Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero won his second-career title in two years last Sunday in Brazil. The Brazilian title brings his career total to lucky thirteen. It’s amazing what happens when he is not constantly injured.

His compatriot, Fernando Verdasco won the San Jose title on the same day. It is his first title of the year and fourth-career title. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a winning streak for the world no. 11.

Other winners:

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Singles Final
3WC Robin Soderling (SWE) def. 6 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-4 2-0 RET. (right hamstring)

Doubles Final
1 D. Nestor/N. Zimonjic def. Aspelin/ Hanley 6-4 4-6 10-7

Brasil Open
Singles Final

1 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) def. Lukasz Kubot (POL) 6-1 6-0



Doubles Final

2 P. Cuevas/M. Granollers def. 1 L. Kubot/O. Marach 7-5 6-4

SAP Open
Singles Final

2 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) def. 1 Andy Roddick (USA) 3-6 6-4 6-4



Doubles Final

M. Fish/S. Querrey def. B. Becker/L. Mayer 7-6(3) 7-5

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After winning the title in Johannesburg last week, Feliciano Lopez had the unfortunate task of running into second-seed Nikolay Davydenko in the first round. The world no. 6 had his way with the Spaniard and beat him 6-4 6-2 after just 75 minutes of play. The Russian moves on to play Marcos Baghdatis, who beat James Blake. The Cypriot is 2-1 over Davydenko.

Lopez’s compatriot Tommy Robredo did not have much luck either. German Florian Mayer upset the fifth-seed 6-4 3-6 6-3 in their second-round match. Mayer now awaits the winner of the Monfils-de Bakker match.

Despite losing today, Lopez and Robredo still have doubles. They draw the top-seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic tomorrow.

Wednesday’s Results
Singles Second Round
3 WC Robin Soderling (SWE) def. Q Igor Sijsling (NED) 7-6(6) 6-2
Florian Mayer (GER) def. 5 Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Singles First Round
2 Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) def. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-4 6-2
4 Gael Monfils (FRA) def. Olivier Rochus (BEL) 4-6 6-1 6-2
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) def. 8 Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3 3-0 RET. (right arm)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) def. James Blake (USA) 6-4 6-2
Michael Berrer (GER) def. Arnaud Clement (FRA) 7-6(16) 4-6 6-4

Doubles Quarterfinals
J. Knowle (AUT)/R. Lindstedt (SWE) def. 3 M. Fyrstenberg (POL)/M. Matkowski (POL) 6-3 4-6 10-8

Doubles First Round
S. Aspelin (SWE)/P. Hanley (AUS) def. S. Bolelli (ITA)/A. Seppi (ITA) 6-2 6-3
M. Llodra (FRA)/A. Ram (ISR) def. J. Benneteau (FRA)/A. Clement (FRA) 6-7(0) 6-4 10-4

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Novak Djokovic was all business today with Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Ukrainian eventually retired with a left knee injury after losing the first set and trailing 1-4 in the second set.

The Serb will advance to play Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in the second round. Chiudinelli barely got past Frenchman Michael Llodra, who had a slow start, but the Swiss eventually prevailed 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(6) after a 2 hour 36 minutes of battle. Djokovic won his last meeting with Chiudinelli this year in the second round of the Australian Open.

Tuesday’s Results
Singles First Round
1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-2 4-1 RET. (left knee)
6 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) def. Q Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 1-6 7-6(0) 7-6(5)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) def. 7 Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3 6-3
Q Marsel Ilhan (TUR) def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-1 6-4
Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) def. Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(6)
WC Thiemo de Bakker (NED) def. LL Jan Hajek (CZE) 7-6(5) 6-3

