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Fish eliminates Tomic in Tokyo and will face Nadal in SF
American Mardy Fish set up a semifinal encounter against Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open when he outsted the Australian Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinal, beating him 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. The breaking point in the match was the 9th game in the second set, when Fish broke Tomic’s serve, [...] -
Tsonga faces Berdych in China Open semifinal
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made his way into the semifinal of the China Open, defeating former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-4. He will now meet the Czech Tomas Berdych, who outsted Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-1, 6-0. He broke the Spaniard’s serve six times and dominated throughout the [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Bryan brothers roll into semifinal at China Open
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan defeated Tomas Berdych and Florian Mayer 6-0, 6-3 and moved into the semifinal at the China Open in Beijing. The top seed American pair will now play against Michael Llodra and Nenand Zimonjic, after they eliminated Marcel Granollers and Oliver Marach 6-1, 6-4. Wimbledon finalists [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrero to meet in QF at China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved into the quarterfinal of the China Open after ousting the Chinese wildcard holder Ze Zhang in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The top seed French player set up a quarterfinal match against the former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero after the Spaniard defeated Marcel Granollers 6-4, 6-4. Tsonga [...] -
Nadal beats Raonic in Tokyo and cruises into quarters
Top seed Rafael Nadal moved one step closer to defending his title at the Japan Open as he eliminated Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 6-3. This is Nadal’s first tournament since helping Spain to reach the Davis Cup final. Raonic came back to the men’s tour after his hip injury [...] -
Ivanovic and Petkovic into quarterfinals at China Open
Former world number 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia upset Vera Zvonareva in the third round at the China Open, when beating her easily 6-2, 6-1. With this win Ivanovic brought their head-to-head record level, now standing at 5-5. Ivanovic will now meet Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who ousted Zheng Jie [...] -
Murray fights back to beat Baghdatis at Japan Open
British number 1 Andy Murray survived a scare to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a break down in the third set and has now won 17 of his last 18 matches. He was [...] -
Tursunov defeats Tipsarevic in Tokyo
Dmitry Tursunov of Russia upset last week’s Malaysia Open winner Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the first round of the Japan Open, beating him in three sets 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 7-5. The match lasted three hours and Tursunov held nerve in the third set, despite being a break down [...] -
Stosur out, Zvonareva wins opener in Beijing
US Open champion Samantha Stosur got upset by Maria Kirilenko in the first round of the China Open as she lost 5-7, 6-1, 5-7. Third seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia overcame her first round hurdle when she defeated Klara Zakopalova of Czech Republic 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Zvonareva will face former world [...] -
Tsonga through to second round at the China Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga battled his way through to the second round at the China Open as he defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 7-6 (7), 7-5. For the top seed Frenchman Tsonga, Beijing has got a special place in his heart as he won his first career match here in 2004. Tsonga [...] -
Australian Open to have the highest prize money ever
Australian Open 2012 will witness the highest prize money ever paid out to the players in history of tennis. It will be a total of A$26 million (US$25 million) and both men’s and women’s champions will be awarded a record A$2.3 million (US$ 2.18 million) each. In comparison, this year’s [...] -
Raonic victorious on his return at Japan Open
Milos Raonic defeated Japanese wild card Yuichi Sugita 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (1) in the first round of Japan Open to set up an encounter with top seeded Rafa Nadal in the next round. It will be a re-match for last year’s second round, where Nadal sent Raonic packing by [...]
