Soderling Wins Third Title in 2011 at Open 13
February 20, 2011
Open 13—Marseille, France
Top seed Robin Soderling continued to plow through the first part of 2011 by winning his third title at the Open 13 in Marseille, France on Sunday.
Defeating unseeded Croatian Marin Cilic 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3, Soderling notched his ninth career, and third in France in two hours and six minutes.
Striking 12 aces in total, Soderling overcame 16 aces by Cilic during the pair’s second career meeting. Winning 76 percent of his first serve points while breaking serve on five occasions, Soderling improved to 17-1 on the season.
The Swede will next see action on Tour during the Indian Wells Masters event in March.
Roddick to face Raonic in Memphis Final; Soderling and Cilic to Square off for Marseille Title; Almagro, Chela to contest Final in Argentina
February 19, 2011
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships—Memphis, U.S.A
Semifinal Results:
No. 1 seed Andy Roddick defeats Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4; Milos Raonic defeats No. 4 seed Mardy Fish 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Open 13, Marseille—France
Semifinal Results:
No. 1 seed Robin Soderling defeats Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-1; Marin Cilic defeats No. 3 seed Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 1-6, 7-5.
Copa Claro—Buenos Aires, Argentina
Quarterfinal Results:
No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo defeats No. 3 seed David Nalbandian 6-4, 6-4; No. 2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka defeats No. 5 seed Juan Monaco 7-5 6-3; No. 1 seed Nicolas Almagro defeats Jose Acasuso 7-5, 6-3.
Semifinal Results:
No. 1 seed Nicolas Almagro defeats No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-1; No. 8 seed Juan Ignacio Chela defeats No. 2 seed Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 6-2.
Raonic to Meet Fish in Memphis Semifinal; Soderling and Youzhny Win in Marseille
February 18, 2011
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships—Memphis, U.S.A
Quarterfinal Results:
Milos Raonic defeats Robert Kendrick 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; No. 4 seed Mardy Fish defeats No. 5 seed Sam Querrey 6-3, 6-4.
Open 13, Marseille—France
Quarterfinals Results:
Marin Cilic defeats No. 2 seed Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4; No. 1 seed Robin Soderling defeats No. 8 seed Michael Llodra 6-1, 6-4; No. 3 seed Mikhail Youzhny defeats No. 6 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Berdych and Llodra Race into Marseille Quarterfinals
February 17, 2011
Open 13—Marseille, France
Second-Round Results:
No. 8 seed Michael Llodra defeats Tobias Kamke 6-3, 6-4; No. 2 seed Tomas Berdych defeats Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov defeats No.5 seed Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(4), 6-3; Marin Cilic defeats Philipp Petzschner 7-6(3), 6-3.
Tsonga Powers into Quartefinals in Marseille
February 16, 2011
Open 13—Marseille, France
Second-Round:
No. 6 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeats Sergiy Stakhovsky 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
First-Round:
Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeats Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-2; No. 5 seed Ivan Ljubicic defeats Andrey Golubev 6-2, 6-4; Philipp Petzschner defeats No. 7 seed Ernests Gulbis 7-6(2), 6-1.
Fish Bests Gabashvili in San Jose; Cilic Fires Through in Marseille; Almagro Continues Form in Argentina
February 15, 2011
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships—Memphis, U.S.A
First-Round Results:
Mardy Fish defeats Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 7-5; Janko Tipsarevic defeats Ryan Sweeting 6-0, 7-6(7); Adrian Mannarino defeats Jan Hajek 6-2, 6-2.
Open 13—Marseille, France
First-Round Results:
Marin Cilic defeats Stephane Bohli 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2; Andreas Seppi defeats Robin Haase 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(2); Nicolas Mahut defeats Andrey Kumantsov 6-2, 6-0; Tobias Kamke defeats Thomas Schoorel 6-0, 6-2.
Copa Claro—Buenos Aires, Argentina
First-Round Results:
No. 1 seed Nicolas Almagro defeats Pablo Galdon 6-1, 6-2; Juan Pablo Brzezicki defeats F Volandri 6-1, 6-3; Albert Ramos-Vinolas defeats Joao Souza 6-4, 6-0.
TV Schedule: Buenos Aires, Marseille, Memphis
February 15, 2011
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships – Memphis, U.S.A.
