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  • Granollers Endures in Kitzbühel

    Granollers Endures in Kitzbühel

    Spaniard shakes off poor start to take ATP 250 tournament in Austria.

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    After dropping the first set at love, Marcel Granollers came back from the brink to win 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 over the Argentine Juan Monaco today.  He became only the second man to win an ATP final after losing the first set 0-6. (Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal in the 2010 Doha decider 0-6, 7-6(8), 6-4.)

    Monaco came out very strong, while Granollers was erratic, most especially with his serving.  He got his first break of serve early in the 2nd set, but was broken back when serving for the set at 5-4, and had to take the set in a tiebreak to stay alive.

    In the 3rd set, both showed nerves and there were a few breaks of service, with the Barcelona native broken again when serving for the match at 5-3.  He broke back in the next game to win the championship.

    This is the Spaniard’s fourth ATP singles title — he has 10 in doubles — and his first singles title since 2011.  The win will put Granollers back in the Top 40 of the world rankings.  His career high was 19.

    He also becomes the sixth different Spaniard to win a singles title this year, joining Rafael Nadal with 7, David Ferrer and Tommy Robredo with 2 each, and Feliciano Lopez and Albert Montañés with 1 apiece.

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  • Rogers Cup / Canada Premier Women’s Draw

    Rogers Cup / Canada Premier Women’s Draw

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    Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska are set to meet in the semifinal in the top half; Victoria Azarenka and Li Na to meet in semifinal in the bottom half.

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    First Quarter

    (1) WILLIAMS, Serena
    BYE

    SCHEEPERS, Chanelle
    SCHIAVONE, Francesca

    RISKE, Alison
    BERTENS, Kiki

    WILLIAMS, Venus
    FLIPKENS, Kirsten

    WOZNIACKI, Caroline
    LEPCHENKO, Varvara

    RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena
    DULGHERU, Alexandra

    KUZNETSOVA, Svetlana
    DAVIS, Lauren

    BYE
    (7) BARTOLI, Marion

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    Second Quarter

    (3) RADWANSKA, Agnieszka
    BYE

    WICKMAYER, Yanina
    ROBSON, Laura

    ZHENG, Jie
    BARTHEL, Mona

    MLADENOVIC, Kristina
    STEPHENS, Sloane

    KIRILENKO, Maria
    MARTIC, Petra

    CORNET, Alize
    VESNINA, Elena

    ZAKOPALOVA, Klara
    SAFAROVA, Lucie

    BYE
    (5) ERRANI, Sara

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    Third Quarter

    (8) KERBER, Angelique
    BYE

    CEPELOVA, Jana
    CIBULKOVA, Dominika

    RODIONOVA, Anastasia
    MAKAROVA, Ekaterina

    GOERGES, Julia
    VINCI, Roberta

    IVANOVIC, Ana
    HSIEH, Su-Wei

    PENNETTA, Flavia
    RADWANSKA, Urszula

    ZHAO, Carol
    PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia

    BYE
    (4) LI, Na

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    Fourth Quarter

    (6) KVITOVA, Petra
    BYE

    BOUCHARD, Eugenie
    KLEYBANOVA, Alisa

    SUAREZ NAVARRO, Carla
    HAMPTON, Jamie

    GLUSHKO, Julia
    STOSUR, Samantha

    JANKOVIC, Jelena
    TATISHVILI, Anna

    FICHMAN, Sharon
    DUBOIS, Stephanie

    CIRSTEA, Sorana
    SAVCHUK, Olga

    BYE
    (2)AZARENKA, Victoria

  • Washington DC, Carlsbad: ATP & WTA Results – Saturday, August 3

    Washington DC, Carlsbad: ATP & WTA Results – Saturday, August 3

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    Click here to discuss the Men’s Washington, DC Citi Cup tournament.

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    (8) John Isner (USA) d Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) — 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-4
    (1) J Del Potro (ARG) d (3) Tommy Haas (GER) — 7-6(4), 6-3

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    (7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) — 6-2, 6-0
    Andrea Petkovic (GER) d (4) Alize Cornet (FRA) — 7-5, 6-3

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    Southern California Open — Carlsbad

    (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) — 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
    (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d Virginie Razzano (FRA) — 7-6(2), 6-3

  • Rogers Cup / Canada Masters 1000 ATP Men’s Draw

    Rogers Cup / Canada Masters 1000 ATP Men’s Draw

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    Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are set to meet in the semifinal in the top half; Andy Murray and David Ferrer to meet in semifinal in the bottom half.

