Results for July 29, 2009

Results for July 29, 2009

Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad

Singles - Second Round
[3] Igor Andreev (RUS) def J Hernych (CZE) 64 61
[5] Jérémy Chardy (FRA) def Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 63 57 63
Victor Crivoi (ROU) def. Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 64 64
Andreas Beck (GER) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 76 (3) 16 76 (3)

Doubles - Quarter-finals
[WC] M Chiudinelli / M Lammer (SUI) def [2] M Kohlmann (GER) / S Prieto (ARG) 64 64
L Arnold Ker (ARG) / L Friedl (CZE) def. [4] C Kas / P Kohlschreiber (GER) 76 (7) 62
Doubles - First Round
[1] J Levinsky (CZE) / F Polasek (SVK) def M Daniel (BRA) / R Wassen (NED) 46 61 [11-9]
[3] Y Allegro (SUI) / H Tecau (ROU) def S Bohli / J Scherrer (SUI) 62 57 [10-6]

LA Tennis Open

Singles – Second Round
[1] Tommy Haas (GER) def [WC] Jesse Levine (USA) 61 63
[Q] Carsten Ball (AUS) def. [3] Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 64 01 retd. (left ankle)
[8] Marat Safin (RUS) def Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 26 63 64
John Isner (USA) def. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 63 76 (11)

Doubles - First Round
[1] B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) def [WC] C Ball (AUS) / K Van't Hof (USA) 75 62
E Gulbis (LAT) / D Tursunov (RUS) def [2] B Soares (BRA) / K Ullyett (ZIM) 62 64
J Coetzee (RSA) / J Erlich (ISR) def. [3] M Damm (CZE) / R Lindstedt (SWE) 64 64
D Istomin (UZB) / L Mayer (ARG) def. E Butorac / S Lipsky (USA) 76 (5) 67 (4) [10-4]
B Becker / F Moser (GER) def J Isner / S Querrey (USA) - WALKOVER (Isner ankle)
M Melo / A Sa (BRA) def R Ginepri (USA) / J Kerr (AUS) 63 62

ATP Studena Croatia Open

Singles - Second Round
[1] Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) def Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 62 62
[2] David Ferrer (ESP) def Daniel Koellerer (AUT) 61 67 (2) 63
Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) def [3] Victor Troicki (SRB) 64 36 76 (6)
[6] Nicolas Almagro (ESP) def [Q] Marcel Granollers (ESP) 61 63

Doubles - First Round
[2] J Brunstrom (SWE) / J-J Roger (AHO) def S Bolelli / A Seppi (ITA) 63 64
J Cerretani / T Rettenmaier (USA) def [3] D Skoch (CZE) / I Zelenay (SVK) 75 46 [12-10]
B Dabul / S Roitman (ARG) def J Delgado / J Murray (GBR) 61 76 (5)
D Gimeno-Traver / M Granollers (ESP) def. J Chela (ARG) / R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 63 63

Safin survives Gulbis challenge, advances to quarters in LA

Day 3 in Los Angeles was a good one for eighth seeded Marat Safin, who has beaten Ernests Gulbis after being a set and a break down, and advanced to the quarterfinals, while third seeded Dmitry Tursunov went sailing out after being held back by an injury.

Safin had a tough match against the Latvian, and won the match with a score of 26 63 64.

Turnosov was escorted out by qualifier Carsten Ball, as the Australian was leading 64 01 when the Russian retired due to a left ankle injury.

Top seed Tommy Haas has demolished Jesse Levine and won the match 61 63.

In Gstaad, Switzerland, third seeded Igor Andreev won to Jan Hernych 64 60, and fifth seeded Jeremy Chardy ousted Mikhail Youzhny with a score of 63 57 63.

Stay tuned for more news!

Results for July 27, 2009

Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland ATP World Tour 250 Singles - First Round V Crivoi (ROU) d [2] P Kohlschreiber (GER) 64 60 [3] I Andreev (RUS) d D Junqueira (ARG) 75 64 G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [7] F Lopez (ESP) 64 67(4) 63 T Gabashvili (RUS) d P Capdeville (CHI) 16 76(3) 63 J Hernych (CZE) d F Cipolla (ITA) 61 60 Doubles - First Round N Kiefer (GER) / M Youzhny (RUS) d P Pala (CZE) / P Vizner (CZE) 75 46 10-3 [WC] M Chiudinelli (SUI) / M Lammer (SUI) d R Junaid (AUS) / P Marx (GER) 26 76(3) 10-8

Davydenko and Ginepri return to the winner's circle

Nikolay Davydenko has won his first title in over a year with a solid win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu to capture the International German Open. The Russian needed just 88 minutes to clinch the title with a score of 64 62 and did in on his home turf in Hamburg, Germany. This win boosts Davydenko's chances in getting to the year-ending World Tour Finals, after having the best result in getting to the final of the event in 2008.

