Abn Amro World Tennis Tournament

Marcos Baghdatis loses in ABN quarterfinals

Grigor Dimitrov rallied from a set down to beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-3. ...  

del Potro reaches ABN AMRO World quarterfinals

The second-seeded Argentine set up a clash against Jarkko Nieminen, who beat Matthias Bachinger of Germany 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 at the Ahoy arena. ...  

Roger Federer storms into ABN AMRO World Round 2

Federer, a two-time winner at the indoor hard court tournament in Rotterdam, beat Grega Zemlja 6-3, 6-1. ...  

Gilles Simon reaches ABN AMRO World quarters

The fifth-seeded Frenchman will face the winner of the second-round match between Martin Klizan and Igor Sijsling. ...  

Federer eases into Rotterdam semi-finals

Rotterdam: Roger Federer extended his perfect record against Jarkko Nieminen to 13-0 as he reached the semi-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis on Friday. The top-seeded Federer did not face a single break point as he won 7-5, 7-6 (2) for a 13th straight win over Nieminen of Finland in matches stretching back to 2002. The No. 3-ranked Swiss will face Nikolay Davydenko, who dispatched fifth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet...  

Berdych advances, Baghdatis retires in Rotterdam

Rotterdam: Second-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced to the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament on Thursday when Marcos Baghdatis retired with a leg injury in the fourth game. Also, third-seeded Juan Martin del Potro fired nine aces to advance with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Karol Beck of Slovakia. Baghdatis was injured in the opening games as Berdych raced to a 3-0 lead. A trainer strapped Baghdatis' calf and...  

Federer tops Mahut to advance at ABN Amro

Rotterdam: Top-seeded Roger Federer easily beat Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 6-4 in the first round on Wednesday to sail straight into the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. Federer's second-round opponent Mikhail Youzhny withdrew with a foot injury, giving the Swiss star a place in the last-eight. The 16-time Grand Slam winner next meets Jarkko Nieminen, who overcame Lukasz Kubot 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2). Federer is making his first...  

Mathieu upsets Lopez in Rotterdam first round

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Paul-Henri Mathieu fought back from a set down on Monday to upset fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the opening round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. Sixth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine also went out in the first round, losing 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 to Lukasz Kubot of Poland. Mathieu, ranked 733 in the world after missing the entire 2011 season with a knee injury,...  

No rift with Wawrinka, clarifies Federer

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Roger Federer says he was misunderstood and he did not blame Switzerland teammate Stanislas Wawrinka for their Davis Cup loss to the United States. In comments translated from French, Federer appeared to criticize Wawrinka's performances in the 5-0 first-round whitewash at the weekend. But speaking at a pre-tournament news conference on Monday at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Federer said there was no rift with...  

Soderling beats Tsonga to win Rotterdam title

Rotterdam: Swede Robin Soderling retained his World Indoor Tournament title by outlasting Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 3-6 6-3 on Sunday. In a serve-dominated final, Tsonga boomed down 20 aces to Soderling's 12 but the Swede produced the greater consistency to triumph again in the Dutch port city. Tsonga, in his first ATP final since October 2009, rallied in the second set by finishing off some neat approach play with point-clinching...  

Tsonga, Ljubicic in Rotterdam semis

Rotterdam: Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic for a place in the World Indoor tournament final after they had contrasting paths through the quarter-finals on Friday. Tsonga was handed a walkover after fourth seed Tomas Berdych pulled out suffering with flu but Ljubicic had to sweat for two hours and 24 minutes for a 6-4 6-7 7-6 victory over unseeded Marcos Baghdatis. Holder and top seed Robin Soderling...  

Baghdatis reaches last eight in Rotterdam

Rotterdam: Marcos Baghdatis beat Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday to advance to a quarterfinal showdown with seventh-seeded Ivan Ljubicic. Baghdatis had a tougher time overcoming the 44th-ranked Lopez than he did dispatching Australian Open finalist Andy Murray 6-4, 6-1 the previous evening as the Scot battled a left wrist injury. Ljubicic downed French qualifier Benoit Paire 6-0, 6-4. In the afternoon's other second-round match, fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych beat...  

Tsonga beats Llodra to reach ABN Amro QFs

Rotterdam: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set down to beat fellow Frenchman Michael Llodra 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. In a tight match that saw just one service break in each set, the eighth-seeded Tsonga served nine of his 15 aces in the decisive third set at Rotterdam's Ahoy Stadium. "Michael is one of the best players on this...