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Cilic beats Isner in Madrid, sets up a clash against Ferrer
Croatian Marin Cilic overcame the big serving 8th seed American John Isner in two narrow sets 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) and booked a place in the third round of the Madrid Tennis Masters. Neither of the players managed to break each other’s serve throughout the whole match. Cilic was the [...] -
Nadal destroys Davydenko in Madrid
Second seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko 6-2 6-2 in 1 hour and 20 minutes. Nadal struck in the third game of the first set and then again in the 5th to go up a double break. Davydenko [...] -
Djokovic overcomes second round scare at Madrid open
Defending champion and top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia overcame a second round scare at the Mutua Madrid Open as he needed three sets to defeat Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, winning 6-2 2-6 6-3. Djokovic wasn’t happy with the blue clay used for this year’s tournament and he looked less [...] -
Del Potro cruises into 2nd round in Madrid, beats Mayer
Last week’s Estoril Open champion Juan Martin del Potro booked his place in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open as he eliminated Florian Mayer of Germany 6-4 6-2. After the first set loss, Mayer started to look a bit erratic and too many unforced errors allowed the 10th [...] -
Melzer eliminates Lopez in the 1st round of the Madrid Open
Austrian Jurgen Melzer overcame 13th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open, beating him 3-6 7-6 (6) 6-4. There were two breaks of serve on each side throughout the whole match that lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. Melzer’s head to head record [...] -
Raonic defeats Nalbandian in Madrid, plays Federer next
Canadian Milos Raonic set up a second round match against Roger Federer at the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating Argentine David Nalbandian 6-4 6-4. Raonic never really looked under pressure throughout the match. He broke Nalbandian in his opening service game and comfortably served out the first set. The crucial [...] -
Stepanek beats Tomic in Madrid, Cilic also through to 2nd round
Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open as he overcame Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-2 7-5 in just under 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tomic was 4-1 up in the second set, but Stepanek fought right back and despite facing two break points when [...] -
Garcia-Lopez defeats Baghdatis, Andreev eliminates Ferrero in Madrid
Wild card holder Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain won his first round match at the Mutua Madrid Open against Marcos Baghdatis with a scoreline of 6-4 3-6 6-4. The Cypriot Baghdatis played at this tournament for the fourth time in his career, but has never been able to reach more than [...] -
Seppi wins Serbia Open title, beats Paire in final
Italy’s Andreas Seppi captured his second career title after he beat Benoit Paire of France 6-3 6-2 in the Serbia Open final. It was the first tour final for Paire, who started the match with an early break. But Seppi managed to break back right away and the Frenchman’s unforced [...] -
Del Potro captures Estoril title, defeats Gasquet in final
Top seed Juan Martin del Potro defended his title in Estoril after beating the no.2 seed Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-2 in today’s final. The Argentine played some brilliant tennis and didn’t give Gasquet a single chance to break him as he stormed to clinch the 11th title of his career. [...] -
Kohlschreiber beats Cilic to win Munich title
Fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany captured his second BMW Open title after defeating Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6 (8) 6-3 in Sunday’s final. The German won this tournament in 2007 and with this year’s win he has got four ATP Tour titles to his name. Kohlschreiber managed to save 7 [...] -
Seppi overcomes Nalbandian to reach Serbia Open final
Italy’s Andreas Seppi moved into the Serbia Open final after defeating 4th seed David Nalbandian 2-6 6-2 7-5. The second seed Seppi came back from a set down and got the crucial break of serve in the 9th game of the third set to take a 5-4 lead. He then [...] -
Kohlschreiber defeats Lopez, plays Cilic in Munich final
German Philipp Kohlschreiber set up a BMW Open final encounter against the 3rd seed Marin Cilic of Croatia after defeating the second seed Feliciano Lopez 6-2 6-7 (4) 6-4 in a battle that lasted more than 2 hours. The 4th seed German managed to hold his serve throughout the whole [...]
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