Post Tagged with: "gilles simon"
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Federer outclasses Simon to reach Rome QFs, Del Potro out
Roger Federer cruised to the Rome Masters 2013 quarter-finals where he will meet Jerzy Janowicz. Benoit Paire, who took out Del Potro, and Marcel Granollers also advanced. After throwing out Tsonga in the second round, talented Pole Janowicz now eliminated ninth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France to enter quarter-finals at Internazionali [...] -
Rosol beats Simon in Bucharest semis, plays Garcia-Lopez for title
BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 2013 final in Bucharest will feature unseeded players Lukas Rosol and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez who ousted Simon and Mayer, respectively. Defending champion and a three-time Bucharest winner Gilles Simon was facing unseeded Czech Rosol in the semis. The second seed Frenchman was leading the head-to-head series one [...] -
Dimitrov and Kohlschreiber into second round of Monte Carlo, Simon out
Robert Bautista-Agut defeated Gilles Simon in the first round of Monte Carlo Masters 2013, Grigor Dimitrov and Phillip Kohlschreiber also through. In the clash of two unseeded players young Bulgarian Dimitrov overcame his experienced colleague Xavier Malisse of Belgium. Quite a few break balls were generated in the opening set [...] -
Ferrer to play Haas in Miami Masters semi-finals
David Ferrer came from a set down to move into the Miami semi finals, defeating Jurgen Melzer 4-6 6-3 6-0. When Ferrer broke early on for a 2-0 lead it looked like the match would be over very quickly but the Austrian hit back in some style, reeling off five straight games [...] -
Ferrer beats Nishikori to reach Miami QFs, Simon ousts Tipsarevic
David Ferrer made fairly light work of Kei Nishikori in their fourth round contest at the 2013 Miami Masters, defeating the Japanese 6-4 6-2 in just under an hour and a half. Ferrer, who will move back to No.4 in the rankings after this tournament, took an early break on his way to [...] -
Djokovic beats Rosol in 2nd round of Miami, Dolgopolov and Simon also win
Defending champ Novak Djokovic dropped only one game in second round of Sony Open Tennis, Dolgopolov, Haas and Simon also through to the third round. Top seed Djokovic started the defense of Miami title in an exquisite fashion as he gave his second round opponent Lukas Rosol of Slovakia absolutely [...] -
Tsonga defeats Raonic to reach Indian Wells quarter-finals
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga edged out Raonic after a set down, while Kevin Anderson upset Simon to advance into Indian Wells 2013 quarterfinals. 17th-seed Milos Raonic came strong into the fourth round match against eighth-seeded Frenchman Tsonga. He created five break ball chances and converted one of them to make it 4-2 [...] -
Berdych to face Tsonga in Marseille 2013 final
Top seed Tomas Berdych cruised into the Marseille Open 2013 final after defeating Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov 6-2 6-1. The Czech, who improved his head to head record against Tursunov to 6-1, broke the Russian twice in each of the sets to sail to a comfortable victory in just under [...] -
Simon defeats Del Potro, plays Tsonga in Marseille semis
Gilles Simon ousted defending champ Del Potro and has set up a semifinal clash against his countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Marseille ATP tournament. To the joy of the home crowd, third seed Tsonga made his way to Open 13 semis where he will meet his compatriot Simon. The Frenchman, who [...] -
Tursunov upsets Tipsarevic in Marseille, Simon eases through to QFs
Gilles Simon ensured that at least one Frenchman would be successful on Day 4 of the Open 13 as he saw off Roberto Bautista-Agut with ease in just over an hour, winning 6-3 6-1. The Spaniard struggled to hold his serve all day and would begin badly dropping serve in the first [...] -
Berdych sees off inspired Gulbis to reach Marseille QFs
He would need six match points to do so but Tomas Berdych saw off Ernests Gulbis in an excellent three set contest to move into the quarter finals in Marseille, winning 6-4 6-7(10) 6-3. Berdych saw off early pressure on his serve, saving two break points at 2-2 and would finally [...] -
Del Potro beats Dimitrov, plays Benneteau in Rotterdam final
Julien Bennetau eliminated another seeded player at Rotterdam Open and set up a final clash against Juan Martin Del Potro. Seed number two Del Potro overcame unseeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and entered his second consecutive Rotterdam Open final. 21-year-old Dimitrov, who is still waiting for his first ATP title, conceded [...] -
Federer shocked by Benneteau in Rotterdam, Simon advances
Roger Federer put in an incredibly disappointing performance in the Rotterdam as Julien Benneteau became the first Frenchman since Fabrice Santoro to defeat Federer in straight sets. It was surprisingly poor from the offset as Federer was broke in the opening service game, and five times in total in the 3-6 [...]
