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Klizan Wins First ATP Tournament Title

 

Seven months ago, Martin Klizan was ranked at No. 121 in the world, today he’s is No. 45 and climbing. The Slovak captured his first ATP World Tour on Sunday defeating Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-2, 6-3 for the St. Petersburg Open.

The 23-year-old’s breath through win came at the recent US Open when the southpaw upset 6th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Klizan made his way to the finals by stunning top seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in an almost four-hour match.

“It’s always very difficult to play a tournament after Davis Cup. I’ve played many matches and it was a tough Davis Cup for us, so it was a very, very tough week this one, “Klizan said. “I was really ‘dead’ yesterday after the match, but I’ve played really solid this week and I’m very happy to win my first title. I hope I can get more points at the end of this season.

“I said last year that I would like to be Top 100 by the end of this year and I’ve already done it. Now I’ve been Top 50, Top 40, maybe I can be Top 30 at the end of the year. I hope I can be healthy and still with enough power to play until the end of the season. I’ve played many, many great weeks.”

 

RESULTS – SUNDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER, 2012

Singles – Final
[3] M Klizan (SVK) d [4] F Fognini (ITA) 62 63

Doubles – Final
[1] R Ram (USA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d L Lacko (SVK) / I Zelenay (SVK) 62 46 10-6

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ATP – Metz and St. Petersburg Monday Results, Tuesday Schedules

ATP World Tour 250
Metz, France
17-23 September, 2012     Surface: Hard

Results for Monday, September 17, 2012

Singles – First Round
J Blake (USA) d [WC] A Olivetti (FRA) 62 76(4)


SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 am
I Karlovic (CRO) vs [Q] K De Schepper (FRA)
Not Before 1:00 PM
[Q] M Zverev (GER) vs [8] [WC] N Davydenko (RUS)
X Malisse (BEL) vs B Paire (FRA)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[7] G Monfils (FRA) vs O Rochus (BEL)
Not Before 6:00 PM
B Paire (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) vs [2] N Mahut (FRA) / E Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

COURT 1 start 11:00 am
D Bracciali (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) vs [3] D Brown (GER) / C Kas (GER)
Not Before 12:00 Noon
E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs [Q] C Reix (FRA)
I Sijsling (NED) vs [Q] V Millot (FRA)
E Butorac (USA) / J Peers (AUS) vs [WC] P Herbert (FRA) / A Olivetti (FRA)
L Dlouhy (CZE) / J Kerr (AUS) vs D Brands (GER) / J Levine (USA)
X Malisse (BEL) / A Waske (GER) vs J Murray (GBR) / A Sa (BRA)

 

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia 
17-23 September, 2012  

Singles – First Round
[7] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [WC] E Donskoy (RUS) 26 64 63
R Ram (USA) d M Bachinger (GER) 64 64
F Cipolla (ITA) d [Q] A Vasilevski (BLR) 76(4) 76(6)


SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER, 2012

CENTRE COURT start 1:00 pm
[6] Y Lu (TPE) vs R Bautista-Agut (ESP)
[5] L Lacko (SVK) vs G Zemlja (SLO)
M Elgin (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) vs [2] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[1] M Youzhny (RUS) vs V Pospisil (CAN)
[WC] A Yakovlev (RUS) / A Zhurbin (RUS) vs [3] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK)

COURT 1 start 1:00 pm
F Serra (FRA) vs D Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
[4] F Moser (GER) / K Skupski (GBR) vs S Bolelli (ITA) / F Fognini (ITA)
M Klizan (SVK) / F Polasek (SVK) vs P Petzschner (GER) / S Stakhovsky (UKR)
[1] R Ram (USA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) vs F Cipolla (ITA) / P Lorenzi (ITA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
J Cerretani (USA) / M Kohlmann (GER) vs P Marx (GER) / F Mergea (ROU)
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ATP – Metz and St. Petersburg Monday Schedules

ATP World Tour 250
Metz, France
17-23 September, 2012     Surface: Hard

September 17, 2012  Schedule

CENTRE COURT start 11:00 pm
Qualifying – M Berrer (GER) vs M Zverev (GER)
Qualifying – C Reix (FRA) vs M Authom (BEL)
Qualifying – D Brands (GER) vs V Millot (FRA)
Not Before 6:00 PM
Qualifying – J Ouanna (FRA) vs K De Schepper (FRA)
Not Before 8:00 PM
[WC] A Olivetti (FRA) vs J Blake (USA)
ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia
17-23 September, 2012
Surface: Hard

