News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied Friday for a victory that boosted him into the semifinals of the $1.2 million Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Tsonga, 24, dropped serve just once in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Ernests Gulbis. Holding serve was vital in...
News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a test to beat Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 4-6 6-4 6-3 and advance to the Japan Open semi-finals on Friday. The world number seven ended the qualifier's resistance by pounding down his 19th ace of the match after a...
News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Russian Mikhail Youzhny knocked defending champion Tomas Berdych out of the Japan Open with a 6-2 7-6 victory in Friday's quarter-finals. Youzhny faces former world number one Lleyton Hewitt in Saturday's semi-finals after the Australian pulverised...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 month ago
Bookings in July dropped to the lowest level since the government began the survey in 1987...While emergency spending by governments worldwide has revived demand for Japanese exports, manufacturers like Toshiba Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. are still...
News Source: dailymail
| about 1 month ago
US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro crashed out of the Japan Open in the first round on Tuesday, beaten by unseeded French qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The 21-year-old Argentine top seed, playing his first match since his victory at Flushing...
News Source: Turks and Caicos Free Press
| about 1 month ago
Fabrice Santoro 's first visit to Tokyo ended quickly in a three-set defeat to former world number one Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the Japan Open on Thursday. The veteran 36-year-old Frenchman, who is due to retire at the end of the season,...