Robby Ginepri has also won a title after a drought of 4 years, his last title coming in the same tournament. The Indianapolis 2009 and 2005 champion has won to third seeded Sam Querrey with a score of 62 64 to capture his third career title on the tour.

Results for July 25, 2009

International German Open

Singles – Semi-finals
[2] N Davydenko (RUS) d [6] D Ferrer (ESP) 75 76(2)
[13] P Mathieu (FRA) d [Q] P Cuevas (URU) 46 63 75

Doubles - Semi-finals
S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) 46 76(4) 10-6

Indianapolis Tennis Championships

Singles - Semi-finals
[3] S Querrey (USA) d F Dancevic (CAN) 64 64
R Ginepri (USA) d J Isner (USA) 64 63

Doubles - Semi-final
E Gulbis (LAT) / D Tursunov (RUS) d S Querrey (USA) / A Qureshi (PAK) 16 62 10-8

Davydenko and Querrey reach finals

Nikolay Davydenko was almost on the brink of losing his semifinal against David Ferrer, but after being 3-5 down in the first set came back amazingly to win it 75. The second set was no piece of cake either and Davydenko was able to win it in an edgy tiebreaker. The final score was 75 76(2). He will face Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final.

In Indianapolis 3rd seeded Sam Querrey defeated Canadian Franc Dancevic and will now face Robby Ginepri, who defeated another American hope John Isner.

Federer celebrates birth of twins

15-time Grand Slam champion and current world number one Roger Federer, on Thursday became a proud father of twin girls after his wife Mirka gave birth in Switzerland.

The girls have been named Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, and are the couple's first children.

"This is the greatest day of our lives," said the world number one on his website.

"Mirka, Myla and Charlene are all healthy and doing very well."

Results for July 23, 2009

Indianapolis Tennis Championships

Second Round
Dmitry Tursunov (1) def. Marcos Daniel 6-3, 6-3
Dudi Sela (2) vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. 4-6, 6-6

First Round
Marcos Daniel def. Taylor Dent 6-2, 6-4
Sam Querrey (3) def. Rajeev Ram 7-5, 6-3
Wayne Odesnik def. Igor Kunitsyn (4) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

Frank Dancevic def. Benjamin Becker (5) 6-2, 7-5
Marc Gicquel (7) def. Jesse Levine 6-2, 6-2
John Isner def. Denis Istomin (8) 6-4, 2-2
Robby Ginepri def. Eduardo Schwank 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 6-0

International German Open

Third Round
Nikolay Davydenko (2) def. Jeremy Chardy (15) 6-3, 6-3
Robin Soderling (3) vs. Nicolas Almagro (14) 5-7 3-6
David Ferrer (6) vs. Juan Monaco 4-6, 7-5, 5-2
Pablo Cuevas def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (8) 6-4, 7-6 (10-8)
Viktor Troicki (10) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 4-5

Victor Hanescu (11) vs. Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-3, 5-3
Paul-Henri Mathieu (13) def. Daniel Brands 7-5, 7-5
Simon Greul def. Ivan Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (9-7)

Russians headline field of winners

Dmitry Tursunov had a successful start at the Indianapolis tournament as he beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil with a shining score of 63 63. Tursunov is the top seed and is now in the third round and will face Franc Dancevic of Canada.

Nikolay Davydenko was on track as well, when he dispatched last week's Mercedes Open winner Jeremy Chardy also with a score of 63 63. Last week's Catella Swedish Open winner Robin Soderling was also dismissed this time by Nicolas Almagro of Spain, who lost to the Swede in their two last encounters. He won with a score of 75 63.