Doubles First Round
1 D. Nestor (CAN)/N. Zimonjic (SRB) def. J. Tipsarevic (SRB)/V. Troicki (SRB) 7-6(1) 6-1
2 F. Cermak (CZE)/M. Mertinak (SVK) def. WC J. Huta Galung (NED)/I. Sijsling (NED) 6-3 6-2
4 C. Kas (GER)/D. Norman (BEL) def. I. Ljubicic (CRO)/J. Melzer (AUT) 6-1 7-6(2)
F. Lopez (ESP)/T. Robredo (ESP) def. M. Damm (CZE)/F. Polasek (SVK) 6-4 7-6(3)

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Tommy Robredo beat wildcard Robin Haase 7-6(4) 6-4. In the second round, the Spaniard will meet German Florian Mayer who sent Janko Tipsarevic home today. Robredo leads their head-to-head 3-1. The world no. 15 is on a collision course with top-seed Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Monday’s Results
Singles First Round
3 WC Robin Soderling (SWE) def. Florent Serra (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-1
5 Tommy Robredo (ESP) def. WC Robin Haase (NED) 7-6(4) 6-4
Florian Mayer (GER) def. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(6)
Q Igor Sijsling (NED) def. Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5
Andreas Seppi (ITA) def. Q Stephane Bohli (ITA) 6-1 7-5

Doubles First Round
3 M. Fyrstenberg (POL)/M. Matkowski (POL) def. M. Chiudinelli (SUI)/G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 7-5 3-6 10-7
J. Knowle (AUT)/R. Lindstedt (SWE) def. R. de Voest (RSA)/R. Wassen (NED) 4-6 7-6(7) 10-8

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Name: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
City: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Surface: Indoor Hard
Championship Points: 500
2009 Singles Champion: Andy Murray
2009 Doubles Champions: Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic
Featured Players: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Robin Soderling, Gael Monfils, Tommy Robredo, Mikhail Youzhny, Ivan Ljubicic, Viktor Troicki, Evgeny Korolev, Mikhail Youzhny, Michael Llodra an Feliciano Lopez
Withdrawals: Rafael Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon

. . . And The Qualifiers Are: Marsel Ilhan (TUR), Audrey Golubev (KAZ), Igor Sisling (NED) and Stephane Bohli (SUI)

Draws: Singles | Doubles

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Name: Brasil Open
City: Costa do Sauipe, Brazil
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Championship Points: 250
2009 Singles Champion: Tommy Robredo
2009 Doubles Champions: Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo
Featured Players: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Albert Montanes, Thomaz Bellucci, Igor Andreev, Victor Hanescu, Pablo Cuevas, Horacio Zeballos, Richard Gasquet, Lukasz Kubot, Fabio Fognini

Draws: Singles | Doubles

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Name: SAP Open
City: San Jose, CA
Surface: Indoor Hard
Championship Points: 250
2009 Singles Champion: Radek Stepanek
2009 Doubles Champions: Radek Stepanek and Tommy Haas
Featured Players: Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, Radek Stepanek, Tommy Haas, Tomas Berdych, Phillipp Kohlschreiber, Sam Querrey, Jeremy Chardy, Ernest Gulbis and Santiago Giraldo
Withdrawals: Dmitry Tursunov

. . . And The Qualifiers Are: Tim Smyczek (USA), Ricardas Berankis (LTU), and Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) and Ryler Deheart (USA)
Special Note: Former world no. 14 Jan-Michael Gambill tried to qualify this weekend, but Giovanni Lapentti beat him in an evil second-round matchup. Lapentti then lost to Deheart in the final round after winning the first set. Annoying.

Draws: Singles | Doubles

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Andy Murray won the singles title in Rotterdam. This is his second title of the year and tenth career ATP World title. He beat Rafael Nadal in three sets 6-3 4-6 6-0. Murray appeared to be in good form though there was speculation about Murray's ankle injury, but it was Nadal, who was hampered by a knee injury, with the physical problems today. The Brit's victory brings him to two wins over the Spaniard in their eight career meetings.


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In doubles, tops seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor beat second seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes 6-2 7-5. This is their first ATP Doubles title this season.

