2013/05/25

Monaco in Top Ten with Hamburg Tournament Victory

Juan Monaco has made his way into the Top Ten as of Monday, thanks to capturing the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg over German veteran Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4 on Sunday.

“It’s amazing, it’s a dream come true,” Monaco said of breaking into the top ten. “I will always remember this great week because it’s very important for me and my team. It was a big goal we had pre-season when we were practicing very hard.”

The Argentine, who was into his second final in two weeks, won his third clay-court title of the year for his sixth overall tournament win, with all six titles coming on clay.

The 34-year-old Hamburg native coming back from hip and shoulder surgery was trying to win a second title in his home country. Haas beat Roger Federer  to win Halle last month. Haas is projected to move up to around No. 35 in the world.

“He played a tremendous match,” Haas said. All credit to him. He performed really well, especially when it came down to the big points. I tried to play my best; I thought I played really well throughout the match. Having the crowd support really lifted me to another gear, but it just wasn’t enough today.

“I really didn’t know if I was going to be able to get this feeling one more time, especially here in Hamburg. To have experienced another week like this with getting to the final is obviously another dream week for me.”

“I can’t complain about the way I played today, “ not the Argentine. “I was 4-1 down in the first set, but I never gave up. I was fighting every point, very focused and very motivated to win this tournament. I think it was very important to win the first set. In the last two games of the match I think I played very well.”

 

Monaco is bound for the London Olympics next. “To change the courts is not going to be easy for me,” Monaco said,  “but I have five days for practice to be with the guys there. So, let’s see how it goes. This tournament will bring me big confidence and I’m feeling great, no injuries. So, I will try my best in London.”

 

 

Singles – Final
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d [WC] T Haas (GER) 75 64

Doubles – Final
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d [Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 64 63

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Bellucci Stuns Tipsarevic for Gstaad Title

A week after Gustavo Kuerten was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, another Brazilian has made news. World No. 60 Thomaz Bellucci prevented top seed Janko Tipsarevic from defending his Swiss Open title by upsetting the Serb 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 in the final on Sunday.

For Bellucci this is his second Gstaad crown and his third overall ATP World Tour tournament victory.

The win was not easy, as Bellucci let a 6-1 lead in the first set tiebreak slip with Tipsarevic capturing the next seven points to collect the set.

“It was very tough losing the tie-break, having led 6-1,” said the Brazilian. “I was playing very well, but on the set points I was too nervous. I miss-hit a lot of balls and I was very disappointed. I was very focused after this, which was the key of the match, because if I had lost serve at the start of the second set it would have been very difficult to win. I’m very happy I got the focus to win two more sets.”

“I would like to congratulate Thomaz on a successful tournament and a great final,” Tipsarevic said. “I felt the first two sets could have gone either way and he was just a better player than me in the third set. This was my first time in Gstaad and I honestly don’t know why; I should have come and played here more often. It’s an amazing event and a great tournament. Even though I lost in the final, I had an incredible two weeks with the win in Stuttgart and the final here.”

“Gstaad is very special for me because I won my first title here three years ago, which was a surprise and unexpected,” Bellucci said. “For me to win one more time here is very special. I feel very comfortable here, like I’m playing at home.”

Next tournament for both men will be the Olympic Games in London.

Singles – Final
T Bellucci (BRA) d [1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 67(6) 64 62

Doubles – Final
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) 64 76(9)

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Bastad, Gstaad and Hamburg Results for Saturday

 

Bastad, Sweden
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Saturday, July 21, 2012
Singles – Semifinals
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. (7) Mona Barthel (GER) 61 63
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. Johanna Larsson (SWE) 64 64

Doubles – Semifinals
Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic (CZE/BIH) d. Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) 57 61 107 (Match TB)

Order Of Play – Sunday, July 22, 2012
Centre Court (from 12.00hrs)
1. Doubles Final: Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic vs. Castaño/Duque-Mariño
2. Singles Final: Mathilde Johansson vs. Polona Hercog (NB 14.00hrs)

Gstaad

RESULTS – SATURDAY, 21 JULY, 2012

Singles – Semi-finals
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d P Mathieu (FRA) 76(10) 63
T Bellucci (BRA) d G Dimitrov (BUL) 76(3) 76(5)

SCHEDULE – SUNDAY, 22 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs T Bellucci (BRA)
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL)

 