September 17, 2012  Schedule

CENTRE COURT start 5:00 pm
F Cipolla (ITA) vs [Q] A Vasilevski (BLR)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[WC] E Donskoy (RUS) vs [7] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
M Bachinger (GER) vs R Ram (USA)

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Cilic Takes Out Tipsarevic for St. Petersburg Title

Marin Cilic of Croatia returns to Ryan Harrison of the U.S. during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES – Tags: SPORT TENNIS)

 

Croat Marin Cilic won his first title of 2011 by stopping Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the final of the St. Petersburg Open.

“It was a very good match at a high level, Cilic said. “I managed to push myself into a higher gear in the last set. I was close in my other finals [this year] and I think I learned a little bit from them. Today, that pushed me and in the third set, I played my best tennis of the season.”

“Marin deserved to win” said Tipsarevic. “ He was the better player today. In order to beat Marin, you need to play a certain style of game and for me it was really tough. I gave everything I had in the second set and beginning of the third set. I didn’t manage to make a break and after that, I went completely down.”

A win would have put the Serb at number 9 in the race for London and the ATP World Tour Finals. He will remain at 10.

 

Singles – Final
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 63 36 62

Doubles – Final
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d [WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) 63 67(5) 10-8

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Saturday Results, Sunday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard

Results – Saturday, October 29, 2011

Singles – Semi-finals
[2] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 62 61
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d [5] M Youzhny (RUS) 63 64

Doubles – Semi-finals
[WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) d M Kohlmann (GER) / A Waske (GER) 67(2) 75 11-9

Schedule – Sunday, October 30, 2011


CENTRE COURT start 1:45 pm
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs [WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS)

Not Before 4:00 PM
[4] M Cilic (CRO) vs [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB)   

 

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Friday Results, Saturday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard

Results – Friday, October 28, 2011

Singles – Quarter-finals
[2] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d P Starace (ITA) 67(6) 62 61
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d A Seppi (ITA) 46 76(8) 64
[5] M Youzhny (RUS) d A Mannarino (FRA) 62 63
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d [Q] D Lajovic (SRB) 62 61

Doubles – Semi-finals
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d [1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) 64 64
Schedule – Saturday, October 29, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 12:00 noon
M Kohlmann (GER) / A Waske (GER) vs [WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS)

Not Before 2:00 PM
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
[5] M Youzhny (RUS) vs [4] M Cilic (CRO)

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Thursday Results, Friday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard

Results – Thursday, October 27, 2011
Singles – Second Round
[2] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d M Berrer (GER) 63 20 ret. (illness)
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d S Devvarman (IND) 57 61 63
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 64 36 75
P Starace (ITA) d [8] D Tursunov (RUS) 62 64
A Seppi (ITA) d I Andreev (RUS) 36 62 64
[Q] D Lajovic (SRB) d [WC] D Sela (ISR) 26 62 61

Doubles – Quarter-finals
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) d M Granollers (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) 62 62
[WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) d [2] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) 76(4) 75
M Kohlmann (GER) / A Waske (GER) d M Mertinak (SVK) / M Youzhny (RUS) 75 62

Schedule – Friday, October 28, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 1:00 pm
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs [Q] D Lajovic (SRB)
P Starace (ITA) vs [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
Not Before 5:00 PM
[4] M Cilic (CRO) vs A Seppi (ITA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
A Mannarino (FRA) vs [5] M Youzhny (RUS)
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR)

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Wednesday Results, Thursday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard

Results – Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Singles – Second Round
[5] M Youzhny (RUS) d J Benneteau (FRA) 64 36 62
A Mannarino (FRA) d L Rosol (CZE) 62 76(5)

Singles – First Round
[2] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d O Rochus (BEL) 62 75
I Andreev (RUS) d [6] M Granollers (ESP) 36 64 76(4)
A Seppi (ITA) d [Q] V Pospisil (CAN) 75 76(4)
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d C Berlocq (ARG) 67(4) 63 61

Doubles – Quarter-finals
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d J Cerretani (USA) / P Marx (GER) 63 36 10-4

Doubles – First Round
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) d [WC] D Sela (ISR) / S Steele (ISR) 62 63
[WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) d M Cilic (CRO) / L Zovko (CRO) 36 63 10-7

