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Williams, Almagro advance to Houston semis

April 12, 2013 19:51
Houston, Apr 12 (EFE).- American Rhyne Williams became the first semifinalist at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, rallying from a break down in the third set to defeat Spain's Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7-6 (7-1), 1-6, 6-4 on Friday. His rival in Saturday's semifinals will be another Spaniard, Nicolas Almagro, who cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 victory Friday afternoon over Italy's Paolo Lorenzi. The 22-year-old Williams, ranked No. 144 in the world, came back from a 0-3 deficit in the third set to reach the semifinals of an ATP Tour-level event for the first time.

Tennis: Haas crashes out in Houston

April 12, 2013 02:15
Second seed Tommy Haas crashed out of the US Clay Court Championships in Houston on Thursday, suffering a straight sets defeat to Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. The German veteran -- who had inflicted a shock defeat on world number one Novak Djokovic at the Miami Masters last month -- was sent tumbling out 6-3 6-3 at the River Oaks Country Club. It was just the second time this year the 35-year-old Haas lost his opening match.

Almagro advances in Houston, Haas falls

April 12, 2013 02:15
(Reuters) - Top seed Nicolas Almagro fought back to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 2-6 6-0 6-3 in Thursday's second round at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. Almagro grabbed the decisive break in the eighth game of the deciding set and the Spaniard will fancy his chances of securing a 13th clay-court title of his career in his first appearance at the Houston tournament. Fifth seed John Isner defeated 20-year-old fellow American wild card Jack Sock 7-5 6-7 7-6 in a match which featured just just one break of serve.

Tennis: ATP US Clay Court Championships results - collated

April 11, 2013 23:30
Results on Thursday from the fourth day of the $455,775 ATP US Clay Court Championships (x denotes seeding): 2nd rd: Paolo Lorenzi (ITA x7) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) 6-3, 6-2 John Isner (USA x5) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3) Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Tommy Haas (GER x2) 6-3, 6-3 Nicolas Almagro (ESP x1) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3

Tennis: Haas crashes out in Houston

April 11, 2013 23:00
Second seed Tommy Haas crashed out of the US Clay Court Championships here Thursday, suffering a straight sets defeat to Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. The German veteran -- who had inflicted a shock defeat on world number one Novak Djokovic at the Miami Masters last month -- was sent tumbling out 6-3 6-3 at the River Oaks Country Club. In other matches Thursday, Nicolas Almagro continued his dominance of Gael Monfils on clay by rallying past the former world number seven 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 in their second round tie.

Tennis: ATP US Clay Court Championships results - 1st update

April 11, 2013 22:15
Results on Thursday from the fourth day of the $455,775 ATP US Clay Court Championships (x denotes seeding): 2nd rd: Paolo Lorenzi (ITA x7) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) 6-3, 6-2 John Isner (USA x5) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3) Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Tommy Haas (GER x2) 6-3, 6-3 Nicolas Almagro (ESP x1) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3

Tennis: ATP US Clay Court Championships results

April 11, 2013 21:16
Results on Thursday from the fourth day of the $455,775 ATP US Clay Court Championships (x denotes seeding): 2nd rd: Paolo Lorenzi (ITA x7) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) 6-3, 6-2 John Isner (USA x5) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3) afp

Tennis: Lorenzi, Isner advance at Houston tennis

April 10, 2013 01:00
Seventh-seeded Paolo Lorenzi overpowered Austrian qualifier Gerald Melzer 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the ATP Tour's US Clay Court Championships on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Italian Lorenzi, who won the doubles title at Vina del Mar earlier this year, blasted three aces, had two double faults and won 68 percent of his first-serve points. It was the first career match between world No. 62 Lorenzi and the 22-year-old Melzer, who is the younger brother of Austrian star Jurgen Melzer. Jurgen was runner-up at Houston in 2006.

Djokovic, Querrey win, US-Serbia locked 1-1

April 9, 2013 09:20
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic gave Serbia the lead before Sam Querrey pulled off a stirring win for the United States to leave the nations locked 1-1 after Friday’s opening singles in their Davis Cup quarterfinal. Djokovic defeated John Isner 7-6 (5) 6-2, 7-5 before Querrey fought back to beat Viktor Troicki 7-6 (1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Isner was up a break in the initial stages of the first set, but couldn’t hold on to the advantage.

Tennis: Davis Cup World Group quarter-final results

April 7, 2013 22:46
Davis Cup World Group quarter-final results Sunday: At Almaty - clay (indoors) Kazakhstan 1 Czech Republic 3 Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 Andrey Golubev (KAZ) v Jan Hajek (CZE) Saturday Andrey Golubev/Yuriy Schukin (KAZ) bt Jan Hajek/Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3 Friday Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) Jan Hajek (CZE) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 At Buenos Aires - clay (outdoors) Argentina 3 France 2
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