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Isner to meet Haas in San Jose semis
Seeded players John Isner and Tommy Haas secured their semifinal tickets at the San Jose ATP tournament with straight sets victories. Second seed American Isner maintained his good form and reached San Jose semis after brushing aside eighth-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse in straight sets. The opener was a toe-to-toe struggle [...] -
Querrey and Kohlschreiber advance to Auckland SFs
Sam Querrey moves into the next round after a relatively comfortable victory over now Canadian Jesse Levine 6-4 7-6(5). The players traded early breaks but after that there was little to shout about on return, as serve was dominant. Querrey served 14 aces while Levine saved six of the eight break points [...] -
ATP Auckland Roundup: Goffin, Janowicz, Klizan all out
It was a bad start to the week for a number of the up and comers on the ATP World Tour with David Goffin, Jerzy Janowicz and Martin Klizan all exiting in the first round in Auckland. After leading 5-2 with a double break in the first set, it all went downhill [...] -
Monfils and Blake through to second round at Moselle Open in Metz
James Blake and three French players, Gaël Monfils, Benoit Paire, and Vincent Millot progressed into the second round of Moselle Open in Metz. None of their opponents extended the match into three sets. Seventh seed French Monfils, who conquered Metz in 2009, is staying in competition at this year’s Moselle [...] -
Isner overcomes Malisse in 1st round of 2012 US Open, Baker also through
As the top ranked American in the men’s draw, 9th seed John Isner has a lot of pressure riding on his shoulders as he enters the U.S. Open. He was challenged in his 1st round match by Belgian veteran Xavier Malisse who forced the 27 year old Isner to a [...] -
Fish to face Haas in the Semi-Final in Washington
Tournament number one seed Mardy Fish came through his Quarter Final against Belgium’s Xavier Mallise with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win. Mallise had beaten sixth seed Jeremy Chardy of France in the previous round and was set to be a tough opponent for Fish. However, the American converted the two [...] -
Top seed Fish books a Quarter Final place at the Citi Open in Washington
Number one seed Mardy Fish from the USA made light work of wildcard entrant Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania to progress to the last eight of the ATP Citi Open in Washington. Fish had been taken to three sets by German Bjorn Phau in the first round but was able to [...] -
Ram beats Mayer, plays Querrey in LA semis
Unseeded Rajeev Ram overcame third-seeded Argentine Leonardo Mayer in 2012 Farmers Classic quarterfinal, while experienced Belgian Xavier Malisse forfeited the match against second seed Californian Sam Querrey. World No. 117 Ram appears to be in a really good shape at the tournament as he did not give away a single [...] -
Querrey and Malisse enter Los Angeles quarterfinals
Second seed Sam Querrey and fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse delivered expected victories in the second round of 2012 Farmers Classic. They were better than Igor Sijsling and Matthew Ebden respectively. Local hero Querrey, number 57 on ATP rankings, brushed aside his Dutch adversary Sijsling in less than an hour of play. [...] -
Malisse and Ebden win first round matches in LA
Fifth-seeded Xavier Malisse, Matthew Ebden, and Igor Sijsling all managed to survive the opening round of 2012 Farmers Classic tournament. Sam Querrey got a bye in the first round. 32-year old Belgian Malisse, a Wimbledon semifinalist from ten years ago, was a clear favorite against the young American Nicolas Meister. [...] -
Tipsarevic beats Nalbandian, Isner out of Wimbledon 2012
8th seed Janko Tipsarevic booked his place in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships 2012 after beating Queen’s Club finalist David Nalbandian 6-4 7-6 (4) 6-2. Nalbandian, who got disqualified from the AEGON Championships week before last, couldn’t convert any of the five break point opportunities he had at [...] -
Ferrer – Petzschner final in Hertogenbosch
Top seed Spaniard David Ferrer will meet German wild card holder Philipp Petzschner in the UNICEF Open final. After yesterday’s easy match, Ferrer was pushed to dig deeper today as he needed three sets to overcome Frenchman Benoit Paire, winning 7-6 (5) 3-6 6-1. For the Spaniard, this will be [...] -
Ferrer and Malisse advance to Hertogenbosch semis
No.1 seed David Ferrer needed only 42 minutes to book his place in the Unicef Open semis in Hertogenbosch, defeating Dutch wild card holder Igor Sijsling 6-0 6-1. The Spaniard dropped a mere three points on his serve throughout the whole match, setting up a semifinal encounter against Frenchman Benoit [...]
