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TENNIS
 Click on a date: Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 Monday, 23 April, 2012 Sunday, 22 April, 2012 Saturday, 21 April, 2012 Friday, 20 April, 2012 Thursday, 19 April, 2012 Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 Monday, 16 April, 2012 Sunday, 15 April, 2012 Saturday, 14 April, 2012
Tuesday, 24 April, 2012
ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest:
1st rd:
Jurgen Zopp (Est) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-3 6-3
Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Joao Souza (Bra) 7-5 7-6 (7-5)
(6) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Guillaume Rufin (Fra) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Marius Copil (Rom) bt Tobias Kamke (Ger) 6-3 6-2
Daniel Brands (Ger) bt (8) Ivan Dodig (Cro) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Adrian Ungur (Rom) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) bt Erik Chvojka (Can) 6-3 6-3
Attila Balazs (Hun) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4,
ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Barcelona:
1st rd:
(15) Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-3 6-4
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 6-2 6-3
(13) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Malek Jaziri (Tun) 6-2 6-3
Frederico Gil (Por) bt (12) Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-2 6-2
Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Diego Junqueira (Arg) 6-2 6-3
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-3 6-3
(17) Albert Ramos (Spa) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 4-1 ret
Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Rui Machado (Por) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 6-0 6-3
Robert Farah (Col) bt Arnau Brugues-Davi (Spa) 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
2nd rd:
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 6-3 6-2
(9) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 6-3 6-1
(6) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) 7-5 7-6 (7-3)
(16) Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt David Goffin (Bel) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4,
WTA Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes:
1st rd:
(5) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Fatima Zahrae El Allami (Mor) 6-1 ret
Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Urszula Radwanska (Pol) 6-4 7-5
(2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-1 7-5
Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spa) bt Anna Tatishvili (Geo) 7-5 5-7 6-4
Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt (7) Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-4 5-7 7-6 (11-9)
Mathilde Johansson (Fra) bt Nadia Lalami (Mor) 6-1 6-1
(3) Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4 6-2
Laura Pous Tio (Spa) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-2 6-1
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Arina Rodionova (Rus) 2-6 4-0 ret
(8) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 5-7 6-3 7-5 ,
WTA Tour Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart:
1st rd:
(5) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-2
Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-3 6-4
(7) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
Greta Arn (Hun) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 7-5 6-3
Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2 6-3
Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-3 7-5
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 5-7 6-3 6-4
(8) Na Li (Chn) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 ,
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 Monday, 23 April, 2012
ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest:
1st rd:
(7) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt Gabriel Moraru (Rom) 6-2 6-3
Potito Starace (Ita) bt (9) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-3 6-0
Matthias Bachinger (Ger) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 3-6 6-1 6-3
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 6-2 6-4 ,
ATP Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Barcelona:
1st rd:
Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Lukas Rosol (Cze) 6-3 7-5
Filip Krajinovic (Ser) bt Inigo Cervantes (Spa) 6-2 6-4
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Stephane Robert (Fra) 6-2 6-3
Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt (18) Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Javier Marti (Spa) 6-4 6-1
Joao Sousa (Por) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 6-2 6-3
Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5)
(11) Milos Raonic (Can) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Robin Haase (Ned) bt Sergei Bubka (Ukr) 6-1 3-2 ret
Federico Del Bonis (Arg) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 6-3 7-5
Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 2-6 6-4 6-0
Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Gerard Granollers-Pujol (Spa) 7-5 6-2 ,
WTA Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes:
1st rd:
Mandy Minella (Lux) bt Alexandra Panova (Rus) 6-3 7-6 (12-10)
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Nina Bratchikova (Rus) 6-2 6-4
(6) Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-4 6-4
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt Timea Babos (Hun) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
Alexandra Cadantu (Rom) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 5-7 7-5 6-1
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Aut) bt (4) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-4 6-2 ,
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 Sunday, 22 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
Final:
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-3 6-1,
Fed Cup Semi-final: Russia v Serbia, Sports Palace Megasport, Moscow:
Rubber 3:
Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 3-6 6-0 6-3
Rubber 4:
Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-1 6-4
Rubber 5:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) & Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) & Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-4 6-0 Serbia won best of five series 3-2,
Fed Cup World Group II Play-off: Sweden v Great Britain, Borashallen, Boras:
Rubber 3:
Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Laura Robson (Gbr) 6-4 1-6 6-3
Rubber 4:
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 6-4
Rubber 5:
Elena Baltacha (Gbr) & Heather Watson (Gbr) bt Ellen Allgurin (Swe) & Hilda Melander (Swe) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Sweden won best of five series 4-1 ,
Fed Cup World Group Semi-Final: Czech Republic v Italy, CEZ Arena, Ostrava:
Rubber 3:
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4 7-6 (7-1)
Rubber 4:
Sara Errani (Ita) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 2-6 6-2 6-2
Rubber 5:
Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Sara Errani (Ita) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 5-6 ret
Czech Republic won best of five series 4-1,
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 Saturday, 21 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
