed Czech Berdych was a dominant figure in his first professional encounter with US player Rajeev Ram, ranked number 103. The opening set was over [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match ball in the second set before celebrating an ATP tournament victory in front of the home crowd in Marseille. Top seed Tomas Berdych was leading the head-to-head series against Tsonga 4-1 prior to their final clash at Open 13, yet it was the third-seed Frenchman [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Dubai 2013 Draw After a week of WTA in Dubai, the focus shifts to the men for the Dubai Tennis Championships. Located at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre, the ATP 500 hard court tournament hosts its 21st edition. No.2 seed Roger Federer has a [...]
Top seed Tomas Berdych cruised into the Marseille Open 2013 final after defeating Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov 6-2 6-1. The Czech, who improved his head to head record against Tursunov to 6-1, broke the Russian twice in each of the sets to sail to a comfortable victory in just under [...]
Gilles Simon ousted defending champ Del Potro and has set up a semifinal clash against his countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Marseille ATP tournament. To the joy of the home crowd, third seed Tsonga made his way to Open 13 semis where he will meet his compatriot Simon. The Frenchman, who [...]
Age is on his side, the red-clay surface is his ‘forte’ and he is a master at playing in the ‘big events’, suggesting that, health and fitness permitting, Nadal remains firmly in the frame to win further Roland Garros titles. As Sampras and Federer made the grass of Wimbledon their [...]
Bernard Tomic moved into the quarter finals in Marseille after a straight sets win over Somdev Devvarman. The 6-3 7-5 win was much more straight forward than his opener against Martin Klizan, where he saved match point before going on to victory. Tomic began well, breaking in his first service game and going [...]
ATP Dubai Dubai, U.A.E. February 25-March 3, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 $1,785,500 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kukushkin 105) 1. Novak Djokovic 2. Roger Federer 3. Tomas Berdych 4. Juan Martin Del Potro 5. Jo Wilfried Tsonga 6. Janko Tipsarevic 7. Andreas Seppi 8. Mikhail Youzhny First Round (1)Novak Djokovic [...]
This month Rafael Nadal began his comeback on the clay courts of South America reaching the finals of Vina del Mar and winning Sao Paulo. But there is a long road ahead for the lefty Spaniard who accumulated all of his points in 2012 during the first half of [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Memphis 2013 Draw The last U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships is one of three tournaments coming up this week. The ATP 500 event on indoor hard courts is being played in Memphis one more time before the tournament moves to Brazil due to the sale of [...]
The European Indoor swing continues in France, this time with the Open 13, an ATP 250 tournament in Marseille. The French have gone well in this tournament in recent years, with four of the last seven tournaments won by a home player (two of which by defeating another Frenchman in the [...]
ATP Marseille Marseille, France February 18-24, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 E528,135 Singles Seeds: (cut: Devvarman 85) 1. Tomas Berdych 2. Juan Martin Del Potro 3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4. Janko Tipsarevic 5. Richard Gasquet 6. Gilles Simon 7. Jerzy Janowicz 8. Martin Klizan First Round (1)Tomas Berdych (CZE) bye [...]
Dutch wild card holder Igor Sijsling beat no.3 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the World indoor Tournament in Rotterdam, prevailing in three hard fought sets 7-6 (3) 4-6 6-4. Sijsling will face Slovak Martin Klizan in the next round, who eliminated Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu 6-4 3-6 [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Rotterdam 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments, the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam boasts a fairly strong field for an ATP 500 tournament. The field is headed by 2005 and 2012 winner Roger Federer and contains three more top ten players [...]
