Post Tagged with: "Kevin Anderson"
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Gasquet out of Paris, Monaco beats Dimitrov
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson surprisingly beat 12th seeded Richard Gasquet in the second round of 2012 Paris Masters, winning in three sets 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-1. This is a very bitter defeat for the Frenchman Gasquet, whose chances to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals have diminished after this [...] -
Seppi wins opener in Paris, Kohlschreiber and Bellucci out
Andreas Seppi, Kevin Anderson and Jerzy Janowicz win opening matches at Paris Masters 2012. An easy job for South African Anderson in first round as he progressed without giving away a serve in the clash with Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. He overcame a single break point threat in the opening [...] -
Del Potro beats Anderson in Basel, plays Gasquet in semis
Juan Martin Del Potro needed to come from a set down to make the semi finals in Basel, eventually defeating Kevin Anderson 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in a hard fought encounter. For much of the match, Anderson was serving massive with 20 aces in total. After an early break point was saved on [...] -
Hewitt reaches 2nd round of Stockholm, defending champ Monfils out
Hewitt wins a three-setter in the first round of Stockholm Open 2012, while outsider Rosenholm smashes out defending champ Monfils. Former number one Australian Lleyton Hewitt produced a confident first set against higher ranked Kevin Anderson of South Africa. He held all of his service games, broke Anderson in the [...] -
Isner wins three set thriller against Anderson in Shanghai 2nd round
8th seeded American John Isner beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a three set thriller in the second round of Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, prevailing 7-6 (3) 6-7 (8) 7-6 (7). Both players are famous for their big serves and they proved it in today’s encounter. With no breaks [...] -
Youzhny beats Anderson in Beijing, Lopez also through to QFs
Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the next round in Beijing after a comfortable victory over Kevin Anderson, defeating the South African 6-3 6-3 to earn a quarterfinal encounter against Jo Wilfried Tsonga who received a walkover when Nikolay Davydenko withdrew from their match. The early games saw the players feeling each other out, [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Monfils advances into second round in Bangkok, Karlovic also through
The evergreen Ivo Karlovic showed his younger opponent that he’s still got what it takes, hitting nine aces past Australia’s Marinko Matosevic to reach round two of the Thailand Open 2012. The Croatian, ranked 80 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, produced two solid sets winning 76 per cent [...] -
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 [...] -
Granollers, Youzhny, Querrey win openers in Toronto
Marcel Granollers of Spain is through to the second round of the Roger Cup held in Toronto after dismissing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Spaniard needed three sets and 2 hours and 8 minutes to win 4-6 6-4 6-3. Although winning 4 points only on the Spaniard’s serve in the first [...] -
Querrey continues incredible run to face Dolgopolov in the Citi Open Semis
Sam Querrey of the USA continued his current impressive form to beat the tournaments third seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa. Querrey, seeded number eight, had a struggle to get through his first round against Russia’s Andreev, but has beaten some good opposition since, without dropping a set. The big [...] -
Murray superb performance against Davydenko
British no.1 Andy Murray showed no signs of weakness as he stormed to an excellent 6-1 6-1 6-4 win over Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in today’s first round encounter at Wimbledon. Murray, who could be the first Brit to win this precious trophy since Fred Perry prevailed in 1936, played some [...]
