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Stevie Johnson maintained his run of form on Thursday by recording his 35th match win of 2015 for a place in the Valencia Open quarter-finals against sixth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez or qualifier Taro Daniel.
Pablo Cuevas denied No. 3 seed Bernard Tomic his 40th match win of the year on Wednesday at the Valencia Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Düsseldorf (pps) Good news for all tennis fans as seven German players have already confirmed that they will be appearing at the Rochusclub: Michael Berrer (world ranked No. 124), Julian Reister (No. 115), Dustin Brown (No. 100), Tobias Kamke (96), Daniel Brands (No. 94), Benjamin Becker (No. 68), and Philipp Kohlschreiber (No. 24).
French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.
Ivo Karlovic blasted a record-leveling 44 aces in a three-set match to beat Daniel Brands 6-7(4), 7-5 7-6(3) and begin his campaign at home on a high note. The performance tied that of Australian Mark Philippoussis, set October, 1995, in Kuala Lumpur.
Roger Federer is reaping the benefits of both newly appointed part-time celebrity coach Stefan Edberg’s encouragement to play more attacking tennis and the bigger, more powerful Wilson racket he will now probably use for the remainder of his career.
For the second straight week, David Ferrer struggled, but at least he survived to keep his winning streak here alive.
Since Davis Cup carried points, we would ordinarily talk about movers at this time. But Novak Djokovic couldn't move no matter what, and Dusan Lajovic didn't add any points, and Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek effectively repeated what they did last year -- so nothing happened.
It was almost as if Roger Federer had magically seen the Paris draw (which all but assures that he will earn a London spot) and slacked off.
A big opportunity for Daniel Brands -- one more win would likely make him Top Fifty, and he faces an unseeded opponent next.
This was a day of upsets, and for a little while, it looked as if our #1 seed might be one of them. He survives -- but it doesn't do him any good in the race or rankings yet; this is too small to count.
German Daniel Brands will aim for a long-odds upset after putting out local Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). The player who stunned Roger Federer in Gstaad last July next plays top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
If Sabine wins that is good, but we also need a man who can win the major tournaments, we have been saying this for quite a while: If you have a hero in a sport, people get interested
The day's schedule was badly disrupted by rain -- only 11 of 16 singles matches finished, and less than half the doubles schedule.
Rafael Nadal lost his first set of the French Open fortnight but quickly recovered for a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3 defeat of German Daniel Brands
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