Results for July 21, 2009

Indianapolis Tennis Championships

First Round
Dmitry Tursunov (1) def. Michael Berrer 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
Dudi Sela (2) def. Vincent Spadea 7-5, 6-1
Igor Kunitsyn (4) def. Brian Dabul 6-4, 6-1
Benjamin Becker (5) def. Go Soeda 6-2, 6-3
Eduardo Schwank def. Yen-Hsun Lu (6) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Rajeev Ram def. Devin Britton 6-3, 7-5
Robby Ginepri def. Sebastien De Chaunac 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Jesse Levine def. Danai Udomchoke 6-1, 7-6 (12-10)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. def. Flavio Cipolla 6-2, 6-3

International German Open

Second Round
Daniel Brands def. Gilles Simon (1) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Ivan Navarro def. Tommy Robredo (4) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Stanislas Wawrinka (5) 6-2, 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber (8) def. Potito Starace 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Pablo Cuevas def. Jurgen Melzer (9) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Viktor Troicki (10) def. Teimuraz Gabashvili 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Paul-Henri Mathieu (13) def. Pere Riba-Madrid 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3)

First Round
Juan Monaco def. Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Julien Benneteau def. Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Fabio Fognini def. Ivo Minar 6-4, 6-2

Florian Mayer def. Rainer Schuettler 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3

Results for July 20, 2009

International German Open

Singles – First Round
T Gabashvili (RUS) d A Seppi (ITA) 63 61
[WC] D Brands (GER) d [Q] V Crivoi (ROU) 46 64 61
[Q] P Cuevas (URU) d B Phau (GER) 76(0) 64
I Navarro (ESP) d S Darcis (BEL) 64 64
P Petzschner (GER) d F Serra (FRA) 76(3) 62
[Q] P Riba (ESP) d [Q] E Korolev (RUS) 76(3) 62
[Q] P Starace (ITA) d M Gonzalez (ARG) 57 64 63
G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d C Rochus (BEL) 64 62
J Hernych (CZE) d [WC] K Krawietz (GER) 60 46 63
[WC] S Greul (GER) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 26 63 63
[Q] M Granollers (ESP) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 64 64
A Beck (GER) d O Hernandez (ESP) 67(3) 64 64

Doubles - First Round
J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Rojer (AHO) vs [4] L Dlouhy (CZE) / D Skoch (CZE) 65 - to resume Tuesday

Indianapolis Tennis Championships

Singles - First Round
[3] S Querrey (USA) d A Clement (FRA) 63 64
[7] M Gicquel (FRA) d E Gulbis (LAT) 62 63
[8] D Istomin (UZB) d K Kim (USA) 26 64 64
J Isner (USA) d J Ouanna (FRA) 61 76(6)
F Dancevic (CAN) d B Reynolds (USA) 62 76(5)
W Odesnik (USA) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 76(5) 16 64

Doubles - First Round
E Gulbis (LAT) / D Tursunov (RUS) d [3] E Butorac (USA) / S Lipsky (USA) 63 36 11-9
J Cerretani (USA) / T Rettenmaier (USA) d J Coetzee (RSA) / J Erlich (ISR) 61 63

Americans Querrey and Isner win first matches at Indianapolis

On the first day at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, the seeds got off to a good start as third seeded American Sam Querrey had a solid win over Arnaud Clement in the first round. The score was 63 64. Ernests Gulbis had another poor start as he was beaten by seventh seeded Marc Gicquel with a simple score of 62 63. Gulbis has not gone further than the second round at any tournament he played this year. Another American John Isner also won his first round match by beating Frenchman Josselin Ouanna with a score of 61 76(5), though it was pretty close in the tiebreak.

The International German Open highlights had a majority of qualifiers and wildcards make it through to the second round today.

Soderling and Chardy take titles

Robin Soderling won the title on his home turf today at the Catella Swedish Open as he defeated Juan Monaco in straight sets. The score was 63 76(4) and it marked the first time a Swedish player won the title since 2000, when Soderling's coach Magnus Norman took the title. This is Soderling's fourth career title and he won it in superb fashion by not dropping a single set in the whole tournament.

In Stuttgart, fourth seeded Victor Hanescu was upset by Frenchman Jeremy Chardy as he won his first title on the tour. It took him 3 sets took defeat Hanescu and take their head-to-head to a score of 2-1 to Chardy. The score was 16 63 64, so Chardy claims 71,700 Euros and 150 points.

Well done to both!

Results for July 18, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Robin Soderling (2) def. Andreas Vinciguerra 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) Tommy Robredo (3) vs. Juan Monaco 0-6, 2-6

Mercedes Open

Victor Hanescu (4) def. Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 Nicolas Kiefer def. Lukasz Kubot 6-2, 6-1 Jeremy Chardy def. Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 7-5 Jeremy Chardy def. Mischa Zverev 7-6 (7-4), 6-1

Robredo stunned by Monaco

The Bastad crowd saw a big upset in the semis today as third seeded Tommy Robredo was knocked out by Juan Monaco of Argentina. Monaco lost only 13 points in the first set and broke serve 6 times from 11 opportunities, and won with a score of 60 62 in just 65 minutes. He will face Robin Soderling in the final after Soderling won to compatriot Andreas Vinciguerra.