Hamburg 

RESULTS – SATURDAY, 21 JULY, 2012

Singles – Semi-finals
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d [1] N Almagro (ESP) 36 63 64
[WC] T Haas (GER) d [4] M Cilic (CRO) 76(7) 60

Doubles – Semi-finals
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d [4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 67(0) 64 14-12
[Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) d J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) 60 62

SCHEDULE – SUNDAY, 22 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:45 am
[Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) vs D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP)

Not Before 2:00 PM
[3] J Monaco (ARG) vs [WC] T Haas (GER)

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Bastad, Gstaad and Hamburg Results for Friday

 

SONY SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Friday, July 20, 2012
Singles – Quarterfinals
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. (5) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 64 60
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. (6) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 20 ret. (viral illness)
(7) Mona Barthel (GER) d. Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 63 64
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 36 75 64

Singles – Second Round
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 64 64
(6) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (Q) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) 60 61
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. Arantxa Rus (NED) 64 75
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 62 36 62

Doubles – Semifinals
Castaño/Duque-Mariño (COL/COL) d. Klemenschits/Malek (AUT/GER) 75 62

Doubles – Quarterfinals
Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic (CZE/BIH) d. Amanmuradova/Bondarenko (UZB/UKR) 36 61 105 (Match TB)

Order Of Play – Saturday, July 21, 2012
Centre Court (from 13.00hrs)
1. Mathilde Johansson vs. Johanna Larsson
2. Mona Barthel vs. Polona Hercog
3. Arvidsson/Larsson vs. Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic (after suitable rest)

 

Gstaad

Singles – Quarter-finals
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [Q] J Hernych (CZE) 62 61
T Bellucci (BRA) d [5] F Lopez (ESP) 63 63
P Mathieu (FRA) d E Gulbis (LAT) 46 61 64
G Dimitrov (BUL) d L Kubot (POL) 63 62

Doubles – Semi-finals
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d T Bellucci (BRA) / M Kohlmann (GER) 64 76(7)
R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) d [2] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) 36 76(5) 10-8

SCHEDULE – SATURDAY, 21 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon
T Bellucci (BRA) vs G Dimitrov (BUL)

Not Before 2:30 PM
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs P Mathieu (FRA)

Hamburg

RESULTS – FRIDAY, 20 JULY, 2012

Singles – Quarter-finals
[1] N Almagro (ESP) d [6] P Kohlschreiber (GER) 75 75
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d J Chardy (FRA) 63 75
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d A Ramos (ESP) 64 76(5)
[WC] T Haas (GER) d [7] F Mayer (GER) 61 64

Doubles – Quarter-finals
J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) d [1] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) 57 63 10-7

SCHEDULE – SATURDAY, 21 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:45 am
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) vs D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP)

Not Before 1:45 PM
[1] N Almagro (ESP) vs [3] J Monaco (ARG)
[4] M Cilic (CRO) vs [WC] T Haas (GER)
J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) vs [Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP)

 

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Bastad, Gstaad and Hamburg Results

 

SONY SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Thursday, July 19, 2012
Suspended due to rain
(3) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) leads Johanna Larsson (SWE) 31
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) leads Shahar Peer (ISR) 10

Doubles – Quarterfinals
Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) d. (1) Goerges/Pavlyuchenkova (GER/RUS) w/o (Goerges: right foot injury)

Order Of Play – Friday, July 20, 2012
Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)
1. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Johanna Larsson (tbc)
2. Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Polona Hercog

Court 1 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Arantxa Rus vs. Sofia Arvidsson

Court 2 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Mathilde Johansson vs. Shahar Peer (tbc)

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Mariana Duque-Mariño vs. Klara Zakopalova
2. Amanmuradova/K.Bondarenko vs. Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic

Court/Time TBA (NB 11.00hrs; after suitable rest)
Mona Barthel vs. [Rus or Arvidsson]

Court/Time TBA (NB 11.00hrs; after suitable rest)
[Medina Garrigues or Larsson] vs. [Duque-Mariño or Zakopalova]

Court/Time TBA (NB 11.00hrs; after suitable rest)
[Johansson or Peer] vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Court/Time TBA (NB 12.30hrs; after suitable rest)
Klemenschits/Malek vs. Castaño/Duque-Mariño

