Elena Baltacha booked her place in the second round of the Citi Open at College Park by beating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. The sixth seed was straight into her stride, claiming three breaks in the first set on her way to a 6-2 7-6 (7/5) victory in Maryland. In the next round she will play [...]
Agnieszka Radwanska disposed of Barbora Zahlavova Strycova to book her place in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. The Pole needed 68 minutes, breaking six times on her way to a 6-1 6-2 win to set up a second-round clash with Kai-Chen Chang, who beat American wildcard Hilary [...]
American Michael Russell came from a set down to beat sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov to reach the second round of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles. The Russian edged the first set on a tie-break, but Russell stormed back to claim a 6-7 (5/7) 6-0 6-2 victory. Also in action on Monday night, China’s Lu [...]
World number three Vera Zvonareva claimed her second title of 2011 by beating fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak in the final of the Baku Cup. Zvonareva, the top seed, was never seriously tested by Pervak and ran out a 6-1 6-4 winner in one hour and 23 minutes. The tone was established early with Zvonareva breaking [...]
Fifth seed Gilles Simon clinched the German Open title with a three-set wins over Nicolas Almagro in Hamburg. Simon, who became the first Frenchman in 25 years to claim the trophy, survived a second-set fightback to win 6-4 4-6 6-4 in two hours and 38 minutes. Almagro squandered eight break points in the opening set [...]
Mardy Fish saved two match points before successfully defending his Atlanta Tennis Championships title against fellow American John Isner. In a re-match of last year’s final the world number nine won 3-6 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 in two hours and 16 minutes. Fish had been on the verge of defeat in the second-set tie-break when Isner [...]
Defending champion Mardy Fish will meet fellow American John Isner in the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year. World number nine Fish ensured he would defend his crown after he cast aside 19-year-old compatriot Ryan Harrison 6-2 6-4. That set up a re-match of last year’s final after Isner edged [...]
Top seed Vera Zvonareva cruised into the quarter-finals of the Baku Cup in Azerbaijan when opponent Kristina Kucova retired with the Russian holding a 6-0 3-0 advantage. Zvonareva dominated play against her world number 187-ranked opponent and needed only 42 minutes to fashion her match-winning lead before Kucova withdrew with a left leg injury. Zvonareva [...]
Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboeva continued her storming progress at the Baku Cup in Azerbaijan by knocking out Romanian Monica Niculescu in the second round. World number 162 Vosboeva had scored a shut-out 6-0 6-0 win over Sofia Shapatava in round one and followed it up by beating Niculescu – ranked more than 100 places higher – [...]
Kevin Anderson is through to the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships after a 6-1 7-5 win over Michael Russell. The big-serving second seed fired down 10 aces to set-up a last-eight meeting with Gilles Muller, who edged past wild card Robby Ginepri 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-2. John Isner won an epic all-American clash with [...]
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