In Stuttgart, fourth seeded Victor Hanescu will face Jeremy Chardy in the final.

Federer honoured in Basel

World number 1 Roger Federer has been named "Ehrespalebaerglemer", an award given to outstanding citizens of Basel. A small crowd of 200-300 fans, friends and family attended the ceremony on Thursday as a plaque with Federer's name on it was unveiled. The plaque has been laid into a pathway in the city centre alongside other plaques honouring outstanding citizens of the city of Basel.

“It's a nice honour for me to receive the plaque and I will walk past it, I am sure, just a few more times,” said Federer. “It's going to be a proud moment, maybe also to show my kids in the future.”

Federer and his wife Mirka are awaiting the birth of their first child while at home in Switzerland.

Results for July 17, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Fernando Verdasco (1) vs. Juan Monaco 1-6, 1-3
Robin Soderling (2) def. Nicolas Almagro (5) 7-5, 6-3
Tommy Robredo (3) def. Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-0
Jurgen Melzer (4) vs. Andreas Vinciguerra 6-2, 4-6, 3-6

Mercedes Open

Nikolay Davydenko (2) vs. Fabio Fognini 1-6, 6-3, 5-7
Victor Hanescu (4) def. Alexandre Sidorenko 7-6 (7-2), 6-4

Verdasco and Davydenko hit the road

At the Catella Swedish Open top seed Fernando Verdasco was on the edge of losing to Juan Monaco, when he had to pull out of the match because of a right calf injury. He was trailing 16 13, so Monaco will meet third seeded Tommy Robredo in the semis.

Nikolay Davydenko was upset today at the Mercedes Cup by Italian Fabio Fognini who took 2 hours 19 minutes to oust the second seed and record his biggest win to date. A rain delay stopped play at 4-4 in the last set, and when the players came out, it was Fognini who took the match with a score of 61 36 75. He will face fourth seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania in the semis.

Results for July 16, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Fernando Verdasco (1) def. Daniel Koellerer 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 7-5
Jurgen Melzer (4) def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-2
Nicolas Almagro (5) def. Potito Starace 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
Juan Monaco def. Victor Crivoi 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
Guillermo Canas vs. Andreas Vinciguerra 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 4-6

Mercedes Open

Gilles Simon (1) vs. Mischa Zverev 4-6, 2-6 Nikolay Davydenko (2) def. Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-3 Philipp Kohlschreiber (5) vs. Lukasz Kubot 2-6, 4-6 Martin Vassallo Arguello vs. Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 3-6, 1-6 Nicolas Kiefer def. Simon Greul 6-3, 6-4 Fabio Fognini def. Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 4-1

Verdasco survives challenge; Davydenko through as well

At the Catella Swedish Open top seeded Fernando Verdasco under-estimated Austrian player Daniel Koellerer, and in return was pushed to 3 sets in his first match in the tournament. He lost the first set in a tiebreak, then won the second set with confidence, and then had to save match-point before taking the last set and the match. The score was 67(1) 62 75.

At the Mercedes Cup, second seeded Nikolay Davydenko was like a locomotion as he defeated Michael Berrer with a score of 63 63. Top seeded Gilles Simon could not come up with any answers for local Mischa Zverev and so lost in straight sets with a score of 64 62.

Results for July 15, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Robin Soderling (2) def. Kristof Vliegen 6-2, 6-3
Tommy Robredo (3) def. Peter Luczak 6-2, 6-3

Nicolas Almagro (5) def. Marat Safin 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Bjorn Phau vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili 3-6, 2-6
Frederico Gil vs. Daniel Gimeno-Traver 1-6, 4-6

Mercedes Open

Victor Hanescu (4) def. Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-1 Oscar Hernandez vs. Alexandre Sidorenko 6-2, 4-6, 3-6 Martin Vassallo Arguello def. Andrey Golubev 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4)

Soderling pleases crowd with win

The Swedish crowd got a real treat today as their favourite and second seeded Robin Soderling got to the quarters of the event after swiftly easing past Belgium's Kristof Vliegen with a score of 62 63.

Tommy Robredo showed off his mojo too with a win over Peter Luczak having the score of 62 63 as well.Former Grand Slam champion and world number one Marat Safin didn't satisfy his chances of winning another title before retiring after this season is over, after he lost in the first round over fifth seeded Nicolas Almagro with a score of 63 76(6). Safin has not won an ATP singles title since winning the Australian Open in 2005.

