Over
at the Bet-at-home cup in Austria the semi finals has already
been decided. Granollers beat Argentinas Leonardo Mayer
63 61 to face unseeded Robin Hasse. Hasse had a great hard
fought quarter final win over third seed Fernando Verdasco 46
64 63. In the other semi final second seed Juan Monacos 62 36
64 victory over Spain's Gemeno-traver has given him a semi
final showdown against 7th seed Albert Montanes. Montanes beat
surprised wild card quarter finalist Dominic Thiem 64 63.
The
British are doing well at the Vancover Open (Challenger and
ITF $100,000). British number 3 Dan Evans produced a excellent
first round 36 64 64 win over top seed and world 84 Donsky
followed by a second round win over Israel’s Weintraub in
another 3 setter. James ward won 46 63 75 in his first round
match aha isn't Ireland's james McGee (second round match yet
to be played). In the women's section emulating Evans, Joanna
Konta had a brilliant 76 64 win over top seed Hsieh Su-Wei.
Up next for Konta is fellow Brit qualifier Jade Windley. Sam
Murray is also in the second roud following her 61 64 victory in
a all British class against Naomi Broady.
Martina
Hingis enjoyed a fantastic return to the WTA tour winning 61 61
with Daniela Hantuchova in the first round of doubles at
Carlsnad. Hingis has however cool down talk of a return to the
singles for the moment.
John
Isner, Mardy Fish and
Bernard Tomic defends tennis from the recent drugs
controversies.
Jo-Wilfried
tsonga has pulled out of next weeks rogers cup as he continues to
get over his knee injury. The Frenchman isn't the only withdrawal.
Maria Sharapova hip injury recovery has also forced her to
pull out of next weeks tournament.
CNN
has done a excellent profile of Japan's Nishikori and the
hysteria he faces back in his home country. Nishikori is Japan's
greatest male tennis player so far according to statistics.
Social
networking sites for tennis players, good or bad for their
motivation? A article on tennisworldusa brings in a interesting
perspective.
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