Gstaad

RESULTS – THURSDAY, 19 JULY, 2012

Singles – Second Round
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [Q] M Fischer (AUT) 46 76(1) 63
L Kubot (POL) d [2] M Granollers (ESP) 64 62
[Q] J Hernych (CZE) d [7] S Giraldo (COL) 63 26 64
G Dimitrov (BUL) d [Q] D Brown (GER) 76(3) 36 62

Doubles – Quarter-finals
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) d M Mertinak (SVK) / F Moser (GER) 75 62
R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) d A Ungur (ROU) / F Volandri (ITA) w/o (Volandri – gastro)

SCHEDULE – FRIDAY, 20 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
G Dimitrov (BUL) vs L Kubot (POL)
[5] F Lopez (ESP) vs T Bellucci (BRA)
Not Before 3:00 PM
P Mathieu (FRA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[1] J Tipsarevic (SRB) vs [Q] J Hernych (CZE)

COURT1 start 12:00 noon
R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL) vs [2] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA)
Not Before 4:00 PM
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs T Bellucci (BRA) / M Kohlmann (GER)

 

Hamburg

 

RESULTS – THURSDAY, 19 JULY, 2012

Singles – Second Round
[1] N Almagro (ESP) d N Davydenko (RUS) 64 63
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) 76(4) 63
[6] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d F Fognini (ITA) 75 62
J Chardy (FRA) d [WC] J Reister (GER) 75 64

Doubles – Quarter-finals
D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) d [2] A Peya (AUT) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 75 46 10-8
[Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) d R Haase (NED) / J Rojer (NED) 63 36 13-11

SCHEDULE – FRIDAY, 20 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon
[3] J Monaco (ARG) vs J Chardy (FRA)
Not Before 2:30 PM
[7] F Mayer (GER) vs [WC] T Haas (GER)
[1] N Almagro (ESP) vs [6] P Kohlschreiber (GER)
Not Before 6:30 PM
A Ramos (ESP) vs [4] M Cilic (CRO)

M3 not before 2:00 PM
[1] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) vs J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) – After Suiable Rest

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WTA – Bastad: Defending Champ Hercog Upsets Goerges

SONY SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Singles – Second Round
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. (2) Julia Goerges (GER) 76(4) 62
(5) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 64 60
(7) Mona Barthel (GER) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 62 75
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 75 63

Singles – First Round
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) d. (LL) Jill Craybas (USA) 64 61
Johanna Larsson (SWE) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 76(6) 43 ret. (viral illness)

Doubles – Quarterfinals
Castaño/Duque-Mariño (COL/COL) d. (2) Govortsova/Jans-Ignacik (BLR/POL) w/o (Govortsova: viral illness)
Klemenschits/Malek (AUT/GER) d. Solovieva/Tatishvili (RUS/GEO) 63 57 105 (Match TB)

Doubles – First Round
Amanmuradova/K.Bondarenko (UZB/UKR) d. (4) Domínguez Lino/Medina Garrigues (ESP/ESP) w/o (Domínguez Lino: thigh muscle strain)

Order Of Play – Thursday, July 19, 2012
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Johanna Larsson
2. Arantxa Rus vs. Sofia Arvidsson
3. Mariana Duque-Mariño vs. Klara Zakopalova

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Mathilde Johansson vs. Shahar Peer

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Amanmuradova/K.Bondarenko vs. Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic

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Tuesday Bastad, Gstaad and Hamburg Results

SONY SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Singles – First Round
(2) Julia Goerges (GER) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 62 62
(3) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (WC) Laura Robson (GBR) 64 76(4)
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) d. (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 64 75
(5) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 62 62
(6) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) d. (Q) Annika Beck (GER) 26 63 64
Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (Q) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 64 20 ret. (right thigh strain)
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 62 75
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) d. Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 46 63 60
Arantxa Rus (NED) d. (WC) Rebecca Petersson (SWE) 61 62
Polona Hercog (SLO) d. Alexandra Panova (RUS) 75 75
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (Q) Carina Witthoeft (GER) 62 76(5)
(Q) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) d. (WC) Sandra Roma (SWE) 75 61

Doubles – First Round
Solovieva/Tatishvili (RUS/GEO) d. (3) Jurak/Marosi (CRO/HUN) 57 62 104 (Match TB)
Castaño/Duque-Mariño (COL/COL) d. Craybas/Zakopalova (USA/CZE) 75 64

Order Of Play – Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2. Johanna Larsson vs. Olga Govortsova
3. Polona Hercog vs. Julia Goerges

