Archive for September, 2010
Top seed Montanes reaches semis in Romania
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wir Top-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain advanced to the semifinals of the BCR Open Romania on Friday after outlasting No. 8 Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. The defending champion won the last three games of the match to seal the victory, after recovering from a second-set slump where he won just [...]
Kohlschreiber upsets Cilic in France quarterfinals
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany upset top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the Open De Moselle on Friday. The sixth-seeded Kohlschreiber saved all four break points he faced and broke Cilic three times. He will face eighth-seeded Gilles Simon of France, who advanced to his first ATP Tour [...]
Dulgheru, Amanmuradova upset in Tashkent
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire Top-seeded Alexandra Dulgheru and second-seeded Akgul Amanmuradova were upset in the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open on Thursday. Fifth-seeded Monica Niculescu beat Dulgheru 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3 in an all-Romanian match, while local favorite Amanmuradova, a two-time runner-up, was ousted by seventh-seeded Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-3. In Fridays semifinals, [...]
Qualifier ousts No. 2 seed Mayer in Romania
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wir Second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany was knocked out of the BCR Open Romania by Spanish qualifier Pablo Andujaron in a second-round upset on Thursday. Andujar won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to line up a quarterfinal against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, who defeated Argentinas Carlos Berlocq 6-4, 6-0. Third-seeded Potito Starace rallied to avoid [...]
Del Potro to return from injury at Thailand Open
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wire rep Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina says he will return to tennis next week in the Thailand Open, ending eight months on the sideline after wrist surgery. The 2009 U.S. Open champion expects to travel to Bangkok this week. Del Potro had surgery in May but has not played since a [...]
Robredo reaches quarters at Open de Moselle
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Tommy Robredo of Spain beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Open De Moselle quarterfinals on Wednesday. The seventh-seeded Robredo will next play fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet after he rallied from a set down to oust Paul-Henri Mathieu 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) in an all-French second-round match. Robredo, who won [...]
Nadal confirms he will play at Queen’s Club
Tennis newsTennis news-Sp No. 1-ranked Rafael Nadal has confirmed he will play at Queens Club, the warmup tournament before Wimbledon, next year. Nadal, who recently won the U.S. Open to complete the career Grand Slam, will make his fifth appearance at the tournament in west London. The Spanish player has reached the Wimbledon final every year [...]
Nieminen, Malisse make second round at Metz
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Xavier Malisse of Belgium had straight-set wins in the first round of the Open De Moselle on Tuesday. Nieminen beat Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-3, 7-6 (2) and Malisse downed French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-6 (3), 6-4. Later Tuesday, 2009 finalist Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany was scheduled to [...]
Robredo, Berrer move to second round in Metz
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.c Former champion Tommy Robredo of Spain beat Daniel Brands of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (3) to reach the second round at the Open De Moselle on Monday. Robredo had seven aces and broke serve twice in the second set. He won the indoor tournament in 2007. In other first-round matches, Michael Berrer beat Rainer [...]
Kleybanova begins Korea Open with quick victory
Tennis newsTennis news-Sports.com wir Fifth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia opened the Hansol Korea Open with a 6-2, 6-3 first-round win over Taiwans Chang Kai-chen on Monday. Kleybanova, who won her first WTA singles title in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year, needed only 1 hour, 24 minutes to advance. In other first-round matches, Russian Ekaterina Makarova beat [...]
