• World No4 has to dig deep to post a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory • Albert Montanes stands between Scot and semi-final place Andy Murray survived a tougher than expected challenge from unheralded Argentine Leonardo Mayer to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open. The Scot, in just his second match back after six weeks off with a left wrist injury, was outplayed in the second...
Valencia Open: Andy Murray scores first round win Andy Murray defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-1 toreach the second round of the Valencia Open. This was Murray's first tennis match on the ATP Tour since the U.S. Open. He won 22 of 26 first-serve points and broke Gimeno-Traver five times. In the next round Andy Murray will meet Leonardo Mayer, who defeated Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-3. In other results...
Youzhny retires at St. Petersburg Open Mikhail Youzhny was forced to retire due to a lower back pain while trailing Denis Istomin 6-2, 2-1 in the second round of the St. Petersburg Open. Istomin will play the winner of the match between Igor Andreev and Marat Safin. In othe results today, Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Andrey Kuznetsov 6-1, 6-4, and Igor Kunitsyn defeated Michail Elgin 6-2, 6-3. Stakhovsky...
Tennis Video: St Petersburg 2009 Tuesday Highlights Igor Andreev gets a much-needed win over Potito Starace while Andrey Kuznetsov wins a three-setter against Marcel Granollers to claim his first ATP match win.
Seeded players Jeremy Chardy of France, Igor Andreev of Russia and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina advanced to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open with straight-set victories Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Chardy beat Romanian qualifier Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6-2, 6-2, No. 5 Andreev defeated Potito Starace of Italy 6-4, 6-2 and No. 8 Zeballos ousted Kazakh qualifier Yuri Schukin 7-6 (9), 6-3. "It...
Kremlin Cup: Odesnik and Ginepri winners on day 2 Wayne Odesnik and Robby Ginepri produced upsets at the Kremlin Cup after eliminating two highly seeded players in the opening round. Odesnik defeated Victor Hanescu 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, and Ginepri beat Igor Andreev 6-3 6-7 7-6. Odesnik saved a match point in the 10th game of the second set. He then broke Hanescu in the fifth game of the third set. “I...
Tennis TV Schedule: Moscow and Stockholm Kremlin Cup – Moscow, Russia Who Is Playing: Nikolay Davydenko, Victor Hanescu, Igor Andreev, Igor Kunitsyn, Fabrice Santoro, Marat Safin, Mikhail Youzhny, Janko Tipsarevic Television Schedule (all local times) Monday, 19 October 2009 RTR (Russia) 11:20 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. LIVE RTR (Russia) 3:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Highlights RTR (Russia) 10:20...
Feliciano Lopez successfully ended a run of six opening-round losses, following his straight-sets defeat of fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Sunday. Igor Kunitsyn rallied to down compatriot Igor Andreev.
The players are set to bring their hard-court act to Shanghai as the eighth of nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events commences on Sunday. Feliciano Lopez and Igor Andreev highlight a modest opening day one.