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: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
The eighth-seeded Hewitt will take on Mikhail Youzhny for a berth in Sunday's final after the Russian ousted fifth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2 7-6 (8-6). Victory over Berdych will propel Hewitt to the cusp of the world's top 20 after the former No.
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
Japan Recovers From Typhoon Melor as New Storm Forms in Pacific Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese teams began clearing roads of debris and fixing bridges damaged by Typhoon Melor, which swept across Honshu yesterday, as a new storm developed over the...
News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 month ago
Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat French compatriot Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open. Tsonga broke Gasquet to go up 5-2 in the third set and then won when his opponent’s forehand return...
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...