Men Tennis Update – Oeiras and Munich Monday April 29 2013

Written by: on 29th April 2013
BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament
Men Tennis Update - Oeiras and Munich Monday April 29 2013

epa03614536 Daniel Brands of Germany returns a shot to Marcos Baghdatis of Cypress during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 07 March 2013. Brands won the match. EPA/PAUL BUCK  |

OEIRAS

 

Spain’s David Ferrer takes the top seeding after being drafted in as a late replacement to ailing Argentine Juan Martin del Porto, suffering with a stomach virus but expected to play at next week’s Madrid Masters Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, semi-finalist a year ago in his Portuguese debut, is seeded second. The top four men’s seeds get byes into the second round.

 

The Swiss admitted he fancied his chances as he plays his second European event on clay after knocking Andy Murray out in Monte Carlo. “It’s my second year here and I am happy to be back. I hope to play well and keep improving my game and ranking this year.”

 

On court, French sixth seed Benoit Paire beat Igor Sijsling 7-6(5), 6-3 while compatriot Eduardo Roger-Vasselin advanced when Gilles Muller quit injured trailing 6-1.

 

Belgian David Goffin handed Portugal a home defeat as he beat Pedro Sousa 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-4 while Denis Istomin recovered in a win against Russian Evgeny Donskoy 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4

 

 

MUNICH

 

 

A light open schedule saw Daniel Brands put out Tobias Kamke as a pair of Mermans met to start the clay event. Australian Marinko Matosevic took a win over Germany’s (No.372 Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 6-4 while Dmitry Tursunov, last week’s Barcelona upset winner over top seed David Ferrer, began with a victory against Paul-Henrio Mathieu 6-3, 6-4 to leave the Frenchman 0-8 at the ATP level this season.

 

Croatian Ivan Dodig (beat veteran Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4

©Daily tennis news wire

Topics: , , , , , , , , ,








10sBalls Top Stories

In Case You Missed It

EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA thumbnail

EUGENIE BOUCHARD NAMED 2018 TENNIS CANADA FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR / EUGENIE BOUCHARD NOMMÉE JOUEUSE DE L’ANNÉE 2018 DE TENNIS CANADA

Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday that Eugenie Bouchard is the winner of the 2018 Excellence Awards in the Female Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year categories.
TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS • TOMMY HAAS, TAYLOR FRITZ, STEVE JOHNSON, MARDY FISH AND MORE

Time to get tickets to watch! Surly you have heard about The Largest Open Tennis Event in America!
TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER thumbnail

TENNIS NEWS • RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS RETURN TO PRACTICE, EYES ABU DHABI EXHIBITION AND AUSTRALIAN SUMMER

According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!
Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife thumbnail

Conchita Martínez prepara la temporada 2019 de Karolina Pliskova en Tenerife

Española y checa ya trabajaron juntas durante el pasado Open de Estados Unidos
ALEJANDRO’S FAVORITE PHOTOS FOR 10SBALLS FROM SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENTS thumbnail

ALEJANDRO’S FAVORITE PHOTOS FOR 10SBALLS FROM SOME OF THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENTS

Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia hits a forehand to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during her second round match at the Nature Valley International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, Great Britain, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.