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Tennis: Tomic clinches Davis Cup tie for Australia

April 7, 2013 05:45
Bernard Tomic downed Denis Istomin as Australia defeated Uzbekistan in the Davis Cup on Sunday to advance to September's World Group playoffs. Tomic sealed victory for Australia in their Asia-Oceania Group One second-round tie on clay in Namangan with an emphatic four-set victory over Istomin to give his team an unassailable 3-1 lead. The 20-year-old won 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in the fourth rubber after Australia went into the final day leading 2-1.

Tennis: Davis Cup - Uzbekistan 1 Australia 3

April 7, 2013 03:47
Results from a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I second-round tie in Namangan, Uzbekistan, on Sunday: Uzbekistan 1 Australia 3 Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Saturday Lleyton Hewitt/Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Friday Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4 Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 6-4 afp

Tennis: Hewitt leads Australia to doubles win over Uzbeks

April 6, 2013 08:49
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt inspired Australia to a five-set doubles victory to take the edge over Uzbekistan in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group one second round tie in Namangan on Saturday. Hewitt, rested from Friday's opening singles, partnered Matthew Ebden to battle out a 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over the Uzbek pairing of Denis Istomin and Farrukh Dustov. The hard-fought win gave the 28-time Davis Cup winners Australia a 2-1 edge heading into Sunday's two reverse singles to decide the tie on clay.

Tennis: Davis Cup - Uzbekistan 1 Australia 2

April 6, 2013 07:45
Results from a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I 2nd round tie in Namangan, Uzbekistan, on Saturday: Uzbekistan 1 Australia 2 Lleyton Hewitt/Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Farrukh Dustov/Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Friday Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Farrukh Dustov (UZB) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4 Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 6-4 afp

UPDATE 5-Tennis-Indian Wells men's singles round 1 results

March 8, 2013 21:30
March 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Friday Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) beat Tim Smyczek (U.S.) 2-6 6-2 6-2 Bobby Reynolds (U.S.) beat Benjamin Becker (Germany) 6-3 3-6 6-4 Michael Llodra (France) beat Daniel Munoz (Spain) 7-5 6-3 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) beat Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 6-4 6-3 Bjoern Phau (Germany) beat Alejandro Falla (Colombia) 7-6(1) 6-2 James Blake (U.S.) beat Robin Haase (Nether

Tennis: Indian Wells ATP Masters and WTA results

March 8, 2013 18:16
Results on Friday from the third day of the ATP Masters and WTA BNP Paribas Open (x denotes seeded player): Men 1st rd Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7-5, 6-2 Philipp Petzschner (GER) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4 Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 Women 2nd rd Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ x31) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 Johanna Larsson (SWE) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x26) 7-5, 6-1

UPDATE 7-Tennis-Indian Wells men's singles round 1 results

March 8, 2013 17:15
March 8 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Indian Wells Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Friday Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 3-6 7-6(8) 6-2 Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 6-0 2-6 7-5 Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) beat Tatsuma Ito (Japan) 6-2 6-1 Albert Ramos (Spain) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-3 6-3 Matthew Ebden (Australia) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) 6-3 4-6 6-4 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Steve Johnson (U.S.) 2-6 6-1 6-4 Philipp Petzschner (Germany) beat Dmitry Tu

Tennis: Delray Beach Championships results - 3rd update

February 26, 2013 19:30
Results from the second day of the ATP Tour Delray Beach International Championships on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd 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) Daniel Munoz (ESP) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3

Tennis: ATP San Jose results - collated

February 15, 2013 02:00
Results from the ATP Tour's $547,000 SAP Open here on Thursday (x denotes seeding): 2nd rd Denis Istomin (UZB x6) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS x7) 6-4, 6-4 Xavier Malisse (BEL x8) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7/1) Milos Raonic (CAN x1) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-2, 7-5 Steve Johnson (USA) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-3, 6-3 Sam Querrey (USA x3) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-6 (8/6), 1-6, 7-6 (7/4) afp

Tennis: Istomin advances at San Jose tennis

February 15, 2013 01:30
Denis Istomin capitalized on all five break point chances as he advanced to the ATP Tour's SAP Open quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 win over Benjamin Becker Thursday. The sixth seeded Istomin, who finished runner-up in the event last year, needed one hour and 49 minutes to continue his mastery over Germany's Becker. He has now beaten Becker in three of four career meetings.
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