Post Tagged with: "Brian Baker"
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Berdych and Wawrinka reach third round at Australian Open
Tomas Berdych won a three setter in Melbourne, whilst Stan Wawrinka and Sam Querrey proceeded to the third round of Australian Open due to their opponents’ injuries. Fifth-seeded Czech Berdych was untroubled today as he hurried to wrap the second round match in three sets. He broke his French opponent [...] -
ATP Auckland Roundup: Goffin, Janowicz, Klizan all out
It was a bad start to the week for a number of the up and comers on the ATP World Tour with David Goffin, Jerzy Janowicz and Martin Klizan all exiting in the first round in Auckland. After leading 5-2 with a double break in the first set, it all went downhill [...] -
Melzer and Dimitrov win, Klizan out of Brisbane
No.7 seed Jurgen Melzer of Austria advanced into the second round of Brisbane International 2013 after beating American Denis Kudla 2-6 6-4 6-4. Kudla dominated the first set also thanks to Melzer´s numerous unforced errors. However, the Austrian managed to re-group and after one hour and 46 minutes, he set [...] -
Del Potro beats Baker to reach Basel QFs, Youzhny also through
Juan Martin Del Potro moves on to the quarter finals in Basel after a fairly comfortable victory over Brian Baker, winning 7-5 6-1. Baker held his own for much of the first set, dropping just three points in his first five service games but was unable to do much on [...] -
Youzhny thrashes Tomic, Baker defeats Stepanek in Basel
Mikhail Youzhny needed just 56 minutes to see off Bernard Tomic, completely dominating the Australian in 6-0 6-2 victory. An early break set the tone for the match with Youzhny breaking on his third break point. Just eight points were lost by the Russian as he bagelled Tomic in a 23 [...] -
Youzhny beats Baker, Nieminen also through to 2nd round in Stockholm
Seeded players Mihkail Youzhny and Jarkko Nieminen moved into the second round of Stockholm Open ATP tournament in straight sets. Sixth-seeded Youzhny was the one dictating the terms in the first round clash against American Brian Baker. Two holds by each player in the opening four games were followed by [...] -
Gasquet defeats Baker in Shanghai, Dolgopolov also through to 2nd round
11th seeded Richard Gasquet reached the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012 after eliminating American qualifier Brian Baker in straight sets 6-2 6-3. With this victory, the Frenchman kept his ATP World Tour Finals hopes alive. Gasquet outclassed his opponent in the first set, racing to a 5-0 [...] -
Querrey beats Verdasco at the China Open 2012, Baker out
It was a night of contrasting emotions for Americans as Sam Querrey came from a set down to beat Fernando Verdasco in China, serving 10 aces on his way to a 5-7 6-3 6-4 defeat. It was a tightly contested match throughout with both players giving very little on serve. A tiebreak [...] -
Jurgen Melzer withdraws in first round of Kuala Lumpur, Baker also out
Ex Austria’s top ten Jurgen Melzer had to retire from the Malaysian Open today due to a thigh strain in the middle of his match against Canadian Vasek Pospisil. The young Canadian used his powerful service and rallied to take the first set 6-4. In the second part of the [...] -
Isner overcomes Malisse in 1st round of 2012 US Open, Baker also through
As the top ranked American in the men’s draw, 9th seed John Isner has a lot of pressure riding on his shoulders as he enters the U.S. Open. He was challenged in his 1st round match by Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse who forced the 27 year old Isner to a [...] -
Ferrer eases into second round at US Open, Tipsarevic’s great escape
Seeded players Janko Tipsarevic and David Ferrer advanced into the second round of 2012 US Open. Brian Baker and Grega Zemlja also book a second round ticket, Viktor Troicki gets eliminated by Cedrik Marcel Stebe. Eight-seeded Serb Tipsarevic did not make his life easy against 129th-ranked French Guillaume Rufin. First [...] -
Brian Baker’s journey: More than a tennis story
There has been a lot written about Brian Baker, and rightly so, because of his tennis accomplishments so far during 2012. After 6 years of non participation in competitive tennis, he entered a series of ITF Futures and Challenger events in 2011 and early 2012 in which he played very [...] -
American Wildcards Blake and Baker Survive 1st Round in Cincy
Wildcard Brian Baker overcame two tight sets to pull an upset and defeat the 15th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. With little between the two players, Baker was able to come through when it counted, winning both sets in tiebreakers. The American’s career was halted for 5 years due to injury and [...]
