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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 [...] -
Nadal beats Fish and moves into Japan Open Final
Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Rakuta Japan Tennis Open Championship’s Final. The defending champion broke the American in the 11th game of the first set before serving out for it. The second set went much more smoothly for the Spaniard as he managed to break [...] -
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 [...] -
World no.1 Wozniacki out of China Open
Caroline Wozniacki has lost her quarterfinal match at the China Open against Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-3, 0-6, 6-7 (2). The Italian, who has lost all of their previous five meetings, has dominated the second set and managed to seal the match with a one sided third set tie-break. Agnieszka [...] -
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 [...] -
Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...] -
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 [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrero to meet in QF at China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the quarterfinal of the China Open after ousting the Chinese wildcard holder Ze Zhang in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The top seed French player set up a quarterfinal match against the former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero after the Spaniard defeated Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga [...] -
Nadal beats Raonic in Tokyo and cruises into quarters
Top seed Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to defending his title at the Japan Open as he eliminated Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 6-3. This is Nadal’s first tournament since helping Spain to reach the Davis Cup final. Raonic came back to the men’s tour after his hip injury [...] -
Ivanovic and Petkovic into quarterfinals at China Open
Former world number 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia upset Vera Zvonareva in the third round at the China Open, when beating her easily 6-2, 6-1. With this win Ivanovic brought their head-to-head record level, now standing at 5-5. Ivanovic will now meet Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who ousted Zheng Jie [...] -
Murray fights back to beat Baghdatis at Japan Open
British number 1 Andy Murray survived a scare to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a break down in the third set and has now won 17 of his last 18 matches. He was [...] -
Raonic victorious on his return at Japan Open
Milos Raonic defeated Japanese wild card Yuichi Sugita 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (1) in the first round of Japan Open to set up an encounter with top seeded Rafa Nadal in the next round. It will be a re-match for last year’s second round, where Nadal sent Raonic packing by [...]
