Post Tagged with: "gilles simon"
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Tipsarevic defeats Verdasco, plays Simon in Bangkok semis
Janko Tipsarevic and Gilles Simon to meet in Thailand Open 2012semis after straight sets victories over Verdasco and Monfils respectively. Serbia’s number two Tipsarevic keeps confirming his top seed role at Thailand Open in Bangkok. On the other hand, fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco had enough chances to find himself on the [...] -
Verdasco and Simon reach Thailand Open 2012 quarterfinals
Fernando Verdasco and Gilles Simon make it to 2012 Thailand Open quarterfinals after eliminating 2011 finalist Young and Soeda in straight sets. Last year’s runner-up American Donald Young fought a good battle against fifth-seeded Spaniard Verdasco. The opening ten games of the last sixteen match on the hard court of [...] -
Simon and Verdasco enter third round of US Open
Both Gilles Simon and Fernando Verdasco dropped a set in second round of US Open, but are through to next round where they will play Fish and Federer. Sixteenth seed Simon did not produce his best tennis against World No. 182 Jimmy Wang from Chinese Taipei, but it was convincing [...] -
Simon books place in 2nd round of US Open after win over Russell
Frenchman Gilles Simon booked his placed in the second round of the 2012 US Open after overcoming American player Michael Russell in an epic match, which lasted for 4 hours and 26 minutes, 7-6 (4) 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-1. Russell had an early good start into the match, breaking Simon’s [...] -
Defending Champion Djokovic into third round of Toronto Masters, Querrey and Haas also advance
Defending Champion Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Australian 19-year old Bernard Tomic at the Rogers Cup and is one step closer to defend his title. The world number 2 needed 71 minutes to win 6-2 6-3. After each player holding serve twice at the beginning of the first set, Djokovic showed great strength and [...] -
Olympic medalists Tsonga and Del Potro exit Toronto
Frenchman Jo-Wifried Tsonga, who just won the silver medal in the doubles event in the 2012 London Olympics, was upset in the second round of Toronto Masters by countryman Jeremy Chardy 6-4 7-6 in a match that lasted 88 minutes. Chardy started the encounter well, breaking Tsonga’s serve in the first [...] -
Washington’s champion Dolgopolov out of Toronto Masters, Haas overcomes Nalbandian
Alexandr Dolgopolov, who just won the Citi Open title in Washington, fell in the first round of the Rogers Cup held in Toronto to Czech player Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-1. The world number 40 started the match strong, breaking the Ukrainian’s serve in the fourth game of the first set. Winning [...] -
Juan Martin Del Potro marches on to the Olympic Quarter Finals
At Wimbledon on Wednesday, eighth seed in the Men’s Olympic Tennis tournament, Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro faced twelfth seed Gilles Simon of France for a place in the last eight. Del Potro had enjoyed a fairly comfortable route through to the third round of the competition, having not dropped [...] -
Haas beats defending champion Simon in Hamburg, Cilic also through
German wild card holder Tommy Haas came back from a set down against the defending champion Gilles Simon at the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships in Hamburg, winning 4-6 6-3 6-4. Haas improved his head to head record against the Frenchman to 3-1 and was extremely satisfied with his [...] -
The Boodles Challenge – First Day Preview and Photos
Stevegtennis brings you coverage from Britain’s most exclusive grass court tournament, The Boodles Challenge 2012. This spectacular event takes place in the magnificent grounds of Stoke Park, just a short drive from London. When driving through the gates of this establishment, we were absolutely overwhelmed by the marvelous scenery that [...] -
Roddick and Simon lose their second round matches at Queen’s
Former world no.1 Andy Roddick crashed out of the AEGON Championships, losing to the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round of the tournament. Roger-Vasselin surprisingly defeated the 7th seeded American and four times Queen’s Club champion in three sets, winning 6-4 4-6 7-5. Roddick had a big chance to [...] -
French Open First Round Recap
Here are some of the first round men’s results from this year’s Roland Garros: Nicholas Mahut def. Andy Roddick[26] 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 - Roddick has not played too much tennis recently, yet he was hoping that the French Open would be the place to get back on his feet. [...] -
Almagro to play Baker in Nice final
The dream comeback doesn’t seem to end for the American Brian Baker after he booked himself a final spot at the Nice Open after defeating Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-2. This will be the first ever ATP Tour final for Baker, who got handed a wild card for [...]
