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

Results from the second day of the Houston Open on Tuesday: 1st rd Paolo Lorenzi (ITA x7) bt Gerald Melzer (AUT) 6-2, 6-2 Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Michael Russell (USA x8) 6-2, 6-2 Flavio Cipolla (ITA) bt Facundo Arguello (ARG) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 Jack Sock (USA) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Jesse Levine (CAN) 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 6-4 Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 afp

Results from the second day of the ATP Tour Delray Beach International Championships on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x4) 5-4, ret Go Soeda (JPN) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-3, 7-5 Kevin Anderson (RSA x6) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-3, 6-4 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-1, 6-4 Jack Sock (USA) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-3, 6-3 Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4)

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 1-John Isner (U.S.) beat Jesse Levine (Canada) 7-6(3) 5-7 6-4 Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat 4-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 5-4 Go Soeda (Japan) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Igor Sijsling (Netherlands) 5-7 6-4 0-0 Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Bjoern Phau (Germany) 6-1 7-6(4) Denis Istomin (Uzbekist