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Jill Craybas vs. Mathilde Johansson
2. Mona Barthel vs. Kateryna Bondarenko
3. Lesia Tsurenko vs. Tsvetana Pironkova
4. Domínguez Lino/Medina Garrigues vs. Amanmuradova/Bondarenko (after suitable rest)
5. Castaño/Duque-Mariño vs. Govortsova/Jans-Ignacik (after suitable rest)

Court 2 (from 13.00hrs)
1. Klemenschits/Malek vs. Solovieva/Tatishvili

 

 

Gstaad

RESULTS – TUESDAY, 17 JULY, 2012

Singles – First Round
[5] F Lopez (ESP) d A Ungur (ROU) 26 64 76(7)
G Dimitrov (BUL) d [6] J Benneteau (FRA) 36 64 61
E Gulbis (LAT) d F Volandri (ITA) 76(2) 46 63
J Hajek (CZE) d E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 41 ret. (stomach)
T Bellucci (BRA) d B Kavcic (SLO) 61 61
[Q] D Brown (GER) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 36 64 76(8)
L Kubot (POL) d I Dodig (CRO) 36 63 64

Doubles – First Round
[2] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) d [WC] S Ehrat (SUI) / P Mathieu (FRA) 75 61
[3] P Hanley (AUS) / J Knowle (AUT) d M Felder (URU) / P Marx (GER) 63 64
M Mertinak (SVK) / F Moser (GER) d [WC] H Laaksonen (SUI) / A Sadecky (SUI) 64 63
S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) d L Kubot (POL) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) 67(4) 75 10-8

SCHEDULE – WEDNESDAY, 18 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
[5] F Lopez (ESP) vs J Hajek (CZE)
Not Before 12:30 PM
T Bellucci (BRA) vs [4] M Youzhny (RUS)
[WC] H Laaksonen (SUI) vs [7] S Giraldo (COL)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[3] S Wawrinka (SUI) vs P Mathieu (FRA)

COURT1 start 12:00 noon
[1] M Granollers (ESP) / M Lopez (ESP) vs B Kavcic (SLO) / I Zelenay (SVK)
E Gulbis (LAT) vs B Paire (FRA)
Not Before 3:30 PM
[3] P Hanley (AUS) / J Knowle (AUT) vs T Bellucci (BRA) / M Kohlmann (GER)
S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) vs [2] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA)
Not Before 5:30 PM
J Brunstrom (SWE) / D Norman (BEL) vs R Farah (COL) / S Giraldo (COL)

Hamburg

RESULTS – TUESDAY, 17 JULY, 2012

Singles – First Round
[1] N Almagro (ESP) d T Kamke (GER) 64 61
[3] J Monaco (ARG) d C Stebe (GER) 64 36 75
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d F Cipolla (ITA) 63 64
[WC] J Reister (GER) d [5] F Verdasco (ESP) 62 63
[6] P Kohlschreiber (GER) d B Phau (GER) 46 62 63
[7] F Mayer (GER) d [Q] H Zeballos (ARG) 76(7) 75
L Rosol (CZE) d [8] V Troicki (SRB) 57 63 64
F Fognini (ITA) d [Q] M Ilhan (TUR) 75 62
J Chardy (FRA) d A Montanes (ESP) 64 62
A Ramos (ESP) d P Andujar (ESP) 61 64
[WC] T Haas (GER) d M Klizan (SVK) 62 61

Doubles – First Round
[4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) d C Berlocq (ARG) / F Cermak (CZE) 76(6) 67(3) 10-3
R Haase (NED) / J Rojer (NED) d J Monaco (ARG) / E Schwank (ARG) 63 64
SCHEDULE – WEDNESDAY, 18 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon
L Rosol (CZE) vs A Ramos (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 PM
[WC] T Haas (GER) vs [2] G Simon (FRA)
[7] F Mayer (GER) vs R Haase (NED)
Not Before 6:30 PM
[Q] F Delbonis (ARG) vs [4] M Cilic (CRO)

M1 start 12:00 noon
[1] M Bhupathi (IND) / R Bopanna (IND) vs B Soares (BRA) / A Waske (GER)
[Alt] R Dutra Silva (BRA) / D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) vs M Fyrstenberg (POL) / P Kohlschreiber (GER)
[WC] T Kamke (GER) / J Reister (GER) vs [2] A Peya (AUT) / N Zimonjic (SRB)
Not Before 4:00 PM
J Chardy (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) vs C Kas (GER) / V Troicki (SRB) – After Suiable Rest

