Post Tagged with: "Denis Istomin"
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Simon beats Baghdatis in Paris, Lopez and Youzhny out
Gilles Simon booked his place in the second round of the 2012 Paris Masters after beating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-1 in one hour and 17 minutes. The first set saw both players exchanging one break each to take it to 3-3. But the home crowd favorite Simon struck again in [...] -
Karlovic reaches 2nd round in Moscow, Troicki and Istomin out
Ivo Karlovic reaches second round, Lukas Rosol and Malek Jaziri dismissed seeded players to play in Moscow 2012 quarterfinals. Karlovic delivered a four games run to move 4-1 up in the opening set against Italian Simone Bolelli. The Croat failed to confirm his second break, but his serve was not [...] -
Istomin and Rosol through to second round in Moscow
Lukas Rosol and Malek Jaziri won in straight sets, while Denis Istomin got back from the abyss to enter the second round of the Moscow ATP tournament. The first round encounter between Czech Rosol and Daneil Gimeno-Traver of Spain turned into battle of the nerves as the players never dropped [...] -
Tsonga and Youzhny through to 2nd round of China Open 2012
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a scare from Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, dropping the first set before progressing in a 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) victory. Istomin hadn’t been in great form coming into this match so it was a surprise to see him pick up an early break for a 2-1 lead. Backed by some dominant [...] -
Monaco and Davydenko through to quarterfinals in Kuala Lumpur
Second seeded Argentinian Juan Monaco dismissed Taiwanese Jimmy Wang in straight sets and booked a place in quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open 2012. In spite of losing just 3 points on his first serve, Monaco had some troubles to dominate his opponent ranked 151th and set a difference of two breaks against [...] -
Davydenko advances to second round in Kuala Lumpur, Andujar out
Former world’s number 3, Russian Nikolay Davydenko had to fight hard for his victory against Indian Sanam Singh (ATP 373) in the first round of the Malaysian Open. In the opening set, both players had too many difficulties to keep their serves. Davydenko lost it twice, however he made less mistakes than [...] -
Kubot beats Istomin, Fognini eliminates Kamke in St. Petersburg
After the second, fifth and sixth seeds in the St Petersburg Open all fell in the first round, the organisers must have breathed a sigh of relief when the tournament’s fourth seed, Italian Fabio Fognini, progressed as the last remaining seed in the bottom half of the draw to get [...] -
Roddick out of Cincinnati, Haas and Hewitt through to round two
Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt proceed to second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters while sixteenth seed Andy Roddick drops out. Querrey, Istomin, Troicki, and Chardy are also through. German veteran Haas has been in a great form recently as he won the Halle tournament in June and played some superb [...] -
Federer needs three sets to eliminate Falla
7 time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer battled his way into the second round of the Olympic games after beating Colombian Alejandro Falla 6-3 5-7 6-3. The Swiss dominated the first set and earned himself three matchpoints when Falla was serving to stay in the match at 3-5 in set two. [...] -
Berdych stunned by Gulbis in the first round of the All England Club
Ernest Gulbis produced some superb tennis in the first round of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, knocking out 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych 7-6 (5) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (4). There were no break point opportunities in the first set and it was Gulbis who managed to secure the only mini break of [...] -
Roddick and Kohlschreiber into quarters at Eastbourne
6th seed Andy Roddick moved into the third round of the Aegon International in Eastbourne after defeating Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-2 7-6 (6), setting up a quarterfinal encounter against Italy’s Fabio Fognini. The American struck in the fourth game of the match and managed to take Chardy’s serve once more [...] -
Matosevic beats no.1 seed Gasquet in Eastbourne
Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic eliminated no.1 seed Richard Gasquet in the second round of the Aegon International in Eastbourne, beating him 1-6 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3). Aftrer the Frenchman stormed to take the first set in just 26 minutes, Matosevic fought his way back and with no breaks of serve, [...] -
Nadal takes first step towards the 7th Roland Garros title
World no.2 Rafael Nadal started his Roland Garros title defence in style as he crushed Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-2 6-2 6-1 and moved into the second round. With this win, Nadal improved his French Open record to 46-1 and he will be eager to go down in history as the [...]
