Friday, June 2, 2023

Tournaments

Hewitt upsets Federer for Brisbane title; Wawrinka captures Chennai crown

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BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY SUNCORP, Brisbane, Australia Australian Lleyton Hewitt won the 29th title of his career in Brisbane, Australia on Sunday, defeating top seed Roger Federer 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. After breezing through the first...

Federer reaches semifinals in Halle over Raonic; Nadal ousted

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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...

Djokovic, Federer struggle into Wimbleon fourth round

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Wimbledon—London, England Top seed Novak Djokovic brushed off a first set loss to Radek Stepanek at Wimbledon on Friday, defeating the Czech, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Using his eclectic game to great effect, Stepanek employed his...

Nadal, Ferrer advance to French Open semifinals

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Roland Garros—Paris, France Defending champion Rafael Nadal continued his stellar play on the red clay this season, defeating countryman Nicolas Almagro 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-3 to reach semifinals of the French Open on Wednesday. Recording his 50th...

Murray beats the clock to reach Wimbledon fourth-round; Roddick ousted

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Wimbledon—London, England No. 4 seed Andy Murray beat an 11pm curfew and a feisty opponent to reach the fourth-round of Wimbledon on Saturday. Defeating Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, Murray was forced to increase...

Djokovic, Nadal advance to historic French Open final

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Roland Garros—Paris, France Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to his first career French Open final on Friday after defeating former champion Roger Federer, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. Avenging a loss to the Swiss star during last year's...

Men’s French Open final halted by rain

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Roland Garros—Paris, France The French Open men's final—which was led 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 1-2 by Rafael Nadal over Novak Djokovic—will resume at 1 PM local time in Paris on Monday because of rain. After losing the...

Del Potro wins Syndey title; Isner captures Auckland crown

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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

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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...

Federer wins in Brisbane; Murray upset in Doha; Wawrinka moves on in Chennai

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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. ***** QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN, Doha, Qatar Second-round results: (1) Rafael...

Contact Point

Jarry Wins Geneva Open; Fils Claims Lyon Open

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Gonet Geneva Open—Geneva, Switzerland Chilean Nicolas Jarry captured second title of the season on Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland, dispatching No. 4 seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(1),...