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    First Quarter

    (1) DJOKOVIC, Novak
    BYE

    TOMIC, Bernard
    MAYER, Florian

    NIEMINEN, Jarkko
    PELIWO, Filip

    ISTOMIN, Denis
    TIPSAREVIC, Janko

    NISHIKORI, Kei
    QUALIFIER

    SEPPI, Andreas
    ROSOL, Lukas

    KLIZAN, Martin
    BELLUCCI, Thomaz

    BYE
    (7) GASQUET, Richard

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    Second Quarter

    (4) NADAL, Rafael
    BYE

    LEVINE, Jesse
    MALISSE, Xavier

    DANCEVIC, Frank
    QUALIFIER

    BENNETEAU, Julien
    JANOWICZ, Jerzy

    HAAS, Tommy
    QUALIFIER

    QUALIFIER
    QUALIFIER

    KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp
    PAIRE, Benoit

    BYE
    (8) WAWRINKA, Stanislas

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    Third Quarter

    (5) BERDYCH, Tomas
    BYE

    ANDERSON, Kevin
    DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr

    POSPISIL, Vasek
    ISNER, John

    STEPANEK, Radek
    ALMAGRO, Nicolas

    SIMON, Gilles
    DAVYDENKO, Nikolay

    ANDUJAR, Pablo
    QUALIFIER

    QUALIFIER
    LLODRA, Michael

    BYE
    (3) FERRER, David

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    Fourth Quarter

    (6) DEL POTRO, Juan Martin
    BYE

    ZEMLJA, Grega
    DODIG, Ivan

    YOUZHNY, Mikhail
    MELZER, Jurgen

    CHARDY, Jeremy
    RAONIC, Milos

    FOGNINI, Fabio
    BAGHDATIS, Marcos

    GULBIS, Ernests
    LOPEZ, Feliciano

    DIMITROV, Grigor
    GRANOLLERS, Marcel

    BYE
    (2) MURRAY, Andy

  • Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Friday, August 2

    Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Friday, August 2

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    Click here to discuss the Men’s Washington, DC Citi Cup tournament.

    Click here to discuss the Bet-At-Home Cup, Kitzbuhel, Austria.

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) d M Matosevic (AUS) — 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
    (8) John Isner (USA) d (16) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) — 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
    (3) Tommy Haas (GER) d (11) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) — 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
    (1) J Del Potro (ARG) d (7) Kevin Anderson (RSA) — 7-6(0), 6-3

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    Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria

    (8) Marcel Granollers (ESP) d Robin Haase (NED) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-4
    (2) Juan Monaco (ARG) d (7) Albert Montanes (ESP) — 7-6(2), 7-5

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    Andrea Petkovic (GER) d Paula Ormaechea (ARG) — 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
    (4) Alize Cornet (FRA) d (5) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) — 7-6(5), 6-2
    (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d Monica Niculescu (ROU) — 1-0 Ret.
    (7) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d (1/W) Angelique Kerber (GER) — 7-6(0), 3-6, 6-3

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    Southern California Open — Carlsbad

    Virginie Razzano (FRA) d (3) Petra Kvitova (CZE) — 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6(8)
    (7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) — 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-2
    (5) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) — 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
    (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Urszula Radwanska (POL) — 6-1, 6-2

  • Martina Hingis Returns in Style

    Martina Hingis Returns in Style

    Former World #1, Martina Hingis celebrated returning to the WTA tour for the first time since 2007, with a 6-1, 6-1 doubles victory. The Swiss ace paired up with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova to defeat Julia Georges and Darija Jurak.

    Hingis, who has ruled out returning to singles, has confirmed she will be playing doubles at the US Open, again pairing with Hantuchova.

    It’s Martina’s third stint on the WTA Tour. She retired in 2003, returned in 2005, and then retired again in 2007 following a positive test for cocaine use.

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  • Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Thursday, August 1

    Washington DC, Carlsbad, Kitzbuhel: ATP & WTA Results – Thursday, August 1

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    Click here to discuss the Men’s Washington, DC Citi Cup tournament.

    Click here to discuss the Bet-At-Home Cup, Kitzbuhel, Austria.

    Click here to discuss the Women’s Washington, DC Citi Cup tournament.