 

Schedule – Thursday, October 27, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 1:00 pm
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
[8] D Tursunov (RUS) vs P Starace (ITA)
M Kohlmann (GER) / A Waske (GER) vs M Mertinak (SVK) / M Youzhny (RUS)
Not Before 7:00 PM
M Berrer (GER) vs [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
A Seppi (ITA) vs I Andreev (RUS)

COURT 1 start 1:00 pm
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs M Granollers (ESP) / P Riba (ESP)
[Q] D Lajovic (SRB) vs [WC] D Sela (ISR)
[4] M Cilic (CRO) vs S Devvarman (IND)
[WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) vs [2] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA)

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Tuesday Results, Wednesday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard

Results – Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Singles – First Round
[4] M Cilic (CRO) d [Q] S Bubka (UKR) 64 76(1)
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 63 61
[8] D Tursunov (RUS) d [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) 75 63
L Rosol (CZE) d [WC] E Gulbis (LAT) 63 64
J Benneteau (FRA) d P Riba (ESP) 62 61
S Devvarman (IND) d K Beck (SVK) 62 63
[Q] D Lajovic (SRB) d J Chardy (FRA) 64 64
M Berrer (GER) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 61 46 64

Doubles – First Round
[2] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) d A Seppi (ITA) / I Zelenay (SVK) 76(4) 63
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) d A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / L Dlouhy (CZE) 76(5) 62
M Mertinak (SVK) / M Youzhny (RUS) d [4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR) 67(5) 63 10-4
M Granollers (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) d J Knowle (AUT) / D Norman (BEL) 63 63

 

Schedule – Wednesday, October 26, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 1:00 pm
I Andreev (RUS) vs [6] M Granollers (ESP)
[WC] M Elgin (RUS) / A Kudryavtsev (RUS) vs M Cilic (CRO) / L Zovko (CRO)
O Rochus (BEL) vs [2] J Tipsarevic (SRB)
Not Before 7:00 PM
J Benneteau (FRA) vs [5] M Youzhny (RUS)
A Mannarino (FRA) vs L Rosol (CZE)

COURT 1 start 1:00 pm
C Berlocq (ARG) vs P Kohlschreiber (GER)
[Q] V Pospisil (CAN) vs A Seppi (ITA)
[1] F Cermak (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) vs [WC] D Sela (ISR) / S Steele (ISR)
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs J Cerretani (USA) / P Marx (GER)

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ATP World Tour St. Petersburg – Monday Results, Tuesday Schedule

ATP World Tour 250
St. Petersburg, Russia  (+4 hours GMT)
24-30 October, 2011     Surface: Indoor Hard
Results – Monday, October 24, 2011

Singles – First Round
A Mannarino (FRA) d [1] G Simon (FRA) 26 64 64
[WC] D Sela (ISR) d [3] A Dolgopolov (UKR) 62 62
[5] M Youzhny (RUS) d S Stakhovsky (UKR) 63 76(7)
P Starace (ITA) d [WC] I Nedelko (RUS) 60 61

Doubles – First Round
J Cerretani (USA) / P Marx (GER) d J Benneteau (FRA) / J Murray (GBR) 46 63 10-5
M Kohlmann (GER) / A Waske (GER) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) / D Tursunov (RUS) 75 64

Schedule – Tuesday, October 25, 2011

CENTRE COURT start 1:00 pm
M Kukushkin (KAZ) vs M Berrer (GER)
[7] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS)
M Mertinak (SVK) / M Youzhny (RUS) vs [4] J Erlich (ISR) / A Ram (ISR)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[WC] E Gulbis (LAT) vs L Rosol (CZE)
[8] D Tursunov (RUS) vs [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS)

COURT 1 start 1:00 pm
P Riba (ESP) vs J Benneteau (FRA)
[4] M Cilic (CRO) vs [Q] S Bubka (UKR)
S Devvarman (IND) vs K Beck (SVK)
M Granollers (ESP) / P Riba (ESP) vs J Knowle (AUT) / D Norman (BEL)
J Chardy (FRA) vs [Q] D Lajovic (SRB)

COURT 2 start 2:00 pm
A Seppi (ITA) / I Zelenay (SVK) vs [2] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[3] C Fleming (GBR) / R Hutchins (GBR) vs A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / L Dlouhy (CZE)

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