Monaco into Dusseldorf semifinals; Querrey, Simon upset in Nice

Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany

Quarterfinal results:

(6) Jarkko Nieminen defeats (2) Tommy Haas W/O; Guido Pella defeats (7) Viktor Troicki 7-6(5), 7-5; (3) Juan Monaco defeats Tobias Kamke 6-3, 6-4; Igor Sijsling defeats Jan Hajek 6-3, 6-1.

*****

Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Quarterfinal results:

Pablo Andujar defeats (2) Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-5; Albert Montanes defeats Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 6-1; Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeats (3) Sam Querrey 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-1.

Tipsarevic ousted in Dusseldorf opener; Querrey reaches the quarters in Nice

Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany

Second-round results:

Juan Monaco defeats Andre Ghem 6-4, 6-4; Guido Pella defeats (1) Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(1), 6-1; Tobias Kamke defeats Aljaz Bedene 6-1, 6-4; (7) Viktor Troicki defeats Grega Zemlja 6-3, 7-6(3).

*****

Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Second-round results:

(3) Sam Querrey defeats Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-5, 6-3; Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeats Ricardis Berankis 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Albert Montanes defeats Victor Hanescu 7-5, 7-6(2).

Fognini wins in Nice; Sijsling serves his way to Dusseldorf second-round

Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

First-round results:

(6) Fabio Fognini defeats Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Sergiy Stakhovsky defeats Roberto Dutra Silva 6-2, 6-3.

*****

Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany

First-round results:

Grega Zemlja defeats David Goffin 5-7, 6-0, 6-2; Igor Sijsling defeats Evgeny Korolev 6-2, 6-4.

Haase reaches round two in Nice; Nieminen continues strong form in Dusseldorf

Open de Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

First-round results:

Robin Haase defeats Marinko Matosevic 6-1, 6-4; Carlos Berlocq defeats Leonardo Mayer 6-2, 6-1.

*****

Power Horse Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany

First-round results:

(6) Jarkko Nieminen defeats Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-1; Andre Ghem defeats Go Soeda 6-4, 6-0.

Nadal wins 7th Rome title with easy win over Federer

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal completed a comprehensive lead up to Roland Garros on Sunday, defeating long-time rival Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3 to win the Rome Masters for a seventh time.

Breaking out to a 5-1 lead, Nadal won 100 percent of his second serve points in the first set to 25 percent for Federer. Breaking serve on five occasions, Nadal improved to 20-10 in the pair’s head-to-head and 13-2 against Federer on clay-courts. Winning the 56th title of his career and 24th overall Masters 1000 event, Nadal is now placed atop the points race for 2013. The Spaniard also moved up to No. 4 in the computer rankings with his victory. Federer, who was looking to win his first title of the season, fell to 0-3 in Rome finals.

Both superstars will next see action at the French Open in Paris.

Nadal to face Federer for 30th time in Rome final

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

No. 2 seed Roger Federer and No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal set up their 30th career meeting on Saturday in Rome, defeating Benoit Paire and Tomas Berdych in straight sets, respectively.

Playing Paire for the third time this year, Federer needed a tight first set before he closed out the Frenchman 7-6(5), 6-4. Overcoming eight aces by his opponent, Federer won 77 percent of his first serve points and broke serve on two occasions. Playing in his third career Rome final, Federer will meet none other six-time winner Nadal. The Spaniard put forth a comprehensive effort in defeating Berdych 6-2, 6-4 earlier in the day. Nadal will be chasing his sixth title in 2013 after winning in Indian Wells and Madrid. Federer trails Nadal 19-10 in the pair’s head-to-head and 12-2 on clay courts.

Nadal reaches semifinals in Rome; Djokovic defeated by Berdych

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Quarterfinal results:

(6) Tomas Berdych defeats (1) Novak Djokovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats (4) David Ferrer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Benoit Paire defeats Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-0.

Djokovic, Nadal march on to quarterfinals in Rome; Del Potro loses

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Third-round results:

(1) Novak Djokovic defeats Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-4; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4; (6) Tomas Berdych defeats Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-2; Benoit Paire defeats (7) Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4, 7-6(3); (4) David Ferrer defeats Philipp Kohlschreiber W/O.

Nadal reaches third-round in Rome; Murray, Tsonga and Nishikori ousted

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

Second-round results:

Jerzy Janowicz defeats (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6(5); Marcel Granollers defeats (3) Andy Murray 6-3, 6-7(5) ret.; (5) Rafael Nadal defeats Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3; Gilles Simon defeats Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3; Jeremy Chardy defeats (16) Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1; Ernests Gulbis defeats Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber defeats Albert Ramos 6-4, 6-1; Alexandr Dolgopolov defeats (15) S Wawrinka W/O; (4) David Ferrer defeats Fernando Verdasco 5-7 7-5, 6-3; Benoit Paire defeats Julien Benneteau 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(4).

Djokovic, Federer reach third-round at Rome Masters; Almagro, Haas crash out

Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy

First-round:

(9) Richard Gasquet defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4; Gilles Simon defeats Filippo Volandri 6-3 2-6, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny defeats (13) Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3; (15) Stanislas Wawrinka defeats Carlos Berlocq 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco defeats Horacio Zeballos 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Julien Benneteau defeats (12) Nicolas Almagro 7-6(2), 6-4; Viktor Troicki defeats Lukas Rosol 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy defeats Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).

Second-round results:

(1) Novak Djokovic defeats Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3; Kevin Anderson defeats (11) Marin Cilic 6-3, 7-6(7); (2) Roger Federer defeats Potito Starace 6-1, 6-2; (7) Juan Martin del Potro defeats Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-2.

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