Saturday, 19 February 2010
Tennis Channel (United States) 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST LIVE
Fox Sports South (United States) 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST LIVE
Sunday, 20 February 2010
Tennis Channel (United States) 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST LIVE
Fox Sports South (United States) 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST LIVE
Open 13 – Marseille, France
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. LIVE
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. LIVE
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. LIVE
Friday, 18 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. LIVE
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Canal+ Sport (France) 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. LIVE
Copa Claro – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monday, 14 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 1:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE; 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. LIVE
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 1:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE; 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. LIVE
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 1:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE; 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. LIVE
Thursday, 17 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 1:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE; 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. LIVE
Friday, 18 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 1:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE; 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. LIVE
Saturday, 19 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. LIVE
Sunday, 20 February 2011
TyC Sports (cable – Argentina), Canal 7 (network – Argentina) 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. LIVE
Kendrick Wins in Memphis; Tursunov Through in Marseille; Robredo Prevails in Argentina
February 14, 2011
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships—Memphis, U.S.A
First-Round Results:
Robert Kendrick defeats No. 1 Kevin Anderson 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4).
Open 13—Marseille, France
First-Round Results:
Sergiy Stakhovsky defeats Illya Marchenko 6-4, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(4).
Copa Claro—Buenos Aires, Argentina
First-Round Results:
No. 4 seed Albert Montanes defeats Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-1, 7-6; No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo defeats Maximo Gonzalez 7-5, 6-2; Fabio Fognini defeats Frederico Gil 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
ATP Singles Draws For Memphis, Marseille and Buenos Aires
February 12, 2011
The ATP World Tour singles draws this week will feature Andy Roddick as the top seed in Memphis, TN; Robin Soderling the top seed in Marseille, France and Nicolas Almagro the No. 1 seed in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Roddick will face Richard Berankis in his opening hurdle and Soderling will receive a bye in the first and play either Nicolas Mahut or a qualifier in second-round action.
Draws:
Llodra Wins Singles and Doubles Crown in Marseille
February 21, 2010
Open 13—Marseille, France
Frenchman Michael Llodra completed his sensational week of tennis on Sunday by capturing his fourth singles title, and 18th doubles crown of his career in Marseille, France.
Defeating countryman Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4, Llodra later teamed with his finals opponent to defeat the top seeded duo of Julien Knowle and Robert Lindstedt 6-4, 6-3.
Llodra’s serve continued to dominate the singles court against Benneteau, striking 14 aces while winning 85 percent of his first serve points. The high first serve percentage by Llodra was the third consecutive match he’d won more than 80 percent of his first serve points.
Capturing his first title since Rotterdam in 2008, Llodra needed one hour and 10 minutes to defeat his doubles partner.
Breaking Benneteau’s serve on two occasions (2-2), Llodra told the French media that the conditions in Marseille suited his game to a tee.
“The conditions in Marseille are great for my game. I served very well and was solid throughout the whole match.”
Reaching the finals last year in a losing effort to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Llodra was aware that a first-round loss in this year’s event would greatly effect his ranking. The 29-year-old was happy that his children were in attendance to witness his victory.
“At the beginning of the week I knew that I could go down as far as 120 in the rankings if I lost in the first round,” said Llodra. ”It’s unbelievable to finally win a final in France after losing here and in Lyon last year. I enjoyed the week a lot and it was great to have my kids here today watching the final.”
Pocketing €92,400 and 250 ATP World Tour points for his week’s work, Llodra will now fly to Dubai for the 500 point event next week. The Open 13 champion will face No. 5 seed Tsonga in the first-round.
Failing to capture his first career title (0-4), Benneteau took home €48,700 for his efforts and 150 ATP World Tour points.
The 28-year-old gave full credit to the champion and his doubles partner.
“Today Mika was playing very well,” said Benneteau. ”You need to play an exceptional match if you want to beat him. He was serving very well, using different angles and different speeds. And even if I returned well he answered with great volleys. It was very complicated. I was a bit tired mentally since I came from two difficult matches during the last two days.”
Benneteau will also fly to Dubai where he will face Tommy Robredo in first-round action.
Quotes courtesy of atpworldtour.com.
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