    Click here to discuss the Southern California Open, Carlsbad.

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    M Matosevic defeats (4) M Raonic — 7-5, 7-6(7)
    (1) J Del Potro defeats R Harrison — 6-1, 7-5
    (3) T Haas defeats T Smyczek — 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
    (2) K Nishikori defeats J Sock — 7-5, 6-2
    (7) Kevin Anderson defeats (WC) James Duckworth — 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
    (8) John Isner defeats (Q) Somdev Devvarman — 7-5, 7-5
    Dmitry Tursunov defeats Radek Stepanek — 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
    (7) Kevin Anderson defeats Mardy Fish — 7-6(2), 6-1
    (16) Marcos Baghdatis defeats (2) Kei Nishikori — 6-1, 6-2
    (11) Grigor Dimitrov defeats (6) Sam Querrey — 6-3, 6-2
    (1) Juan Martin Del Potro defeats (14) Bernard Tomic — 6-3, 6-3
    (3) Tommy Haas defeats (13) Ivan Dodig — 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

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    Bet-At-Home Cup — Kitzbuhel, Austria

    (2) J Monaco defeats D Gimeno-Traver — 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
    R Haase defeats (3) F Verdasco — 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
    (7) A Montanes defeats D Thiem — 6-4, 6-3
    (8) M Granollers defeats L Mayer — 6-3, 6-1

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    Citi Open — Washington DC

    (3) Ekaterina Makarova d Caroline Garcia — 6-2, 6-0
    (5) Sorana Cirstea d Alison Riske — 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
    (4) Alize Cornet d Heather Watson — 6-4, 6-4
    (1/W) Angelique Kerber d Melanie Oudin — 7-5, 6-0
    (7) Magdalena Rybarikova d Jana Cepelova — 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
    Monica Niculescu d (8) Madison Keys — 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(6)

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    Southern California Open — Carlsbad

    Virginie Razzano d (8) Carla Suarez Navarro — 6-1, 6-4
    Urszula Radwanska d (6) Jelena Jankovic — 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
    (2) Agnieszka Radwanska d Daniela Hantuchova — 6-3, 6-3
    (7) Ana Ivanovic d Coco Vandeweghe — 7-6(5), 6-3

  • US Open Prize Money Hits Record Levels

    US Open Prize Money Hits Record Levels

    The US Tennis Association has announced a significant increase to the prize money pool at the US Open, beginning August 26th.

    The overall pool jumps to a record $34.3 million, a significant increase on the 2012 figure of $25.5 million. The new five year deal will see prize money escalate year on year, culminating in a $50 million pool by 2017.

    The ladies and mens singles champions will both walk away $2.6 million richer – the biggest tournament winning prize in the sport.

    Additional bonuses may also be awarded to the overall winner based on pre-US Open hardcourt events.

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    The full breakdown is as follows:

    • Winners – $2.6 million
    • Runners Up – $1.3 million
    • Semi-Final Losers – $650,000
    • Quarter Final Losers – $325,000
    • 4th Round Losers – $165,000
    • 3rd Round Losers – $93,000
    • 2nd Round Losers – $53,000
    • 1st Round Losers – $32,000

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  • Youzhny triumphs in Gstaad

    Youzhny triumphs in Gstaad

    Mikhail Youzhny triumphed 6-3 6-4 over dutchman Robin Haase to claim the Swiss Open title in front of a packed house.

    Youhzny took the match with a brace of service breaks, one in each set to clinch the title in just over an hour.

    After the match, Youzhny said “Every one of my matches was a tough one. It was a hard week but it ended very well.”

    It was the Russian veteran’s ninth ATP title and he extended his perfect Head to Head with Haase to 5-0.

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  • Tommy turns back time – Wins the Croatia Open

    Tommy turns back time – Wins the Croatia Open

    Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo continued his recent resurgence by defeating Fabio Fognini 6-0 6-3 at the Croatia Open on Sunday.

    A dominant first set saw the 31 year old administer a bagel within 18 minutes to the bewildered Italian who won only six points in the opening stanza.

    Fognini rallied in the second set, breaking Robredo twice but had problems holding onto his own service game, as Robredo ran out the set relatively comfortabley to take it 6-3 and win his second tournament of the year.

    “No money can buy this feeling,” said Robredo after the match. “I played a perfect match, did a great job. But in matches like this it is always important to win.”

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