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Troicki To Face Mahut In Rotterdam QFs

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Troicki To Face Mahut In Rotterdam QFs

Gilles Simon and Roberto Bautista Agut in action on Thursday

Viktor Troicki is one win away from equalling his best performance at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament after knocking out Hyeon Chung, one of four teenagers in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, 7-6(5), 6-2 in 90 minutes to maintain his early season form.

The two-time Sydney champion, who also finished runner-up to Roberto Bautista Agut in last week’s Sofia final, now goes on to meet the oldest player in the draw, 34-year-old Nicolas Mahut, on Friday. Troicki is hoping to better his 2011 run to the Rotterdam semi-finals (l. to Soderling). Mahut overcame fellow Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 7-5, 6-2 in their fourth meeting.

“Today was a really tough match and I was fortunate to win the first set, saving three break points,” said Mahut. “I only had one and I got it. I was just focused on holding serve and I’m happy to go through. I feel great, but I know it’s going to be tough against Troicki, who I lost to in the Sydney quarter-finals [last month].”

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Troicki Zverev Win In 2R Rotterdam 2016 Highlights

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Troicki Zverev Win In 2R Rotterdam 2016 Highlights

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Zverev Reflects On 2R Win In Rotterdam

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Zverev Reflects On 2R Win In Rotterdam

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Εύκολα η Κορδολαίμη στον τρίτο γύρο του “TUNISIA F5 FUTURES”

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

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Η Ελένη Κορδολαίμη είχε μία εύκολη νίκη επι της Γαλλίδας, Manon Peral με σκορ 6-2,6-0. Τώρα με αντίπαλο άλλη μια Γαλλίδα, την Margot Yerolymos, θα προσπαθήσει να περάσει στις τέσσερεις καλύτερες στη διοργάνωση των 10,000$,  “TUNISIA F5 FUTURES – HAMMAMET”.

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Στους αγώνες των διπλών η Ελένη με συμπαίκτρια την Μολδαβή Alexandra Perper, βρίσκονται στα ημιτελικά, και θα προσπαθήσουν να μπουν στον τελικό,αντιμετωπίζοντας την Ιταλίδα, Claudia Giovine και την Σουηδέζα Anette Munozova Νο1 του ταμπλό.

Simon Stretches For Hot Shot In Rotterdam 2016

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Simon Stretches For Hot Shot In Rotterdam 2016

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Αδαλόγλου και Πετρουλά συνεχίζουν τις προσπάθειες τους στα διπλά, στο Αμβούργο.

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Η 16χρονη Μάγδα Αδαλόγλου, και η 15χρονη Δανάη Πετρουλά ολοκλήρωσαν  την προσπάθεια τους στα μονά στη Grade 4 διοργάνωση που γίνεται στο Αμβούργο με την επωνυμία “YONEX ITF Hamburg”.

Σήμερα αγωνίζονται, απο κοινού, στο δεύτερο γύρο στα διπλά,  με αντιπάλους τις Γερμανίδες, Νο 1 της διοργάνωσης, Shaline-Doreen Pipa και Anastazja Rosnowska

 

adaloglouΗ Μάγδα Αδαλόγλου, έχασε στα μονά, στο δεύτερο γύρο, απο τη Γερμανίδα  Sarah Nikocevic με σκορ 6-1,6-4 

 

 

petroulaΗ Δανάη Πετρουλά, έχασε και αυτή στο δεύτερο γύρο των μονών, απο τη Γερμανίδα Lara Schmidt με σκόρ 6-2,7-5

ΣΤ ΈΝΩΣΗ : ΑΝΑΒΟΛΗ 1ου Ενωσιακού βαθμολογούμενου πρωταθλήματος Ε3

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

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Η ΣΤ Ένωση (Σωματείων Αντισφαίρισης Πέλοποννήσου) αναβάλλει για μία εβδομάδα την διεξαγωγή του   “1ου Ενωσιακού βαθμολογούμενου πρωταθλήματος Ε3”

Το πρωτάθλημα θα διεξαχθεί το Σαββατοκύριακο 20 και 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2016

Στην ιστοσελίδα της ΣΤ Ένωσης υπάρχει η ακόλουθη ανακοίνωση

Οι προβλεπόμενες άστατες καιρικές συνθήκες οι οποίες θα επικρατήσουν το Σ/Κ, σε συνδυασμό με τη δυσκολία στις μετακινήσεις λόγων των αγροτικών κινητοποιήσεων, επιβάλουν την αναβολή του προγραμματισμένου 1ου Ενωσιακού πρωταθλήματος Ε-3 στην ΑΕΤ ΝΙΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ.

