Jarkko Nieminen gains 2nd round at Duesseldorf

Milos Raonic beat Julien Benneteau 6-1, 6-4 and Roberto Bautista Agut upset Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. Raonic served 15 aces and broke his French opponent three times to set up a match against ...

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Sixth seed Jarkko Nieminen moved into the second round of the inaugural Power Horse Cup in Dusseldorf with a regulation straight-sets victory over Lukas Lacko. The Finn has never won an ATP World Tour clay-court title but today he launched his bid ...

NICE, France — Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan upset fifth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 Monday to reach the second round of the Open de Nice tennis tournament. Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and Robin Haase of the Netherlands also advanced.

Veteran Finnish left-hander Jarkko Nieminen was an easy opening-round winner Monday at the inaugural $530,000 Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up.The sixth seed blew past Slovak Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-1 on the red clay at Rochusclub, which used ...

**** **** Rochusclub, Dusseldorf, Germany Total Prize Money: $530,000 MONDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES ---------------------------- Jarkko Nieminen (6) def. Lukas Lacko, 6-3, 6-1 Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Gilles Muller Guido Pella vs. Lukasz Kubot Andre ...

Rafael Nadal extended his Monte Carlo Masters winning streak to 43 matches in beating Marinko Matosevic 6-1, 6-2 in the second round on Wednesday. The eight-time defending champion nearly trailed 3-0 in the second set, but he saved break points ...

MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal made a predictably successful return to his beloved clay on Wednesday, the Spanish third seed starting his quest for a ninth straight Monte Carlo Masters title with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Marinko Matosevic. Nadal was totally ...

Sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet advanced to the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters today. Tsonga beat Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (3), 6-2, while Gasquet had a little more trouble overcoming Benoit ...