M3 start 1:00 pm
J Murray (GBR) / A Sa (BRA) vs D Marrero (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP)
P Andujar (ESP) / F Fognini (ITA) vs [4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)

 

 

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Monday Bastad, Gstaad and Hamburg Results

 

WTA – Bastad

SONY SWEDISH OPEN
Bastad, Sweden
July 16-22, 2012
$220,000/International
Red Clay/Outdoors

Results – Monday, July 16, 2012
Singles – First Round
(7) Mona Barthel (GER) d. Kiki Bertens (NED) 63 62
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) d. (8) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 75 60

Doubles – First Round
(1) Goerges/Pavlyuchenkova (GER/RUS) d. Kondratieva/Lefèvre (RUS/FRA) 61 76(5)
(2) Govortsova/Jans-Ignacik (BLR/POL) d. (WC) Cedermark/Peterson (SWE/SWE) 64 62
Hrdinova/Jugic-Salkic (CZE/BIH) d. (WC) Melander/Roma (SWE/SWE) 76(5) 61
Klemenschits/Malek (AUT/GER) d. Grymalska/Pérez (ITA/VEN) 64 63
Arvidsson/Larsson (SWE/SWE) d. Ferrer Suárez/Hogenkamp (ESP/NED) 36 63 104 (Match TB)

Singles Qualifying – Final Round
(1) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) d. (7) Sacha Jones (AUS) 76(4) 62
(3) Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) d. (8) Olga Puchkova (RUS) 64 75
(5) Annika Beck (GER) d. Richel Hogenkamp (NED) 62 62
Carina Witthoeft (GER) d. (6) Jill Craybas (USA) 36 76(3) 63

Order Of Play – Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Laura Robson
2. Rebecca Petersson vs. Arantxa Rus
3. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Julia Goerges
4. Sofia Arvidsson vs. Roberta Vinci (NB 20.00hrs)

Court 1 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Sandra Roma vs. Mariana Duque-Mariño
2. Annika Beck vs. Klara Zakopalova
3. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
4. Alexandra Panova vs. Polona Hercog
5. Shahar Peer vs. Lourdes Domínguez Lino

Court 2 (from 11.00hrs)
1. Anna Tatishvili vs. Sílvia Soler-Espinosa
2. Carina Witthoeft vs. Kateryna Bondarenko
3. Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Lucie Hradecka
4. Solovieva/Tatishvili vs. Jurak/Marosi (after suitable rest)
5. Craybas/Zakopalova vs. Castaño/Duque-Mariño (after suitable rest)

ATP – Gstaad
ATP World Tour 250

Gstaad, Switzerland  (+2 hour GMT)
16-22 July, 2012     Surface: Clay

RESULTS – MONDAY, 16 JULY, 2012

Singles – First Round
B Paire (FRA) d [8] [WC] B Tomic (AUS) 60 64
[Q] M Fischer (AUT) d [WC] S Ehrat (SUI) 62 64
[Q] J Hernych (CZE) d [Q] M Viola (ITA) 63 26 63
P Mathieu (FRA) d I Andreev (RUS) 63 76(4)

Doubles – First Round
A Ungur (ROU) / F Volandri (ITA) d [4] D Brown (GER) / M Elgin (RUS) 57 76(4) 10-3
T Bellucci (BRA) / M Kohlmann (GER) d J Cerretani (USA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 63 57 10-7

SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 17 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
J Hajek (CZE) vs E Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
[5] F Lopez (ESP) vs A Ungur (ROU)
T Bellucci (BRA) vs B Kavcic (SLO)

Not Before 5:00 PM
[6] J Benneteau (FRA) vs G Dimitrov (BUL)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
L Kubot (POL) vs I Dodig (CRO)
[Q] D Brown (GER) vs S Stakhovsky (UKR)
F Volandri (ITA) vs E Gulbis (LAT)

Not Before 6:00 PM
S Stakhovsky (UKR) / M Youzhny (RUS) vs L Kubot (POL) / J Tipsarevic (SRB) – After Suitable Rest

SPORTZENTRUM 1 start 2:00 pm
[3] P Hanley (AUS) / J Knowle (AUT) vs M Felder (URU) / P Marx (GER)

