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Paire defeats Andujar and advances into Serbia Open final
Frenchman Benoit Paire reached his first ATP tour final as he beat no.1 seed Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3 1-6 6-3 in Saturday’s semis at the Serbia Open in Belgrade. Paire got off to a better start, but lost his focus in the second set and Andujar took advantage of [...] -
Cilic beats Haas to reach Munich final
Croatian Marin Cilic moved into the BMW Open final after beating German wild card holder Tommy Haas 6-3 6-4 in just 75 minutes. The 3rd seed Croat broke the 34 year old Haas in the 8th game of the first set to serve it out and take the lead in [...] -
Gasquet reaches Estoril semis, plays Ramos next
Frenchman Richard Gasquet beat the Spanish qualifier Daniel Munoz-de la Nava 7-6 (1) 6-2 to make it to the Estoril Open semifinals. No.2 seed Gasquet will play another Spaniard Albert Ramos in the Saturday’s semis and will try to match his 2007 result, when he lost to Serbia’s Djokovic in [...] -
Del Potro beats Montanes, sets up Wawrinka SF in Estoril
Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro booked his place in the Estoril Open semifinals after beating former champion Albert Montanes of Spain in two easy sets 6-2 6-2. Defending champion del Potro, who hasn’t played a competitive match for the last 5 weeks, managed to break his opponent 6 times [...] -
Lopez eliminates Tomic, plays Kohlschreiber in Munich SFs
No.2 seed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez moved into the BMW Open semifinals after defeating Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-2. Lopez serve was working perfectly today and with 14 aces fired, the Spaniard got his revenge for the 2011 Australian Open second round defeat against Tomic. In Saturday’s semis, Lopez will face [...] -
Haas beats Baghdatis to reach Munich semifinals
German wild card holder Tommy Haas advanced into the BMW Open semifinals after beating 8th seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in straight sets 6-1 7-6 (3). The German former world no.2 carries on delighting his home fans this week and there were moments, when he wasn’t that far off the [...] -
Simon wins Bucharest title, beats Fognini in final
Frenchman Gilles Simon captured his 3rd Bucharest title as he beat Italy’s Fabio Fognini in Sunday’s Nastase Tiriac Trophy final, winning 6-4 6-3. This was the first tour final for Fognini, but he started the match with some confidence, going 2-0 up. It was followed by a couple of breaks [...] -
Nadal beats Ferrer to win Barcelona title for 7th time
Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal won his 7th Barcelona Open title after defeating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (1) 7-5 in Sunday’s final. Ferrer got off to a better start, but after taking Nadal’s serve to go 2-0, the world no.2 managed to get the break back and [...] -
Simon throught to Bucharest final, plays Fognini
Frenchman Gilles Simon is on his way to a third Bucharest title after winning his semifinal match against Matthias Bachinger 7-5 6-2 and booking a place in Sunday’s Nastase Tiriac Trophy Event final. Simon looked in control of the match from the beginning of the first set, breaking his opponent [...] -
Nadal beats Verdasco, plays Ferrer in Barcelona Final
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer set up a re-match of last year’s final as they both won their semifinal encounters at the Barcelona Open. World no.2 Nadal demolished fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco as he cruised to a 6-0 6-4 victory in 1 hour and 25 minutes. The first set was [...] -
Simon moves into Bucharest semis, Balazs beats Malisse
Two times Bucharest champion Gilles Simon of France secured his spot in Saturday’s semifinals after he defeated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 3-6 6-1 6-3. First seed Simon converted 6 out of 15 break points and after a slow start he took control of the match, winning in 2 hours and 13 [...] -
Ferrer beats Lopez in Barcelona, Verdasco to play Nadal
3rd seed Spaniard David Ferrer defeated his countryman Feliciano Lopez as he survived two match points to win in three sets 6-7 (4) 7-6 (7) 6-3 and moved into the Barcelona Open semifinals. There were no break points in the first set until the 12th game, when Ferrer had a [...] -
Nadal reaches Barcelona semis, Raonic beats Murray
It was a one-sided match between the defending champion Rafael Nadal and Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia as the world no.2 destroyed his opponent 6-2 6-2 in just 1 hour and 23 minutes and booked a place in the Barcelona Open semifinals. Nadal took control of the match from the very [...]
