Post Tagged with: "ATP Tour"
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Kohlschreiber, Volandri through to Kitzbühel Semis
On a day that forced many players to two matches, first seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and Filippo Volandri made it through to the semifinals at the Bet-at-Home Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria. Kohlschreiber scored 13 aces in his quarterfinal match against Lukas Rosol in a tight three-set match.The German had the stronger [...] -
Jeremy Chardy and Nicolas Almagro Complete Hamburg Quarter Final Lineup
Jeremy Chardy and Nicolas Almagro ensured that Thursday in the Men’s Singles at Hamburg was a third-set free zone, both posting straight sets victories and progressing to the quarter finals. Jeremy Chardy was up first, defeating clay court specialist and Hamburg resident Julian Reister 7-5 6-4. A tough match-up against [...] -
Juan Monaco and Phillip Kohlschreiber Progress in Hamburg
Phillip Kohlschreiber will have been forgiven for feeling a few pre-match nerves before his second round clash with Italy’s Fabio Fognini in Hamburg. Fognini looked strong in the second set of his first round tie with Marsel Ilhan and most were expecting the one time Roland Garros quarter finalist to [...] -
Anderson wins Delray Beach title, beats Matosevic
South African Kevin Anderson won his second career title as he captured the Delray Beach trophy. He defeated the Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in straight sets 6-4 7-6 (2) in Sunday’s final. Anderson played some fantastic tennis throughout the whole week as he beat Roddick and Isner on the way [...] -
Matosevic reaches first ATP Final of career at Delray Beach
The Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic of Australia will play in his first ever tour final as he defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7) in the semis of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. The match lasted almost 3 hours and the Australian converted his fifth matchpoint to [...] -
Anderson upsets Isner at Delray Beach
Kevin Anderson caused another upset at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships as he beat the top seed John Isner of America 7-5 7-6 (4). This win guarantees him a place in Sunday’s final. This big win for the South African came just a day after he beat former world [...] -
Wawrinka beats Nishikori, Almagro also through in Buenos Aires
Sixth seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland booked his place in the Buenos Aires semifinals as he defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4 6-2. This was the first meeting between the two players and Wawrinka will now face Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals. The last match between the two took place [...] -
Berdych beats Monfils and claims Open Sud title
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic captured the 7th career title with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 win over Gael Monfils in the Open Sud de France final in Montpellier. The match lasted just over two hours and both players produced some high quality tennis. Monfils was the defending champion, but this [...] -
Monfils to face Berdych in Montpellier final
Defending champion Gael Monfils had to save a matchpoint to secure his place in the Open Sud Final in Montpellier. He beat his fellow countryman Gilles Simon 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-4. Monfils saved eight breakpoints in the second set and at 5-6 he had to save one match point too. [...] -
Can Djokovic win all four Grand Slams this year?
It has only been done once in Open Era – in 1969, Rod Laver won all four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) in one year. No one managed to achieve it since then. Novak Djokovic, the world no.1 started this season with a big win [...] -
Djokovic wins Australian Open thriller final against Nadal
World no.1 Novak Djokovic captured the Australian Open title in quite possible the greatest tennis match ever played in history. He defeated the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final in front of a jam packed Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne park 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 (5) 7-5 in 5 hours [...] -
Paes/Stepanek beat Bryan Brothers in Australian Open final
The Bryan Brothers have been denied their 12th Grand Slam title as they lost to Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in the 2012 Australian Open final 7-6 (1) 6-2. Had Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan won the final, they would have overtaken Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, who have 11 [...] -
Djokovic beats Murray in drama at the Australian Open
Novak Djokovic once more proved his amazing mental strenght and showed us his fighting spirit as he moved into the Australian Open final, defeating british no.1 Andy Murray in an epic match 6-3 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-1 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park. The match lasted 4 [...]
