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  • Monday results at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia

    Monday results at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia

    Men’s Singles – First Round

    [WC] P Starace (ITA) d R Stepanek (CZE) 46 64 63
    F Fognini (ITA) d A Seppi (ITA) 64 61
    [16] K Nishikori (JPN) d [WC] P Lorenzi (ITA) 62 64
    B Paire (FRA) d J Monaco (ARG) 76(4) 16 64
    [11] M Cilic (CRO) d [Q] A Golubev (KAZ) 64 62
    P Kohlschreiber (GER) d [14] M Raonic (CAN) 76(2) 6-4
    [Q] E Gulbis (LAT) d J Nieminen (FIN) 62 76(6)
    J Janowicz (POL) d [Q] S Giraldo (COL) 57 62
    [Q] A Montanes (ESP) d M Klizan (SVK) 36 75 63
    [Q] A Kuznetsov (RUS) d X Malisse (BEL) 62 3-1 retired.
    A Ramos (ESP) d [Q] J Hajek (CZE) 75 60

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    Women’s Singles – First Round

    L Robson (GBR) d V Williams (USA) 63 62
    K Bertens (NED) d F Schiavone (ITA) 76(5) 61
    [9] S Stosur (AUS) d S Hsieh (TPE) 62 63
    J Jankovic (SRB) d T Pironkova (BUL) 63 60
    S Lisicki (GER) d [Q] M Burdette (USA) 61 62
    [WC] N Burnett (ITA) d A Cornet (FRA) 62 62
    S Peng (CHN) d M Niculescu (ROU) 46 63 62
    [Q] M Oudin (USA) d E Makarova (RUS) 26 75 42
    [Q] S Halep (ROU) d S Kuznetsova (RUS) 61 61
    A Morita (JPN) d S Cirstea (ROU) 61 63
    [Q] G Muguruza (ESP) d [Q] M Johansson (FRA) 16 60 62

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    Men’s Doubles – First Round

    D Inglot (GBR) / J Marray (GBR) d J Isner (USA) / S Querrey (USA) 75 67(8) 1210
    J Benneteau (FRA) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 67(3) 75 10-4
    S Gonzalez (MEX) / S Lipsky (USA) d G Dimitrov (BUL) / F Nielsen (DEN) 64 63

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    Women’s Doubles – First Round

    K Marosi (HUN) / A Tatishvili (GEO) d [WC] N Burnett (ITA) / C Mchale (USA) 57 62 106
    A Kudryavtseva (RUS) / A Rodionova (AUS) d [5] R Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) 75 75
    A Hlavackova (CZE) / P Martic (CRO) d E Birnerova (CZE) / I Buryachok (UKR) 60 61
    D Cibulkova (SVK) / M Niculescu (ROU) d [8] S Zhang (CHN) / J Zheng (CHN) 63 61
    O Govortsova (BLR) / M Moulton-Levy (USA) d H Chan (TPE) / D Jurak (CRO) 36 63 1311

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  • Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Order of Play, Monday, May 13

    Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Order of Play, Monday, May 13

    CENTRALE – Start 12:00 noon

    Radek Stepanek (CZE) v [WC] Potito Starace (ITA)
    Venus Williams (USA) v Laura Robson (GBR)
    Fabio Fognini (ITA) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

    Not Before 7:30 P.M.
    Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v Kiki Bertens (NED)

    Not Before 9:00 P.M.
    [16] Kei Nishikori (JPN) v [WC] Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)

    [divider]

    SUPERTENNIS ARENA – Start 11:00 A.M.

    Juan Monaco (ARG) v Benoit Paire (FRA)
    [11] Marin Cilic (CRO) v [Q] Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
    Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS)
    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) v Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

    Not Before 7:00 P.M.
    Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) v [14] Milos Raonic (CAN)

    [divider]

    PIETRANGELI – Start 11:00 A.M.

    Sabine Lisicki (GER) v [Q] Mallory Burdette (USA)
    [WC] Nastassja Burnett (ITA) v Alize Cornet (FRA)
    Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) v [Q] Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
    [Q] Santiago Giraldo (COL) v Jerzy Janowicz (POL)

    [divider]

    COURT 1 – Start 11:00 A.M.

    Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v [Q] Melanie Oudin (USA)
    [Q] Albert Montanes (ESP) v Martin Klizan (SVK)
    Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v [Q] Simona Halep (ROU)

    [divider]

    COURT 2 – Start 11:00 A.M.

