Post Tagged with: "Thomaz Bellucci"
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Tsonga dismisses Bellucci, Ferrer overpowers Pospisil at the Olympics
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who lost at this year’s Wimbledon semis against the Brit Murray, made his way through to the second round of the 2012 London Olympics. The Frenchman defeated Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 under the closed roof of the All England Club centre court. [...] -
Bellucci Defeats Top Seed Tipsarevic in Gstaad final, Wins His 3rd Career Title
Thomaz Bellucci capped off an impressive week at Gstaad by defeating 1st seed and title favorite, Janko Tipsarevic, 6-7(6) 6-4 6-2. Bellucci defeated 4th seed Youzhny, 5th seed Lopez and 1st seed Tipsarevic en route to his third career title (thus repeating a similar pattern of upsets at last year’s [...] -
Gstaad: Bellucci Prevails Over Dimitrov, to Play Tipsarevic in the Final
Bellucci played a strong seminfal against Dimitrov, as he hit his lefty forehands with a pace that effectively kept Dimitrov on the backfoot. In the 1st set, Dimitrov utilized his backhands to good effect, alternating it with his backhand slice to offset the rhythm of the rallies. At 30-15 on [...] -
Gstaad: Dimitrov, Bellucci and Mathieu Are Surprise Semi-finalists
In a tournament that already featured upsets of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th seeds (Granollers, Wawrinka and Youzhny), Thomaz Bellucci defeated 5th seed Feliciano Lopez to become a surprise semifinalist at Gstaad. Bellucci, who once reached a career-high ranking of no. 21 in 2010, is having a very consistent run [...] -
Gstaad: Bellucci Sets Up QF With Lopez, Gulbis Defeats Paire
After a three-set match that lasted over two hours, Bellucci defeated Youzhny to set up a quarterfinal with Feliciano Lopez, who triumphed over Jan Hajek. Bellucci started the match playing his explosive game, which features hard-hitting forehands balanced with the unforced errors that spring from such an aggressive mentality. Although [...] -
Tipsarevic wins Stuttgart title, beats Monaco in final
Serbian Janko Tipsarevic captured his first ATP Title of the year after defeating Argentine Juan Monaco in the Mercedes Cup final in Stuttgart, winning 6-4 5-7 6-3. World no.8 Tipsarevic was in control of the match from the very beginning, taking the first set and storming to a 4-1 lead [...] -
Tipsarevic and Bellucci complete Mercedes Cup Semi-Final Lineup
Probably beginning to tire of his reputation as “the other guy” in Serbian tennis, Janko Tipsarevic was the hot favourite to progress to tomorrow’s Mercedes Cup semi-final in Stuttgart. However, his opponent – tour veteran Bjorn Phau – must have sensed an upset as he battled to a first set [...] -
Nadal starts his Wimbledon 2012 campaign with a straight sets win over Bellucci
After a short rain delay, last year’s finalist Rafael Nadal started his Wimbledon 2012 campaign against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci with a straight sets win 7-6 (0) 6-2 6-3. Bellucci came out very strong, breaking the Spaniard twice to take a 4-0 lead in the first set and there was no [...] -
French Open First Round Recap
Here are some of the first round men’s results from this year’s Roland Garros: Nicholas Mahut def. Andy Roddick[26] 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 - Roddick has not played too much tennis recently, yet he was hoping that the French Open would be the place to get back on his feet. [...] -
Del Potro survives scare, beats Llodra in Rome
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overcame a first round scare at the International BNL d’Italia Masters in Rome as he needed three sets on his way to victory over Frenchman Michael Llodra, winning 7-5 3-6 6-4. 10th seed Del Potro, who has been playing some high quality clay court tennis [...] -
Raonic out of Rome Masters, loses to Mayer
German Florian Mayer surprisingly beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters that started today. This is a shock defeat for the Canadian, who seemed to be on top form recently, narrowly losing to Federer at this week’s Madrid Masters. Raonic struggled [...] -
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 [...] -
Nadal destroys Kukushkin at the Monte Carlo Masters
World no.2 Rafael Nadal destroyed Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1 6-1 and moved into the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters quarterfinals. As the rain interrupted today’s day play, Nadal was forced to play his match under floodlights. It didn’t seem to bother him as he crushed his opponent and set up [...]