At the Mercedes Open the fourth seed Victor Hanescu defeated German Rainer Schuettler, who has reached the Australian Open final in 2003 and surprised people at Wimbledon last year with a road to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. Anyway, Hanescu won with a score of 62 61.

Gasquet cleared and ready to return to tour

Former world number seven Richard Gasquet has been cleared of his charges for testing positive for cocaine at the Miami Masters in March.

The ITF accepted his defence after he claimed that the cocaine entered his system through unintentional contamination in a nightclub.

The ITF's independent anti-doping tribunal found that "while he was at fault in exposing himself to the risk of such contamination, that fault was not significant.

"It further ruled that, in the exceptional and 'probably unique' circumstances of the case, it would be unjust and disproportionate to impose a 12-month sanction on Mr Gasquet."

"It's a happy end to a painful ordeal," Gasquet told French radio. "I'm delighted to be able to start competing again. Now, it's back to tennis."

Nadal set to return to the tour

Former world number one Rafael Nadal has stated that he will return to action in the Montreal Masters on August 10, and is set to start training on Monday.

The Spaniard's last loss came at the French Open against eventual finalist Robin Soderling in the fourth round, and he was forced to miss Wimbledon because of tendinitis in his knees, which caused him to lose his number one ranking since Federer reclaimed the title once again.

"I am really looking forward to practice again," the 23-year-old told his official website."The event in Montreal is important and I expect to be there fit to play."

Results for July 14, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Maximo Gonzalez (8) vs. Juan Monaco 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 1-6 Julien Benneteau vs. Potito Starace 6-7 (5-7), 3-6 Steve Darcis vs. Daniel Koellerer 6-1, 3-6, 4-6 Bjorn Phau def. Daniel Berta 6-3, 6-2 Alberto Martin vs. Peter Luczak 2-6, 2-6 Marcel Granollers vs. Kristof Vliegen 6-7 (3-7), 4-6 Guillermo Canas def. Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)

Mercedes Cup

Gilles Simon (1) def. Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-4
Tomas Berdych (3) vs. Nicolas Kiefer 3-6, 3-6
Philipp Kohlschreiber (5) def. Diego Junqueira 6-3, 6-2
Fabrice Santoro (7) vs. Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 1-6
Jose Acasuso (8) vs. Jeremy Chardy 2-6, 6-7 (4-7)

Daniel Munoz-De La Nava vs. Alexandre Sidorenko 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 2-6
Rainer Schuettler def. Ivo Minar 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Janko Tipsarevic vs. Oscar Hernandez 4-6, 4-6
Andreas Beck vs. Simon Greul 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (5-7)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Mischa Zverev 2-6, 4-6

Simon starts off well; Berdych knocked out

Top seed at the Mercedes Cup Gilles Simon, had a good start to the tournament as he defeated German Philipp Petzschner in straight sets with a score of 63 64. He carries on to the second round with confidence, while Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany had the same luck too with a straight set win and didn't show any tiredness after losing the quarterfinal Davis Cup tie against Spain.

After winning the quarterfinal Davis Cup tie against Argentina, Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic was upset in the first round by another local hope Nicolas Kiefer. Kiefer shut out Berdych in 2 sets with a score of 63 63.

Another loss included Fabrice Santoro, who is in his last year on the tour.

Results for July 13, 2009

Catella Swedish Open

Fernando Verdasco (1) vs. , Bye Robin Soderling (2) vs. , Bye Tommy Robredo (3) vs. , Bye Jurgen Melzer (4) vs. , Bye Florent Serra (6) vs. Andreas Vinciguerra 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 4-6 Christophe Rochus (7) vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 1-6, 0-6 Victor Crivoi def. Denis Istomin 6-0, 6-4

Mercedes Cup

Nikolay Davydenko (2) def. Ivan Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Victor Hanescu (4) def. Dominik Meffert 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) Pablo Andujar vs. Lukasz Kubot 2-6, 4-6 Stefan Koubek vs. Michael Berrer 6-0, 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (4-7)

Davydenko gets through a scare

World number 11 Nikolay Davydenko was tested in his first round match in the Mercedes Cup. The Russian played Spanish Ivan Navarro in a 2 hour 36 minute encounter in which he had to think quickly and fight back for the win. He prevailed with a score of 46 75 63. Davydenko has not played at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany since 2005, and did extremely well today on saving 4 break points.

At the Catella Swedish Open, sixth seeded Florrent Serra of France was upset by local hope wildcard Andreas Vinciguerra in a three setter, which was pure delight for the crowd. The final score was 67(5) 63 64.