    Sorana Cirstea (ROU) v Ayumi Morita (JPN)
    [Q] Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) v Xavier Malisse (BEL)
    [Q] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) v [Q] Mathilde Johansson (FRA)

    [divider]

    COURT 4 – Start 11:00 A.M.

    Albert Ramos (ESP) v [Q] Jan Hajek (CZE)

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  • Nadal wins the Mutua Madrid Open

    Nadal wins the Mutua Madrid Open

    The Spaniard Rafael Nadal (No. 5) beat the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka (No. 15) 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open. It was Nadal’s ninth straight win against the Swiss, without ever dropping a set.

    With this win, Nadal’s 40th on clay, he is now tied in second place with Thomas Muster for the most clay-court titles. (Vilas won 46.)

    Nadal came out strong, winning the first four games before Wawrinka was finally able to hold in the fifth game. The Swiss held once more before Nadal served out the first set, 6-2.

    The second set was a little more competitive, with Wawrinka holding serve until 3-3, when the Swiss double-faulted to give Nadal the first break of the second set.

    Wawrinka held serve once more, before the Spaniard served out the match.

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  • ATP Rome Draw – Internazionali BNL d’Italia

    ATP Rome Draw – Internazionali BNL d’Italia

    1] Novak Djokovic vs bye
    Qualifier vs Martin Klizan
    Matteo Viola vs Alexandr Dolgopolov
    Stanislas Wawrinka vs Qualifier
    Marin Cilic vs Qualifier
    Kevin Anderson vs Jurgen Melzer
    Denis Istomin vs John Isner
    [6] Thomas Berdych vs Bye

    [4] David Ferrer vs Bye
    Horacio Zeballos vs Fernando Verdasco
    Albert Ramos vs Qualifier
    Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Milos Raonic
    Janko Tipsarevic vs Viktor Troicki
    Jarkko Nieminen vs Qualifier
    Fabio Fognini vs Andreas Seppi
    [5] Rafael Nadal vs Bye

    [7] Juan Martin del Potro vs Bye
    Xavier Malisse vs Qualifier
    Juan Monaco vs Benoit Paire
    Julien Benneteau vs Nicolas Almagro
    Kei Nishikori vs Paolo Lorenzi
    Jeremy Chardy vs Feliciano Lopez
    Marcel Granollers vs Nikolay Davidenko
    [3] Andy Murray vs Bye

    [8] Jo Wilfried Tsonga vs Bye
    Jerzy Janowicz vs Qualifier
    Marcos Baghdatis vs Grigor Dimitrov
    Sam Querrey va Richard Gasquet
    Tommy Haas vs Mikhail Youznhy
    Filippo Volandri va Gilles Simon
    Radek Stepanek vs Potito Starace
    [2] Roger Federer vs Bye

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  • Nadal and Wawrinka to meet in Madrid Final

    Nadal and Wawrinka to meet in Madrid Final

    The Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the No. 5 seed, and the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, the No. 15 seed, will meet on Sunday in the men’s singles final of the Mutua Madrid Open.

    On Saturday, Nadal made quick work of compatriot Pablo Andujar, beating him 6-0, 6-4.

    Later that day, Wawrinka came back from 2-4 down in the third to beat the No. 6 seed, Czech Tomas Berdych, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, in a heavily-fought encounter which lasted nearly two hours.

    Sunday’s final will take place at 4:00 PM local time.

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  • Nishikori sends Federer crashing out of Madrid

    Nishikori sends Federer crashing out of Madrid

    Roger Federer crashed out of the Mutua Madrid Open with a surprise defeat to 23-year-old Kei Nishikori in the third round.

    Nishikori, the 14th seed, defeated the defending champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in one hour, 35 minutes. Federer is the second high-profile casualty of the tournament following Novak Djokovic’s shock exit by way of Grigor Dimitrov two days earlier.

    Federer was playing his first tournament in eight weeks, and his first of the year on clay, after taking an extended break due to niggling back problems. He was broken in the fifth game of the opening set, and his Japanese opponent served it out to take the lead.

    The 17-time major winner fought back strongly in the second set, taking it 6-1, and looked to have the momentum as they moved into the deciding set.

    However, Nishikori took control again, reasserting his ground game and broke Federer for an initial 3-1 advantage and held on for victory.

