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Tennis: Nadal starts against Matosevic, Djokovic plays

April 16, 2013 13:45
Rafael Nadal lines up on Wednesday against Australian Marinko Matosevic at the Monte Carlo Masters as the Spaniard begins his campaign for a record ninth straight trophy at the iconic venue. Nadal's opponent Matosevic faces the toughest ask in tennis after winning his first match on clay in almost a year to open Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 success over Fernando Verdasco. Top seed Novak Djokovic meanwhile informed tournament director Zeljko Franulovic that he would be fit to make his start in the second round after a bye.

Tennis: Aussie Matosevic earns clay test against Nadal

April 16, 2013 07:31
Australian Marinko Matosevic faces the toughest ask in tennis after winning his first match on clay in almost a year to open with a 7-5, 6-3 success over Fernando Verdasco at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. But the number 54 won't have time to celebrate an upset of Spain's former ace. Instead, he will become just the first obstacle placed in the path of Rafael Nadal as the king of clay begins a bid for an unprecedented ninth straight championship at the Country Club overlooking the Mediterranean.

Spain's Ramirez wins at U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship

April 11, 2013 12:31
Houston, Apr 11 (EFE).- Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo defeated India's Somdev Dewarman 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 to advance to the second round at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston. Ramirez managed to get his match in on Wednesday before the rain started coming down and forced tournament officials to suspend play. Among the matches moved to Thursday was the one pitting Spain's Nicolas Almagro, the top seed, against France's Gael Monfils.

UPDATE 5-Tennis-Indian Wells men's singles round 2 results

March 9, 2013 16:45
March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Saturday Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat 15-John Isner (U.S.) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat 30-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-2 6-3 Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat 4-David Ferrer (Spain) 3-6 6-4 6-3 18-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) 3-6 6-2 6-1 Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat 29-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-1 6-0 Benoit Paire (France) beat 21-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-4 6-2

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Australian Open men's doubles quarterfinal results

January 21, 2013 23:30
Jan 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Australian Open Men's Doubles Quarterfinal matches on Tuesday Robin Haase/Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) beat 11-David Marrero/Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-4 7-6(3) 3-Marcel Granollers/Marc Lopez (Spain) beat Thomaz Bellucci/Benoit Paire (Brazil/France) 6-3 6-1

UPDATE 8-Tennis-Australian Open men's singles round 3 results

January 18, 2013 02:45
Jan 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Australian Open Men's Singles Round 3 matches on Friday 4-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 28-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat 26-Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 6-3 6-2 6-2 15-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 20-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 7-6(6) 7-5 6-4 Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat 22-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 4-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 16-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3 8-Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) beat 32-Jul

UPDATE 7-Tennis-Sydney International men's singles round 2 results

January 8, 2013 21:00
Jan 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Sydney International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 3-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat John Millman (Australia) 6-2 3-6 6-3 Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat 5-Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-6(4) 6-2 Ryan Harrison (U.S.) beat 1-John Isner (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Ivo Klec (Slovakia) 6-3 6-1 8-Marcel Granollers (Spain) beat Fabio Fognini (Italy) 6-2 7-6(4) Kevin Anderson (South Afric
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