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Kukushkin claims upset in St. Petersburg

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 23:19 by Prince damin

St. Petersburg, Russia -- Seventh-seeded Jeremy Chardy won just one game over the final two sets Monday and was eliminated from the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament in Russia.

Mikhail Kukushkin lost only 30 points over the second and third sets in taking a 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-0 first-round decision from Chardy. Kukushkin saved two of four break points he faced but all were in the first set. He dropped only seven points on serve in the final two sets.

Chardy had eight aces but also was called for eight double faults. Kukushkin finished with eight breaks in Chardy's 13 service games.

Teymuraz Gabashvili also advanced to the second round, getting by Filippo Volandri 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Gabashvili won behind a pair of breaks in each the second and third sets.

Chardy survives first round in Russia

Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:52 by shalini.bahadur

St. Petersburg, Russia -- Jeremy Chardy, who at No. 4 was the highest seed in action Tuesday, stormed past Petru-Alexandru Luncanu 6-2, 6-2 at the St. Petersburg Open.

Chardy has reached the semifinals on the ATP circuit four times this year and won the Mercedes Cup, but he had lost in the opening round of his previous four tournaments.

No. 5 seed Igor Andreev also advanced Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Potito Starace.

Qualifier Sergiy Stakhovsky pulled off the biggest surprise of the day with a 6-4, 6-3 win over sixth-seeded Evgeny Korolev.

Two-time defending champion Andy Murray chose not to compete here this week. No. 1 seed Mikhail Youzhny, coming off a tournament victory in Moscow last weekend, will meet Andrey Golubev Wednesday.

Chardy takes Mercedes Cup title in Germany

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 01:54 by Salinder Kumar

Stuttgart, Germany. -- Unseeded Jeremy Chardy of France rallied Sunday to win the Mercedes Cup in Germany, his first title on the ATP Tour.

Chardy dropped the opening set to Romanian Victor Hanescu, the No. 4 seed, but came back for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory in a match that lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.

The Frenchman holds a 2-1 lifetime edge over Hanescu, who was seeking his second title on the tour.

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Chardy wins twice at Stuttgart

Sat, 07/18/2009 - 23:52 by Salinder Kumar

Stuttgart, Germany. -- Frenchman Jeremy Chardy won twice Saturday to qualify for Sunday's final at the Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany.

He beat German Mischa Zverev 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 in a rain-postponed quarterfinal and followed up with a 6-3, 7-5 semifinal win over another native son, Nicolas Kiefer.

The 22-year-old Chardy withstood 10 Keifer service aces to earn a chance to win his first career title Sunday after saving 6-of-7 break points in his win over Zverev.

Also Saturday, fourth-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2.

Fognini failed to pull off his second straight surprise after beating No. 2
seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in a quarterfinal Friday.