Murray slays Karlovic at Wimbledon; Ferrer, Roddick, Baker advance
Wimbledon—London, England
No. 4 seed Andy Murray overcame big serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic at Wimbledon on Thursday, prevailing 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(4) to reach the third-round.
Surviving 17 aces by his opponent, Murray dropped 11 aces...
Federer reaches semifinals in Halle over Raonic; Nadal ousted
Gerry Weber Open—Halle, Germany
Quarterfinal results:
(2) Roger Federer defeats (5) Milos Raonic 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3); (8) Philipp Kohlschreiber defeats (1) Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny defeats Radek Stepanek 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
AEGON Championships, London, Great...
Ferrer reaches Auckland semifinal; del Potro into Sydney final four
Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand
Quarterfinal results:
Yen-Hsun Lu defeats Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4; (1) David Ferrer defeats Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; (3) John Isner defeats (5) Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(5); Roberto Bautista...
Paire wins in Auckland; Tomic prevails in Sydney
Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand
First-round results:
(6) Benoit Paire defeats Michal Przysiezny 6-4, 6-2; Lukas Lacko defeats Jose Statham 6-3, 6-1; (5) Philipp Kohlschreiber defeats Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Yen-Hsun Lu defeats...
Berdych prevails in Japan; Cilic upset in China
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan
First-round results:
(7) Stanislas Wawrinka defeats Hiroki Moriya 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Viktor Troicki defeats Robin Haase 6-2, 6-3; Lukas Lacko defeats Albert Ramos 6-0, 6-2; (2) Tomas Berdych...
Federer wins in Brisbane; Murray upset in Doha; Wawrinka moves on in Chennai
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY SUNCORP, Brisbane, Australia
Second-round results:
(2) Kei Nishikori defeats Matthew Ebden 6-2, 6-4; (1) Roger Federer defeats Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-2; Marin Cilic defeats (5) Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-5; Marinko Matosevic defeats Sam Querrey 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4.
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QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN, Doha, Qatar
Second-round results:
(1) Rafael...
Nadal, Murray reach fourth round at French Open
Roland Garros—Paris, France
Defending champ Rafael Nadal won his ninth straight set at this year's French Open, defeating Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.
Winning 86 percent of his first serve points, Nadal struck 31...
Del Potro wins Syndey title; Isner captures Auckland crown
APIA INTERNATIONAL SYDNEY, Sydney, Australia
Top seed Juan Martin del Potro won his 18th career ATP World Tour title on Saturday in Sydney, Australia, cruising past Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1 in less than an hour....
Roddick reaches Eastbourne final; Ferrer advances to Holland final
AEGON International—Eastbourne, Great Britain
Quarterfinal results:
(3) Andreas Seppi defeats (7) Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 2-1 ret.; Ryan Harrison defeats Denis Istomin 7-6(5), 6-4; Steve Darcis defeats Marinko Matosevic 6-2, 7-6(4); (6) Andy Roddick defeats Fabio...
Djokovic, Federer cruise into Wimbledon second-round; Berdych, Isner ousted
Wimbledon—London, England
Defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame a slow start in defensive of his Wimbledon title on Monday, defeating former No. 1 and French Open winner Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Trailing 2-1 in the...