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Rafael Nadal beat Gael Monfils in straight sets. The match took 102 minutes. Monfils had an illness and was sluggish throughout the match. He tried to mount a sort of comeback in the middle of the second set. Unfazed with the Frenchmen's perdicament, Nadal stayed focused and cruised to a routine victory.


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Second-seed Andy Murray beat Mario Ancic. Ancic, who had two impressive prior wins in the earlier rounds, proved to be no match for Murray. The Brit won in straight sets and only dropped three games in the 61 minute match. Towards the end of the match, Murray was noticeably limping but pulled through in convincing fashion.


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Murray will meet the Nadal in the final. Nadal leads the head-to-head 5-1. Though the last time these two played, Murray beat Nadal in at the US Open. Murray's injury may also prove to be a factor tomorrow, as the Brit has already pulled out of next week's tournament in Marseille.

Like the singles side, the two top-seeds will face off in the doubles final. Dlouhy/Paes had a routine win out the fourth-seeds Knowle/Ram. Earlier in the day, Nestor/Zimonjic comfortably defeated Berdych/Melzer. Berdych/Melzer had a good run in the tournament, but the top seeds proved to too much for the Austro-Czech pair.

Singles Semifinals:
1 Rafael Nadal def. 5 Gael Monfils 6-4 6-4
2 Andrew Murray def. Mario Ancic 6-1 6-2

Doubles Semifinals:
1 D. Nestor /N. Zimonjic def. T. Berdych /J. Melzer 6-3 6-2
2 L. Dlouhy /L. Paes def. 4 J. Knowle /A. Ram 6-2 7-6(4)

Tomorrow's Matches
Singles Final:
1 Rafael Nadal vs. 2 Andrew Murray

Doubles Final:
1 D. Nestor/N. Zimonjic vs. 2 L. Dlouhy/L. Paes

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Rafael Nadal won a three set match over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Spaniard pulled out another grinder in 240 minutes. Tsonga served 26 aces in the match, but Nadal was still able to break the Frenchmen three times. Nadal advances to the semifinals where he will play another Frenchmen, Gael Monfils.


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Gael Monfils had a routine victory over countrymen Julien Benneteau in straight sets.


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Mario Ancic was in top form this afternoon when he bested Mikhail Youzhny in two sets. Ancic will go onto play No. 2 Andy Murray in the semifinals.


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Tomas Berdych lost in the first round to the Bulgarian phenom, Grigo Dimitrov in singles. In doubles, he and his partner, Juergen Melzer upset third seeds Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie in straight sets. They next will face to top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the semifinals.

Singles Quarterfinals :
1 Rafael Nadal def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6(5) 6-4
2 Andrew Murray def. LL Marc Gicquel 7-6(2) 4-6 3-0 Ret’d
5 Gael Monfils def. Julien Benneteau 7-6(4) 6-1
Mario Ancic def. Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-2

Double Quarterfinals :
T. Berdych /J. Melzer def. 3 J. Coetzee /W. Moodie 6-4 7-6(8)

Tomorrow's Matches
Singles Semifinals:
1 Rafael Nadal vs. 5 Gael Monfils
2 Andy Murray def. Mario Ancic

Doubles Semifinals:
1 D. Nestor/N. Zimonjic def. T. Berdych/J. Melzer
2 L. Dlouhy/L. Paes def. 4 J. Knowle/A. Ram

Singles Quarterfinals:
1 Rafael Nadal vs. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2 Andrew Murray vs. LL Marc Gicquel
5 Gael Monfils vs. Julien Benneteau
Mikhail Youzhny vs,. Mario Ancic

Doubles Quarterfinals:
3 J. Coetzee /W. Moodie vs. T. Berdych /J. Melzer

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Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria tested Rafeal Nadal in a three set match that lasted 145 minutes. Of course, Nadal would prevail in the end. The match was pretty much even until Nadal wore down the Bulgarian teen. It was a good test for Nadal and a good showing for Dimitrov. Nadal will play Jo-Wilfried Tsongas in the quarterfinals, who beat Dmitry Tursunov in straight sets today.