Semi-final:
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (6) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 4-6 6-3 6-2
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3 6-4,
Fed Cup Semi-final: Russia v Serbia, Sports Palace Megasport, Moscow:
Rubber 1:
Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-4 6-3
Rubber 2:
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-2 2-6 6-4
Russia tied best of five series 1-1,
Fed Cup World Group II Play-off: Sweden v Great Britain, Borashallen, Boras:
Rubber 1:
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 6-1 7-5
Rubber 2:
Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-1 6-4
Sweden lead best of five series 2-0,
Fed Cup World Group Semi-Final: Czech Republic v Italy, CEZ Arena, Ostrava:
Rubber 1:
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Rubber 2:
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-4 6-3
Czech Republic lead best of five series 2-0,
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 Friday, 20 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
Quarter-finals:
(6) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (3) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-3
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-4 6-2
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 7-5 6-4
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt (4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 7-5 6-4,
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 Thursday, 19 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
3rd rd:
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-5 ret
(6) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (12) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 2-6 6-2 6-4
(4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt (7) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 6-0 4-6 6-1
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (16) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 2-6 6-1 6-4
Robin Haase (Ned) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-2 6-3
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-1 6-1
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt (8) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 6-3 6-3 ,
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 Wednesday, 18 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
2nd rd:
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Frederico Gil (Por) 6-3 6-0
(16) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 6-2 5-7 6-1
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-1 6-4
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt (15) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-4 6-3
(7) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-2 6-3
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 7-6 (10-8) 2-6 6-2
(8) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 7-5 6-3
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-4 6-3
(6) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Marin Cilic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Robin Haase (Ned) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-4 6-4
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt (5) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-3 6-2
(12) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-2,
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 Tuesday, 17 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
1st rd:
Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-5 6-3
Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Alessandro Giannessi (Ita) 7-5 6-3
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-4 6-4
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt (10) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-1 6-4
Potito Starace (Ita) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 4-2 ret
(12) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Albert Ramos (Spa) 6-2 7-5
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt (14) Florian Mayer (Ger) 3-6 6-1 6-3
Frederico Gil (Por) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-1 6-3
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 6-1
Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 3-6 6-4 6-2
Robin Haase (Ned) bt (11) Juan Monaco (Arg) 7-5 0-6 2-3 ret
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-3 6-4
2nd rd:
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-0 6-3
(13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 3-6 6-3 6-1
(4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-2 6-4,
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 Monday, 16 April, 2012
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte-Carlo:
1st rd:
Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-0 6-1
(15) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-2 7-5
(13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 4-6 6-2 7-5
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-4 6-3
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (7-3)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Guillaume Rufin (Fra) 6-4 6-4
(16) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-2 6-2
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-3 3-6 6-2 ,
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 Sunday, 15 April, 2012
ATP Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca:
Final:
(3) Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt (7) Albert Ramos (Spa) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) ,
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo:
1st rd:
Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-0 6-3
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (Mon) 6-3 6-1
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Benjamin Balleret (Mon) 6-3 6-2 ,
ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships, Houston, Texas:
Final:
(4) Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (2) John Isner (USA) 6-2 3-6 6-3 ,
WTA Barcelona Open, Barcelona:
Final:
(7) Sara Errani (Ita) bt (3) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-2 6-2,
WTA e-BoksOpen 2012, Copenhagen:
Final:
(2) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-4 6-4 ,
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 Saturday, 14 April, 2012
ATP Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca:
Semi-final:
(7) Albert Ramos (Spa) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-3 7-6 (9-7)
(3) Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-3 7-5 ,
ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships, Houston, Texas:
Semi-final:
(4) Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Michael Russell (USA) 5-7 6-1 6-4
(2) John Isner (USA) bt (3) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3,
WTA Barcelona Open, Barcelona:
Semi-final:
(7) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) 6-1 6-2
(3) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-1 6-1 ,
WTA e-BoksOpen 2012, Copenhagen:
Semi-final:
(2) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt (3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 6-2 6-1
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 6-3 6-2 ,
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