Rome: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna reached the semi-finals of the Rome Masters after getting a walkover from rivals Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek even as Sania Mizra and Bethanie Mattek-Sands crashed out of the women's event, here.
Berdych, who shocked world number one Novak Djokovic in the men's singles in a gruelling three-setter, cited muscle fatigue as the reason for him withdrawing.
Bhupathi and Bopanna will now fight it out with Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and American Scott Lipsky for a place in the final. Gonzalez and Lipsky came from a set down to upset second seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 1-6, 6-4, 10-6 in their quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Sania and Bethanie's campaign ended in the women's doubles after their 4-6 3-6 defeat against top seeds and local favourites Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. The Indo-American pair lost in one hour and 15 minutes as they squandered six of the nine break chances....
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01:49 PM, May 18, 2013
Madrid: Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first match following a two-month layoff as he beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. The Swiss chose an eye-catching mint-green shirt for his first match since losing to Rafa Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters in March and secured a 12th victory over Stepanek in 14 meetings. The victory set up a possible third-round...
11:30 PM, May 07, 2013
Munich: Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic beat seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the BMW Open. Youzhny was the second former winner of the clay-court event to be eliminated after two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko lost on Monday. Youzhny was the 2010 winner. Wild-card entry Gael Monfils of France topped eighth-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 6-3. Fifth-seeded Alexandr...
12:22 PM, May 01, 2013
Radek Stepanek has recovered from neck surgery and is expected to play doubles for Czech Republic in Davis Cup quarts against Kazakhstan. ...
07:45 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Radek Stepanek says he has recovered from a back injury and is available to play for defending champion Czech Republic in next month's Davis Cup quarter-final. ...
11:41 PM, Mar 21, 2013
The Czech team will start its 2013 campaign in Geneva against a Swiss team that will be without world number two Roger Federer. ...
11:09 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Djokovic defeated Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the third round. ...
12:18 PM, Jan 18, 2013
Veteran Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were stunningly knocked out of the Australian Open after going down in straight sets in their opening-round match of the men's doubles event here on Thursday. ...
04:36 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Czech Stepanek withdrew from the men's draw at the Sydney International. ...
09:33 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Prague: It's a job for two when the Czechs win Davis Cup finals. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2 in the final on Sunday. Each spent about 10 grueling hours on court, playing the opening singles, teaming up for the doubles and then completing the reverse singles. Ivan Lendl and Tomas Smid did...
08:29 AM, Nov 19, 2012
Prague: World number five David Ferrer cruised to a 6-2 6-3 7-5 win over Tomas Berdych to put defending champions Spain level with the Czech Republic at 2-2 in the Davis Cup final on Sunday. The Spanish victory means everything comes down to the final match of the best-of-five tie between Nicolas Almagro of Spain and Radek Stepanek of the host nation later. "The important thing is that we have...
09:39 PM, Nov 18, 2012
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna saved a match point to breeze into the title clash of the ATP World Tour finale after defeating Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek via Super tie-breaker, here on Sunday. The fifth seeded Indian pair halted the winning run of the Indo-Czech combination with a 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 win in the semi-finals and in the process avenged the defeat of the Shanghai Masters final last...
07:47 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will go into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finale as the unbeaten team as they pipped the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their last Group A match, here on Saturday. Third seeds Paes and Stepanek held their nerves to beat three-time champions 6-4 6-7(6) 10-7 in one hour and 45 minutes. Now Bryans would be praying that seventh seeds...
08:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Prague: World number six Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek will spearhead the Czech team when they take on Davis Cup holders Spain in this month's final in Prague. Spain will be without Rafael Nadal, who led his country to a 5-0 rout over the Czech Republic in the 2009 final when the two sides last met but has long struggled with a knee injury. The Czech Republic are looking for...
06:29 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Shanghai: Two-time defending champion Andy Murray reached the Shanghai Masters semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Radek Stepanek on Friday. Murray, who improved to 11-0 in Shanghai, will next play either top-seeded Roger Federer or Marin Cilic. "I just managed to turn it around in time," Murray said. "I played actually very well I thought the last 10, 15 minutes of the match." Novak Djokovic also advanced, beating...
05:02 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Shanghai: Britain's Andy Murray ousted Ukraine's Alexander Dolgopolov in their third-round match at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. It was the first game of the tournament for the defending champion and third seed who got a bye in the first round and saw second-round opponent Florian Mayer pull out through injury. Dolgopolov, likely top seed for next week's Kremlin Cup in Moscow, made 34 unforced errors to help the US...
07:21 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Tokyo: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek faltered at the final hurdle as they suffered an upset straight-set defeat at the hands of Alexander Peya of Austria and Brazil's Bruno Soares to finish runners-up at the ATP Japan Open here on Sunday. The fourth seeded Austrian-Brazilian pair defeated top seeds Paes and Stepanek 6-3 7-6 (5) in an hour and 46 minutes in the USD 1,280,565 hard court...
12:37 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Tokyo: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek outplayed Daniele Bracciali and Frantisek Cermak in straight sets to storm into final of the ATP Japan Open on Saturday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the Italian-Czech combination scored a comfortable 6-3 6-1 in one hour and three minutes in the semi-finals of the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. Paes has won three titles this season out of which two (Australian Open and...
03:33 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Tokyo:Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek overcame a second-set lapse to defeat Andy and Jamie Murray and enter the semifinals of the ATP Japan Open, here on Friday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the British brothers pair 6-4 3-6 10-2 in one hour and 17 minutes in the quarterfinals of the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. Paes and Stepanek saved a break chance in the opening set and converted one...
07:31 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Tokyo: Top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek had to work hard to down unseeded rivals in Filip Polasek and Julian Knowle in the opening round of the ATP Japan Open on Thursday. The Indo-Czech pair defeated the Slovakian-Austrian pair 6-4 6-4 in one hour and 17 minutes in the USD 1,280,565 hard court event. The two sides fought tooth and nail, producing a thrilling game of tennis....
05:28 PM, Oct 04, 2012
