Thiem Stars In Rio 2016 Friday Highlights
Thiem Stars In Rio 2016 Friday Highlights
Feb192016
Η Λένα Δανιηλίδου με συμπαίκτρια την Arina Folts απο το Ουζμπεκιστάν, αγωνίζονται αύριο στον τελικό των διπλών, στη διοργάνωση των 10.000$ , “GD TENNIS CUP WOMEN’S” που γίνεται στην Antalya της Τουρκίας. Αντίπαλο ζευγάρι στον τελικό είναι η Βουλγάρα Petia Arshinkova και η Ρουμάνα Elena Gabriela Ruse
It is 10 years since Dunblane teenage protege Andy Murray lifted his first ATP Tour title, the SAP Open in San Jose, beating two former world number ones on the way to become the first Scottish man to win a major tennis title.
Here is BBC Scotland reporter Alan Mackay’s report from 2006 on the 18-year-old Murray’s success, during which the future world number two shares a celebratory kiss with his “new American girlfriend”, Kim.
Murray said at the time: “It’s been the best week of my life. It can’t get much better.” How wrong the future Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic champion was!
Η Δέσποινα Παπαμιχαήλ , μετά απο ένα αγώνα που κράτησε 3 ώρες και 20 λεπτά, έχασε απο τη Σλοβάκα , Chantal Skamlova και δεν πέρασε στα ημιτελικά του” TUNISIA F6 FUTURES – HAMMAMET”
Η Δέσποινα κέρδισε το πρώτο σετ στο tie break με 7-3, μετά απο σκλήρη μάχη, διάρκειας 1 ώρας και 8 λεπτών.
Στο δεύτερο σετ, έγιναν πολλά break εκατέρωθεν με την Skamlova να είναι πιο προσεκτική και να παίρνει το σετ με σκορ 7-5, σε 1 ώρα και 11 λεπτά.
Το τρίτο σετ, ξεκίνησε με break, σε βάρος της Δέσποινας. Η Δέσποινα απάντησε άμεσα ισοφαρίζοντας σε 1-1, και μετά απο μάχη μιας ώρας η Chantal Skamlova πήρε τη νίκη με τελικό σκορ 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-5
Η αντίπαλος της Δέσποινας, είναι συμπαίκτρια της στα διπλά της διοργάνωσης, και σήμερα θα αγωνιστούν μαζί, για να περάσουν στον τελικό.
Old friends to face off in Delray Beach
Everyone in Delray Beach was rooting for Juan Martin del Potro, even his next opponent.
“I was really happy for him to come back,” said Jeremy Chardy, whom the Argentine will meet in the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open. “For a tennis player, the worst is to be injured. [His comeback] is great for the fans too. We need players like him on the tour.”
Del Potro downed Aussie John-Patrick Smith 6-4 6-4 during Thursday’s night session in 77 minutes to set up a third meeting against Chardy (1-1), who eased past American Noah Rubin 6-4, 6-2.
“Physically I felt good,” del Potro said after his match. “But I was playing too many slices. It’s not my game. If I improve my backhand, I will once again be the Tower of Tandil.
“I am so happy to be here, playing in front of my fans. If I can play better, next year I will be back for sure.”
Chardy will be hard-pressed to handle del Potro’s power, but he was glad to see his close friend continue his comeback bid.
“I know [del Potro] really well,” Chardy said. “He’s one year younger than me so we’ve known each other since we were kids. He’s a good friend of mine. We had a lot of fun in juniors together. We never missed a Players Party [back then].
Tim Smyczek was down a set and a break to fellow American Donald Young, but rallied 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 to reach his second ATP World Tour quarter-final (2011 San Jose).
“I was trying to figure out how to disrupt what he was doing,” Smyczek said. “My game plan wasn’t bothering him so I had to do something different. I stopped being so offensive. [Young] does very well when he’s under pressure so I had to turn the tables a bit.
“Because we’ve played each other so often in the past, I had to do some things which weren’t my forte. Same for him, which was interesting. I am happy I fought my way through.”
Ο Λέανδρος Μισδραχής, με μία νίκη επι του Αλγερινού Yanis Azzi, και μια ήττα απο τον Γερμανό Daniil Klimov ολόκλήρωσε την προσπάθεια του στο “ITF Junior Alger Mehdi Bouras”στην Αλγερία.
Ο νεαρός αθλητής λίγο πριν συμπληρώσει τα 16 του χρόνια, έπαιξε για πρώτη φορά σε κυρίως ταμπλό μιας διοργάνωσης ITF . Με τη νίκη που πέτυχε στον πρώτο γύρο, πήρε την πρώτη του βαθμολογία στην παγκόσμια κατάταξη των juniors.
World No. 5 wins 14th match from 15 encounters with countryman
His standing as the King of Clay is undisputed, but on Thursday top seed Rafael Nadal had to grind his way past another of the ATP World Tour’s most dominant clay-courters, Nicolas Almagro, at the Rio Open. In the battle of the Spaniards, Nadal steadied to hold off the former World No. 9 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament he won in 2014.
Nadal brought a dominant 347-31 record on clay into his second-round match – clearly the best among active players – while Almagro arrived with a 262-129 mark, the third best on tour. Almagro, though, would have to win just his second FedEx ATP Head2Head clash with his 29-year-old countryman, having won just four of the 36 sets played between the two in 14 previous encounters.
Nadal drew first blood, breaking for 3-1 in the opening set. He recovered from 0-40 while serving for the set to take it after 43 minutes. In the second set, the World No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Rankings had the chance to serve out the match after breaking to love for 5-4.
With the finish line in sight, however, Nadal wavered. He dropped serve before breaking Almagro again in what was the fifth straight break of serve between them. Serving for the match for a second time, Nadal made no mistake. He closed it out on his first match point in one hour and 41 minutes to book a rematch of his 2014 final against Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov.
No. 3 seeds ease past Australian pairing in straight sets
Third seeds Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi are through to the Delray Beach Open semi-finals after a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Australians Chris Guccione and Bernard Tomic. The Filipino-Belarusian duo hit seven aces between them, winning 80 per cent of first-serve points. They will meet unseeded pair Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin for a place in the final.
At the Rio Open, it was a good day for the home tandems. Top seeds Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares won an all-Brazilian clash with Fabiano De Paula and Orlando Luz 6-2, 6-3 to launch their campaign, while wild cards Rogerio Dutra Silva and Joao Souza landed a narrow 2-6, 7-6(3), 10-8 first round win over Guillermo Duran and Philipp Oswald.
In Marseille, second seeds Mate Pavic and Michael Venus advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 win over Mateusz Kowlczyk and Andreas Siljestrom. Pavic and Venus won two of five break points in the one-hour, six-minute match. They will meet unseeded Aliasandr Bury and Igor Zelenay for a place in the final.
Nick Kyrgios and Teymuraz Gabashvili had a 6-3, 6-4 result over Marin Draganja and Julian Knowle in little more than an hour. They will take on Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming in an all-unseeded semi-final. Erlich and Fleming scraped past Robin Haase and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 6-3, 3-6, 11-9.