Post Tagged with: "Tokyo Tennis"
-
-
Murray sets up Japan Open final against Nadal
World no.4 Andy Murray comfortably made his way into the Japan Open final as he beat the Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. He will now meet Rafael Nadal in the final and will try to revenge the US Open semifinal defeat against the world no.2. The british no.1 managed to [...] -
Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
Nadal through to Tokyo semifinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal secured his place in Japan Open’s semifinals as he beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (6), 6-3. In the first set, both players held their serve and the more experienced Nadal sealed it with winning the tie-break 7-5. There were three breaks in the second set, [...] -
Cermak-Polasek move into Tokyo SFs
Frantisek Cermak of Czech Republic and Filip Polasek of Slovakia got through to the Tokyo Open semifinals after defeating the Spanish duo Ferrer/Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. They will next play the Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, who eliminated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 7-6 (5), [...] -
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, [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Ito and Nishikori upset third seeds at Japan Open
Japanese wildcard holders Tatsuma Ito and Kei Nishikori stunned the third seed pair Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya in the first round at the Japan Open as they defeated them 4-6, 6-4, 10-4. Kas and Peya were hoping to qualify for this year’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, but this [...] -
Fish and Stepanek win their opening matches in Tokyo
American Mardy Fish and Czech Radek Stepanek are both through into the second round at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. No.4 seed Fish overcame a scare when beating fellow American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. The 19 year old Harrison had to qualify for the main draw and he put [...] -
Zvonareva and Radwanska to play in Tokyo Open final
Fourth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia eliminated the Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova in the semis of the Pan Pacific Open, winning in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-0. Kvitova got into the semifinals after Maria Sharapova had to retire from their quarterfinal match as she twisted her ankle and was unable [...] -
Sharapova retires from Tokyo after twisting her ankle
No.2 seed Maria Sharapova was forced to retire in her quarterfinal match against Czech Petra Kvitova at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Russian twisted her ankle with Kvitova leading 4-3 in the first set and it didn’t look promising for her as she immediately called for a trainer. [...] -
Sharapova advances in Tokyo, Wozniacki out
Maria Sharapova defeated the Germany Julia Goerges at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) and set up a meeting with Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals. Petra Kvitova was the one who defeated her in this year’s Wimbledon final to win her first Grand Slam title. World no.1 [...]
