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Gruel upsets Becker in Stockholm

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 09:37 by shalini.bahadur

Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 19: Simon Gruel, ranked 59th in the world and without a finals appearance all year, surprised Benjamin Becker Monday on the first day of the Stockholm Open.

Gruel defeated the sixth-seeded Becker 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to set up a second-round meeting with Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Garcia-Lopez took out Alberto Martin 6-3, 6-2.

No. 4 seed Juan Monaco survived an upset bid with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 decision over Jan Hernych. In other first-round action, Joachim Johansson served 21 aces to defeat Peter Luczak 7-5, 6-2 and Leonardo Mayer ousted Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-3.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Roddick safely into third round

Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:32 by preet_20

New York, Sept. 4: Andy Roddick completed another good day for seeded players at the U.S. Open Thursday by coasting to a victory over Marc Gicquel.

No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic and eighth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko joined the fifth-seeded Roddick in the third round.

Roddick defeated Gicquel in a late-night match 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. That set up a third-round meeting with John Isner, who advanced Thursday by defeating Marsel Ilhan 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1). Roddick has won both his previous meetings with Isner.

Djokovic moved into the third round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 decision over Carsten Bell and Davydenko had no trouble in disposing of Jan Hernych 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Nadal ends two-month absence with win

Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:00 by preet_20

Montreal, Aug. 12: Roger Nadal, appearing for the first time since the French Open, reached the second round of the Rogers Cup Wednesday without having to play a full set.

Nadal, seeded second, won his second-round match at this ATP Tour Masters event when David Ferrer retired with a left knee injury. Nadal had a 4-3 lead in the opening set when Ferrer called it quits.

Nadal had not played since the fourth round of the French Open in June. He has been sidelined since then due to soreness in both knees.

He was joined in the third round by Andy Roddick and Juan Martin del Potro, who won last week's ATP Tour stop in Washington.