World No. 64 Potito Starace came from a set down to defeat eighth seed Juan Ignacio Chela 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2 Saturday in the semi-finals of the ATP Studena Croatia Open, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament in Umag. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »
Archive for July, 2010
Brazilians Melo-Soares Reach Gstaad Final
Fourth seeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares reached their third ATP World Tour final of the year together Saturday at the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad as they defeated George Bastl and Dustin Brown 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »
Almagro Wins All-Spanish Semi-final; Faces Gasquet In Final
World No. 18 Nicolas Almagro reached his second ATP World Tour final in three weeks Saturday as he defeated fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament in Switzerland. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »
Almagro Wins All-Spanish Semi-final
World No. 18 Nicolas Almagro reached his second ATP World Tour final in three weeks Saturday as he defeated fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, an ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tennis tournament in Switzerland. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »
Below-par Murray reaches LA semis
Britain’s Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »
Sharapova reaches Stanford semi
Maria Sharapova defeats fellow Russian Elean Dementieva 6-4 2-6 6-3 at the Stanford Classic in California to set up a semi-final against Agnieszka Radwanska. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »
Baltacha bows out of Istanbul Cup
Elena Baltacha fails to build on her win over top seed Francesca Schiavone as she loses 6-4 6-0 to Germany’s Andrea Petkovic at the Istanbul Cup. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »
Querrey Goes The Distance; Murray Makes Strong Finish
Defending champion Sam Querrey fought back from the brink of defeat Friday afternoon at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, prevailing against German Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4) to reach the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament. ] … Article source: atpworldtour.com »
Below-par Murray reaches LA semi
Britain’s Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final. … Article source: news.bbc.co.uk »
Querrey, Murray advance to LA semifinals (AP)
When he wasn’t yelling at himself and breaking two rackets, defending champion Sam Querrey kept it together long enough to beat Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic on Friday. The second-seeded American used back-to-back big serves in the tiebreaker to win at the Los Angeles Tennis Center... »