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Tennis: Defending champion Haas into Halle last-eight

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:22

Defending champion Tommy Haas reached the quarter-finals of the Halle grasscourt tournament on Thursday beating Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, after the Latvian had saved 16 of 16 break points. World number 11 Haas will face France's Gael Monfils for a place in the semi-finals. Haas is one of four German players to make the last-eight after Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer and Mischa Zverev. He is making his 13th appearance at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up and took the title for the first time in 2012, beating Roger Federer in the final. sg/dj/nr

Tennis: Murray starts hectic day with revenge win

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:22

Andy Murray avenged last year's embarrassing Queen's Club exit against Nicolas Mahut as the world number two kicked off a hectic Thursday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory in his rain delayed second round clash. Murray had suffered a shock defeat against Mahut at the same stage of the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event 12 months ago, but the US Open champion's dominant display ensured there would be no repeat.

Tennis: Defending champion Haas into Halle last-eight

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:21

Defending champion Tommy Haas reached the quarter-finals of the Halle grasscourt tournament on Thursday beating Ernests Gulbis, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, after the Latvian had saved 16 of 16 break points. World number 11 Haas will face France's Gael Monfils for a place in the semi-finals. "I knew that I had to play my best tennis to stay in the tournament," said Haas, of the challenge posed by world number 38, Gulbis. "Gulbis is a great player who is on the up."

Tennis: Federer blasts his way to Halle semis

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:21

Four-time winner Roger Federer outclassed Germany's Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 on Friday to book his place in the semi-finals of the Halle Open. The world number three will play the winner of the quarter-final match between Germany's Tommy Haas, who beat him in last year's final, and France's Gael Monfils. The 31-year-old Federer wrapped up the first set in just 20 minutes then concluded the second -- and the match -- 39 minutes later against the world number 156.

Tennis: Ageless Hewitt eyes more Queen's glory

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:18

Lleyton Hewitt insisted he still feels young at heart after the Australian recaptured his glory days with a surprise 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 win over Argentine third seed Juan Martin del Potro at Queen's Club on Friday. Hewitt moved into his first ATP semi-final since Newport last year with a performance that brought back memories of his heyday when the former world number one won Wimbledon and lifted the Queen's title four times.

Tennis: Queen's Club results - 2nd update

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:18

Results from the fifth day of the ATP tournament at Queen's Club on Friday: Quarter-finals Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x2) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x3) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) afp

Tennis: Federer blasts his way to Halle semis

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 22:17

Five-time winner Roger Federer outclassed Germany's Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 on Friday to book his place in the semi-finals of the Halle Open. The world number three will play the winner of the quarter-final match between Germany's Tommy Haas, who beat him in last year's final, and France's Gael Monfils. The 31-year-old Federer wrapped up the first set in just 20 minutes then concluded the second -- and the match -- 39 minutes later against the world number 156.

Tennis: Federer humbles Devvarman for Garros win number 56

Agence France-PresseJune 14, 2013 18:06

Roger Federer, the 2009 champion, raced into the third round at the French Open on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of India's Somdev Devvarman. Federer, who won a record 17th Grand Slam at Wimbledon last year, next faces Julien Benneteau of France. Federer, who bagged his 56th win on the red Roland Garros clay to stand just two behind the record of Guillermo Vilas and Nicola Pietrangeli, next faces Julien Benneteau of France, a five-set winner over Germany's Tobias Kamke.

Tennis: Contrasting fortunes for top seeds at Edgbaston

Agence France-PresseJune 12, 2013 18:30

The top two seeds at the key Wimbledon warm-up event at Edgbaston experienced contrasting fortunes at the WTA grasscourt tournament on Wednesday. Top seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium had to battle all the way to go through to the third round in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 over Croatia's 20-year-old former top junior Ajla Tomljanovic, who had put out defending champion Melanie Oudin of the United States in the first round.

Tennis: WTA Nuremburg Open results - 3rd update

Agence France-PresseJune 12, 2013 17:36

Results from the third day of the WTA Nuremberg Open on Wednesday (x denotes seeding): 1st round Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) bt Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-4, 6-2 Simona Halep (ROM x7) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-0, 7-5 Estrella Cabeza (ESP) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3 Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x2) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 2nd rd Annika Beck (GER x8) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-4, 6-2 Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Julia Cohen (USA) 6-3, 6-3 Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) bt Johanna Larsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-0