Το πρωτάθλημα θα διεξαχθεί το επόμενο Σ/Κ 20 και 21 Φεβρουαρίου στον ίδιο χώρο.

ΔΕΙΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΤ ΈΝΩΣΗΣ

Nishikori Makes It 14 Straight

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Nishikori Makes It 14 Straight

Nishikori claims third win from as many matches against Harrison

Three-time champion Kei Nishikori got his bid for a fourth straight Memphis Open title under way on Wednesday with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph over American Ryan Harrison. The top seed extended his winning streak to 14 matches in Memphis with the one-hour, 21-minute result.

Nishikori had won the pair’s two prior FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings coming into the night clash, including a three-set affair at the same stage of last year’s tournament. After Harrison held his opening service game, the World No. 7 in the Emirates ATP Rankings put the pedal down, reeling off five games in a row, converting on two of three break points before the American could hold again. 

Nishikori secured the opening set on his first opportunity after 27 minutes before his 124th-ranked opponent mounted a challenge late in the second. With Nishikori serving for the match at 5-4, Harrison converted his first break of the match on his fifth chance. He saved four match points in the process.

His joy was short-lived, however. Nishikori broke again for 6-5 and closed it out with a love hold on his fifth match point to move through to a quarter-final clash with Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin, an earlier 6-1, 7-5 winner over No. 5 seed Denis Kudla.

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Tsonga Surges Into BA Quarter-finals

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Tsonga Surges Into BA Quarter-finals

Tsonga reached his first quarter-final on South American soil

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has made a successful South American debut at the Argentina Open on Wednesday, easing past local Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. The French World No. 9 in the Emirates ATP Rankings powered through the opening set against the 37th-ranked Argentinian, breaking twice to take it in just 25 minutes.

The 30 year old was similarly dominant in the second set, breaking Mayer for 2-1 before racing to 3-1 with a love hold. He secured the double break for 5-2 and closed it out on his second match point in just shy of an hour. The defeat consigned Mayer to his eighth straight loss against Top 10 opponents, with his lone victory in 25 matches coming against World No. 7 David Ferrer in the 2014 Hamburg final.

Coming off a semi-final run in Auckland and fourth-round showing at the Australian Open, Tsonga is looking to reach his first claycourt final in Buenos Aires this week.  He moved to within two victories of doing so and will next meet Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, a player he holds a 6-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against. Almagro earlier produced a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 result to beat Argentine Federico Delbonis.

 

 

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Kukushkin Takes Down Fifth Seed

  • Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Kukushkin Takes Down Fifth Seed

Kukushkin sees off No. 5 seed Kudla to reach quarter-finals

Mikhail Kukushkin is yet to drop a set in Memphis after defeating fifth-seeded American Denis Kudla 6-1, 7-5. The Kazakh went five-for-10 on break point opportunities in the 81-minute match.

“I started well, but from the middle of the second set, he started playing much better,” Kukushkin said. “There were lots of tough points for me. I needed to fight for every game. Maybe I was a little bit lucky to win, but I am happy to be through to the quarter-finals.

“I was hitting well and not making too many unforced errors. It helped me that [Kudla] started slowly. From the middle of the second set he started to play much better … a lot of long rallies, tough points for me.

“I had to fight a lot to win every game. Maybe the score looks very easy, especially the first set, but then second set was really tough.”

 The win sets up a potential showdown with three-time defending champion and top seed Kei Nishikori who was due to face Ryan Harrison in the night session. The Japanese world No. 7 holds a perfect 5-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Kukushkin.

“If I have to play him, for sure it’ll be a tough match,” Kukushkin said. “He’s a Top 10 player. I’ve played him a few times and lost all of them … I will just try to control everything I have and just enjoy the game.”

Nishikori’s countryman, qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka, earlier cruised into the quarter-finals after dismissing Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko 6-1, 6-3. The Japanese left-hander has played himself into peak form having won through qualifying.

“I’ve been playing a lot of qualifying matches, and my confidence is good right now,” Nishioka said. “Every time I play, I think I can get to the main draw.”

The Mie native is into his second ATP World Tour quarter-final (2015 Delray Beach) and is not at all intimidated by the prospect of facing the tournament’s top seed in the semi-finals.

“I’m very excited to be in my second ATP quarter-final,” Nishioka said. “And if I win one more match, maybe I will get to play against Kei [Nishikori].”

First, Nishioka will have to find a way past No. 4 seed Sam Querrey, who had a routine 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Swiss qualifier Henri LaaksonenThe American World No. 58 hit seven aces and won 83 per cent of first-serve points in the 52-minute encounter. 

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