Post Tagged with: "Marcel Granollers"
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Marin Cilic is the first Croat to win the Croatia Open since 1990
The win at the Croatia Open was the 2nd of the year for Marin Cilic (CRO), who also won the Queen’s Club Championships in London in June. In the process Cilic became the first Croat to win the Croatia Open since Goran Prpic won the inaugural event 22 years ago. [...] -
Cilic beats Dolgopolov in Umag semis, plays Granollers in final
Played at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag, Croatia, the semi finals matched number four seed Marcel Granollers (ESP) against number one seed Fernando Verdasco (ESP), and number two seed Marin Cilic (CRO) against number three seed Alexander Dolgopolov (UKR). Granollers and Verdasco met once in the past year in [...] -
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 [...] -
Nadal wins first match in Halle, beats Lacko for a quarterfinal spot
2012 Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal started his Gerry Weber Open debut successfully as he beat Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko in the second round today, winning 7-5 6-1. The Spaniard went up a break when he took Lacko’s serve in the 4th game of the opening set, but the Slovak fought [...] -
Berdych and Raonic into last 8 in Halle
No.3 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reached the last 8 at the Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle after defeating world no.33 Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 6-2. In a match that lasted just an hour, the Czech dominated in all departments, holding his serve with a lot of [...] -
Haas through in Halle after Tomic retires
Former Halle champion Tommy Haas booked his place in the second round after his opponent Australian Bernard Tomic was forced to pull out of the match at 5-2 in the German’s favour. Tomic, who has been ill for the past few days, decided to give up the fight after 22 [...] -
Del Potro victorious against Berdych in Paris, plays Federer in QFs
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro only needed one more set to win against Tomas Berdych in a match that started yesterday, but got suspended because of darkness. Del Potro managed to wrap it up today and eliminated the no.7 seed Czech, winning 7-6 (6) 1-6 6-3 7-5. The last meeting [...] -
Federer and Nadal through to Rome quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both won their third round matches and booked a spot in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters. Nadal was the first one of the two to reach the last 8 after he defeated fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-1. Although the scoreline looks very one [...] -
Nadal advances into third round in Rome
Second seeded Rafael Nadal advanced into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters after defeating German Florian Mayer 6-1 7-5. There aren’t too many players out there with a positive head to head record against the Spaniard, but Mayer was one of them before the match, having beaten Nadal [...] -
Monfils beats Bogomolov in Rome, Baghdatis out
No.13 seed Gael Monfils won his first round match at the Rome Tennis Masters after he defeated Russia’s Alex Bogomolov Jr. in straight sets 6-4 6-1. In quite windy conditions, Bogomolov never really managed to put enough pressure on Monfils and force him to come up with some high quality [...] -
Argentina wins doubles in Davis Cup QF against Croatia
David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank secured the second point for the Argentine Davis Cup team as they beat the Croatians Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic in a five set match 3-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 6-7 (6) 8-6. With one minute short of five hours, this was the second marathon match [...] -
Spain takes a 2-0 lead against Austria in the Davis Cup QF
In the absence of world no.2 Rafael Nadal, Spanish duo Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer secured the first two points for the hosts Spain in their Davis Cup quarterfinal encounter in Marina d’Or against Austria. Almagro outclassed Jurgen Melzer as he defeated him in straight sets 6-2 6-2 6-4 and [...] -
Federer overcomes Raonic, Nadal dismisses Granollers
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both won their matches at the Indian Wells Tennis Masters and secured themselves a place in the last 16. Federer had to fight a lot harder for his victory as he defeated the talented Canadian Milos Raonic in three sets 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-4. There [...]
