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Sell-out crowds at the Aegon Open Nottingham saw American Sam Querrey set up a semi-final meeting with Alexandr Dolgopolov after toppling second seed Gilles Simon, while Marcos Baghdatis and Denis Istomin also advanced to the last four.
See the latest photos here from the men's Aegon Championships tennis in London and the Gerry Weber Open in Halle.
It was a banner day for the host nation in men's singles at the French Open on Wednesday. All five Frenchmen who took the court for second-round action at the French Open got the job done and punched their tickets to the last 32.
Another long, hot day in the desert awaits Rafael Nadal. As usual, sun with temperatures in the high-80s is expected.
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Donald Young booked a spot in his fourth career ATP semifinal and he is one win from a second appearance in a title match after beating Bernard Tomic 7-6(8), 4-6, 7-5 on Friday afternoon at the Memphis Open. The American prevailed after two hours and 14 minutes of back-and-forth momentum swings.
The Australian Open has come and gone, with the Happy Slam giving way to what is often perceived as a not-so-happy month in the tennis world. In a sense, we are in the calm after the storm. Then again, this is also the beginning of what is by far the busiest month on tour—not in terms of quality, of course, but without question in quantity.
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Roger Federer won the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the first time in his career by defeating Gilles Simon 7-6(6), 7-6(2) on Sunday.
Unsurprisingly, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer experienced very different fates at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday. Struggling with appendicitis upon his return from three months away due to a wrist injury, Nadal lost his opening match in straight sets to fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez. Federer almost bowed out as well despite being a heavy favorite against Leonardo Mayer, but the Swiss saved five match points and survived in a third-set tiebreaker.
Perhaps no part of the men's singles draw is more intriguing than the bottom quarter, where Roger Federer leads the way as the No. 2 seed. If the 17-time Grand Slam champion gets past Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round, he will next go up against either Grigor Dimitrov or Gael Monfils. Talk about an absolutely loaded section of the bracket!
Fans of Roger Federer with both day and night U.S. Open tickets on Sunday may think they are getting to see the 17-time Grand Slam championship twice. They will, in fact, see Federer once. But the second men's third-round match of the day will feature not Federer, but a man who has molded his playing style after that of the Swiss--Grigor Dimitrov.
Throughout his illustrious career, Novak Djokovic has captured the title at every single Masters 1000 event except one: the Western & Southern Open. The four-time runner-up has another chance this week in Cincinnati, where he will kick off his campaign on Tuesday night against Gilles Simon.
On Tuesday, seeded players went 5-1 at the bet-at-home Open and were one point away from going 6-0. To say the tide turned on Wednesday would be an understatement.
After Gilles Simon got through his first-round match at the Mutua Madrid Open and set up what was supposed to be a meeting with Roger Federer, the Frenchman joked, "I'm going to ask Mirka to push a bit."
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