Not Before 3:30 PM
[WC] S Ehrat (SUI) / P Mathieu (FRA) vs [2] I Dodig (CRO) / M Melo (BRA) – After Suitable Rest

Not Before 5:00 PM
M Mertinak (SVK) / F Moser (GER) vs [WC] H Laaksonen (SUI) / A Sadecky (SUI)

 

ATP – Hamburg
ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany  (+2 hours GMT)
16-22 July, 2012     Surface: Clay

 

RESULTS – MONDAY, 16 JULY, 2012

Singles – First Round
[2] G Simon (FRA) d C Berlocq (ARG) 46 76(5) 61
N Davydenko (RUS) d J Nieminen (FIN) 57 64 60
[Q] D Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) d R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 16 64 63
[Q] F Delbonis (ARG) d T Robredo (ESP) 57 60 61
R Haase (NED) d [WC] M Bachinger (GER) 64 62

Doubles – First Round
P Andujar (ESP) / F Fognini (ITA) d [WC] R Kern (GER) / K Krawietz (GER) 61 64

SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 17 JULY, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
[7] F Mayer (GER) vs [Q] H Zeballos (ARG)
[3] J Monaco (ARG) vs C Stebe (GER)
Not Before 2:30 PM
[WC] T Haas (GER) vs M Klizan (SVK)
B Phau (GER) vs [6] P Kohlschreiber (GER)
Not Before 6:30 PM
[1] N Almagro (ESP) vs T Kamke (GER)

M1 start 11:00 am
J Chardy (FRA) vs A Montanes (ESP)
[8] V Troicki (SRB) vs L Rosol (CZE)
[WC] J Reister (GER) vs [5] F Verdasco (ESP)
R Haase (NED) / J Rojer (NED) vs J Monaco (ARG) / E Schwank (ARG)

M3 start 11:00 am
C Berlocq (ARG) / F Cermak (CZE) vs [4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)
P Andujar (ESP) vs A Ramos (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 PM
F Cipolla (ITA) vs [4] M Cilic (CRO)
[Q] M Ilhan (TUR) vs F Fognini (ITA)

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Simon Wins Hamburg Tourney

Gilles Simon of France returns the ball to Robin Soderling of Sweden during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 30, 2011. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE – Tags: SPORT TENNIS)

 

 

France’s Gilles Simon became the seventh player to win at least two tournaments on the ATP World Tour this year by stopping Spain’s Nicolas Almagro in the final of the German Open Championships 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Simon became the first French player since Henri Leconte 25 years ago to win the Hamburg title.

“It was a high intensity final,” Simon said. “I think Nicolas played very good tennis, very consistent. I knew before he could hit very hard, but also, he didn’t miss anything, so I really had to fight hard on every point. We played almost three hours and it was a really, really hard match.

“I feel very, very good. I had to win so many tough matches this week. Today, the final was really hard to win. I had to play my best tennis and I’m proud to win this tournament.”

“I think the first game of the third set, I didn’t play my best tennis, stated Almagro. “That game, I made three mistakes in the important moments. He played really well. I had many break points and didn’t do anything on many of them. Congratulations to him as he played really good all week.

“I’m happy with my level of tennis on clay all year. I was champion at three tournaments and reached two finals. When you’re in a final, you want to win, but today was impossible because he was better than me in the important moments.”

The win moves Simon even closer to breaking back in to world’s top ten. He’ll be ranked 11 in the world on Monday.

Singles – Final
[5] G Simon (FRA) d [3] N Almagro (ESP) 64 46 64

Doubles – Final
[3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) d [4] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 64 61

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ATP World Tour Hamburg – Saturday Results, Sunday Order of Play

 

ATP World Tour 500
Hamburg, Germany  (+2 hours GMT)
18-24 July, 2011     Surface: Clay

RESULTS – FRIDAY, 22 JULY, 2011

RESULTS – SATURDAY, 23 JULY, 2011

Singles – Semi-finals
[3] N Almagro (ESP) d [8] F Verdasco (ESP) 64 61
[5] G Simon (FRA) d [4] M Youzhny (RUS) 36 63 61

Doubles – Semi-final
[3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT) d [WC] A Beck (GER) / C Kas (GER) 76(3) 64

 

SCHEDULE – SUNDAY, 24 JULY, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 11:45 am
[4] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [3] O Marach (AUT) / A Peya (AUT)

Not Before 2:00 PM
[5] G Simon (FRA) vs [3] N Almagro (ESP)

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