Post Tagged with: "ATP Tennis"
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Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Wawrinka and Mayer through to second round in Shanghai
The Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Juan Monaco of Argentina 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The no.13 seed will now play either Donald Young or a wild card holder Mao-Xin Gong. Florian Mayer of Germany didn’t have to work too hard for his [...] -
Berdych beats Cilic and wins China Open title
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic won his first title since his victory in Munich in 2009. In the final of the China Open, he defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. With this win, he boosted his chances for a place at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in [...] -
Cilic defeats Ljubicic to reach China Open final
Marin Cilic beat fellow Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal of the China Open and will face either Frenchman Tsonga or Czech’s Berdych in the final on Sunday. Cilic had a 0-2 head-to-head record against Ljubicic going into the match, but after he broke Ljubicic to lead 5-4 [...] -
Djokovic withdraws from Shanghai Masters
World number 1 Novak Djokovic had to withdraw from one of his favourite tournaments in Shanghai because of a back injury. There had been signs of a back problem in his US Open final match against Spain’s Nadal and he had to withdraw from the Davis Cup semifinal match against [...] -
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 [...] -
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), [...] -
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 [...] -
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: [...] -
Tsonga through to second round at the China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled his way through to the second round at the China Open as he defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (7), 7-5. For the top seed Frenchman Tsonga, Beijing has got a special place in his heart as he won his first career match here in 2004. Tsonga [...] -
Banned player David Savic plans to appeal against lifetime ban
World no.659 David Savic of Serbia, who received a lifetime ban for attempting to fix matches is planning to appeal against the decision. TIU (Tennis Integrity Unit) found him guilty and fined him $100,000. “I was obviously chosen as a scapegoat. Without any concrete evidence, I became a drastic example [...] -
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 [...] -
Baghdatis and Tipsarevic final at Malaysia Open
Marcos Baghdatis booked his place in the final of Malaysian Open by defeating second-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3, 6-1. The Greek was gived a wildcard from the organisers as his current ranking is 60. In the second semifinal match, Janko Tipsarevic defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 and will [...]
