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Qualifier Schukin Upsets Top Seed; Gimeno-Traver Reaches SFs

Friday, July 30, 2010

Kazakhstani qualifier Yuri Schukin recorded the biggest win of his career at the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad on Friday for a place in his first ATP World Tour semi-final.

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Brunstrom-Nieminen Edge Top Seeds For Gstaad Final Berth

Friday, July 30, 2010

Johan Brunstrom and Jarkko Nieminen booked their places in the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad final on Friday.

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TV Schedule: Washington

Friday, July 30, 2010

The ATP World Tour circuit continues this week with one ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tournament, part of the Olympus US Open Series, the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, in Washington D.C.. ATP World Tour stars will attempt to gain crucial match practise ahead of the US Open, the final Grand Slam championship of the year.

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Melzer, Starace Win First Of Three Matches; Ljubicic Wins All-Croatian Battle

Friday, July 30, 2010

Jurgen Melzer and Potito Starace won the first of three matches they will be required to play on Friday at the ATP Studena Open, after no play was possible on Thursday due to torrential rain.

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Gimeno-Traver Reaches Gstaad SFs

Friday, July 30, 2010

World No. 74 Daniel Gimeno-Traver has reached his second ATP World Tour semi-final in the post-Wimbledon clay-court swing. The Spaniard saved four of five break points to knock out Igor Andreev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in 72 minutes at the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad on Friday.

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Gstaad Friday Preview

Friday, July 30, 2010

Two Top 20 stars are among the line-up on Friday as all four quarter-finals take to the clay courts of Gstaad.

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Los Angeles Friday Preview

Friday, July 30, 2010

Five of the top six seeds are into the quarter-finals of the Farmers Classic presented by Mercedes-Benz on Friday, led by top seed and wild card entry Andy Murray of Scotland, No. 2/defending champion Sam Querrey and No. 3 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. The other seeds are No. 4 Feliciano Lopez of Spain and No. 6 Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia. The other unseeded quarter-finalists are former World No. 5 Rainer Schuettler of Germany, former World No. 4 James Blake, a wild card entry and the…

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Melzer, Starace Win First Of Three Matches

Friday, July 30, 2010

Second seed Jurgen Melzer required just 46 minutes to beat Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-0 on Friday morning for a place in the ATP Studena Croatia Open quarter-finals in Umag.

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Umag Friday Preview

Friday, July 30, 2010

For just the third time in Umag’s tournament history, there was a complete rain-out, as all Thursday matches were pushed to Friday (the first two rain-outs came on quarter-final Fridays in 1993 and 2001). The four second round matches from Thursday plus all four quarter-finals will hopefully be completed on Friday.

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Bryans Stay On Track, Reach L.A. SFs

Friday, July 30, 2010

Top seeds and defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan saved five of six break points to overcome Ernests Gulbis and Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-3 in 63 minutes on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals of their hometown tournament, the Farmers Classic. Gulbis and Tursunov hit 11 aces and three doubles faults.

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