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HAMBURG, Germany: Both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Hamburg Masters Series here on Wednesday while clay-court king Rafael Nadal struggled through. Nadal, number two in the world, needed more than two hours to make the last sixteen before he claimed a 6-4,...
HAMBURG: Top-ranked Roger Federer eased past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters, a tournament he has won four times. Second-ranked Rafael Nadal also advanced, but he had to work hard to overcome Potito Starace 6-4, 7-6(6). Ivanovic ousted In...
By Mark Hodgkinson Have your say Read comments How does a teetotal Scot celebrate turning 21? Perhaps we shall discover that today, as Andy Murray, who does not drink alcohol, could give himself quite a birthday present as he takes on Rafael Nadal on clay in their third-round meeting at the...
Scot sets up potential showdown with clay king Nadal Andy Murray booked his place in the third round of the Hamburg Masters with a comprehensive straight sets victory over Gilles Simon. The British number one always had the measure of his French opponent and closed out a 6-3 6-3 victory in a...
Top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 3 Novak Djokovic won easily Wednesday to reach the third of the Hamburg Masters. Federer eased past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3 in a tournament he has won four times. Nadal survived a scare in the second set before overcoming Potito Starace 6-4, 7-6 (6). Nieminen had...
HAMBURG, Germany, May 14 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal collected straight-set wins Wednesday in second-round action at the $2.95 million Masters Series Hamburg. Federer, ranked No. 1 in the world, dispatched Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3, and Nadal, the No. 2 player in the...
Andy Murray moved through to the second round of the ATP Hamburg Masters with a straight-sets victory over Dmitry Tursunov. ... The 16th seed won 6-4 6-1 to take his career record against the Russian world number 31 to 4-0. The British number one will play Frenchman...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made some history for himself Monday in the first round of the Hamburg Masters. ... Tsonga missed a month because of the right-knee injury and lost in the first round of the Rome Masters last week to Gilles Simon. Tsonga is seeded 14th at the Hamburg...
Ivan Ljubicic was two points from losing the match when he rallied to beat Steve Darcis 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a rare Sunday start for the clay-court Hamburg Masters. ... In other first-round matches, Ivo Karlovic edged Mischa Zverev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) and Gilles Simon...
Hamburg - Ivan Ljubicic needed a full workout to get revenge on Steve Darcis in the first round of the Hamburg Masters on Sunday while star players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were training lightly. The Croatian Ljubicic, a former top five player ...