    “Overall, I’m pretty disappointed with my play,” Federer stated in the post-match press conference. “I’m not sure how well Kei thought he played. I didn’t think he had to play his very best, either, which is even more disappointing. It doesn’t change my mindset going forward. I’m going to go back to the practice court, train hard, and make sure I don’t have these kind of days anymore.”

    Nishikori, who will now meet Spanish wildcard Pablo Andujar in the quarterfinals, said, “I wasn’t really expecting this — 6-2 in the third, that’s not easy against him. I played well. I was a little bit tight, of course, but he didn’t make many first serves in the third set, and I was able to attack his second. I was even more aggressive in the third set. I’m pretty happy the way I played.”

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  • Dimitrov shocks Djokovic in Madrid

    Dimitrov shocks Djokovic in Madrid

    Twenty-one-year-old Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated World Number 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open, prevailing 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (8-10), 6-3 in a shock upset.

    A tight first set saw the young Bulgarian save a set point at 5-4, with Djokovic sportingly challenging a poor line call on behalf of his opponent. Dimitrov held serve before going on to clinch the tiebreaker, where he had to save further set points coming from 4-6 down to win the breaker 8-6.

    The second set was equally hard fought, with both players exchanging breaks before the Serb #1 won a closely contested tiebreak (10-8).

    Heading into the third set decider, the momentum was with Djokovic, but only very briefly. Roared on by the Spanish crowd, Dimitrov made his big statement, breaking Djokovic early, and hanging on to take the set 6-3, claiming his biggest career scalp to date.

    Dimitrov, an accomplished junior who won both the US Open and Wimbledon junior titles in 2008, has long been considered a future star of the sport. Recently, he laid down a marker of intent by pushing Rafael Nadal all the way in a tough match in Monte Carlo.

    Today he went one better, in what will be seen as a significant breakthrough.

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  • Wawrinka feasts on Ferrer to take Portugal title.

    Wawrinka feasts on Ferrer to take Portugal title.

    Stanislas Wawrinka continued a fine run of recent form by defeating top seeded David Ferrer in straight sets at the ATP Portugal Open.

    Wawrinka prevailed 6-1, 6-4 in just 64 minutes. “Stan played a great match, he deserved to win,” said Ferrer, whose own game was littered with 31 unforced errors.

    It took Ferrer 25 minutes to get on the scoreboard as he was pinned down by Wawrinka’s aggressive approach during an opening set.
    The second set was a more competitive affair but Wawrinka secured the crucial break to move 5-4 ahead and then served out the match to seize the title.

    It was the first ATP tour title for the 28-year-old Swiss since winning Chennai in 2011.

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  • Tommy Haas takes Munich title

    Tommy Haas takes Munich title

    Tommy Haas won his 14th ATP title on Sunday by defeating two-time former champion Philipp Kohlschreiber at the BMW Open in Munich.

    Haas won the match in straight sets 6-3 7-6 taking 83 minutes.

    “It’s a little dream,” said Haas, a German now residing in California.

    Tommy will rise to 13th in the ATP World Rankings, and the 35 year old is enjoying a fine year, having already beaten World #1 Novak Djokovic in Miami and making the finals at San Jose.

    “Tommy played outstanding tennis, without any mistakes – almost a perfect match,” said Kohlschreiber.

    It was Haas’s fourth title on German soil.

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  • Mutua Madrid Open Draw 2013 (ATP)

    Mutua Madrid Open Draw 2013 (ATP)

    The draw for the ATP Mutua Madrid Open:

    Djokovic – BYE
    Dimitrov – Marti
    Qualifier – Klizan
    Copil – Wawrinka
    Raonic – Davydenko
    Goffin – Verdasco
    Qualifier – Dolgopolov
    Tsonga – BYE

    Murray – BYE
    Bellucci – Mayer
    Chardy – Zeballos
    Benneteau – Simon
    Tipsarevic – Monaco
    Anderson – Qualifier
    Janowicz – Querrey
    Berdych – BYE

    Nadal – BYE
    Qualifier – Paire
    Fognini – Youzhny
    Qualifier – Almagro
    Haas – Seppi
    Baghdatis – Robredo
    Qualifier – Istomin
    Ferrer – BYE

    Gasquet – BYE
    Lopez – Gimeno-Traver
    Isner – Qualifier
    Andujar – Cilic
    Nishikori – Melzer
    Troicki – Granollers
    Tomic – Stepanek
    Federer – BYE

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