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Gael Monfils had a routine win over countrymen, Micheal Llodra. Monfils sent the defending champion packing in two sets. He served well and played an all-around solid match. Monfils will play another Frenchmen, Julien Benneteau in the next round.


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Poor Michael Llodra would also lose his doubles match with his partner Arnaud Clement to the fourth-seeds Knowle/Ram.


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Croat Mario Ancic upset fourth-seed Gilles Simon of France in three sets. Ancic played a solid game while Simon play particularly well. It is good to see Ancic in good shape and playing well. He will go on to play Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals.


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Singles Round of 16:
1 Rafael Nadal def. wc Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 3-6 6-2
2 Andrew Murray def. Andreas Seppi 7-6(4) 7-5
Mario Ancic def. 4 Gilles Simon 6-4 3-6 6-3
5 Gael Monfils def. Michael Llodra 6-4 6-4
7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Dmitry Tursunov 7-6(6) 6-2
LL Marc Gicquel def. Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 6-3

Doubles Quarterfinals:
1 D. Nestor/N. Zimonjic def. S. Bolelli/A. Seppi 7-6(2) 6-4
4 J. Knowle/A. Ram def. A. Clement /M. Llodra 6(9)-7 7-5 10-5

Singles Round of 16:
1 Rafael Nadal vs. wc Grigor Dimitrov
2 Andrew Murray vs. Andreas Seppi
4 Gilles Simon vs. Mario Ancic
5 Gael Monfils vs. Michael Llodra
7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Dmitry Tursunov
LL Marc Gicquel vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu

Doubles Quarterfinals:
1 D. Nestor/N. Zimonjic vs. S. Bolelli /A. Seppi
4 J. Knowle/A. Ram vs. A. Clement /M. Llodra

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Julien Benneteau upset the fourth-seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in straight sets. It seems the Frenchman is fired up this week, so let's hope this continues this year. He moves on to the quarterfinals and awaits the winner of the Monfils-Llodra match.



Rafael Nadal lost the first set to Simone Bolelli. He then proceeded to get down to business and rallied to win last two sets. Nadal will play the young talent, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the second round. This is the Spaniard’s first match since his Australian open win.


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Dutchman Jesse Huta Galung stayed close with Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but lost in straight sets. Galung was the last Dutch player left in the tournament. Tsonga will play Russian Dmitry Tursunov in the next round.


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Singles Round of 32:
1 Rafael Nadal def. Simone Bolelli 4-6 6-2 7-5
Gilles Simon def. Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 7-6(1) 7
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. wc Jesse Huta Galung 7-6(4) 7-6(4)
Mario Ancic def. Rainer Schuettler 7-5 6-2
Michael Llodra def. Ivo Karlovic 6-4 3-6 6-4
LL Marc Gicquel def. Q Evgueni Korolev 3-6 6-3 6-2

Singles Round of 16:
Julien Benneteau def. 3 Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 6-2
Mikhail Youzhny def. 6 David Ferrer 6-2 3-6 6-2

Doubles Quarterfinals:
2 L. Dlouhy/L. Paes def. I. Andreev/M. Matkowski 6-2 6-1

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Sixth-seed David Ferrer evaded losing yesterday, but his luck ran out today. Mikhail Youzhny of Russia defeated the Spainard 6-2 3-6 6-2. Youzhny now awaits the winner of the Simon-Ancic match.


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Defending champion, Michael Llodra beat the big serving, Ivo Karlovic of Croatia. Despite Karlovic's 25 aces, the Frenchman rallied to win 4-6 6-3 6-4. He will face countryman, Gael Monfils in the second round.


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Gilles Simon of France was back in action after his quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open. Simon took on German player, Phillipp Kohlschreiber and beat the German 7-5 7-6(1) in 109 minute match. The Frenchman will meet Mario Ancic in the second round, who enjoyed a routine win over German Rainer Schuettler 7-5 6-2.

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Singles Round of 32:
1 Rafael Nadal vs. Simone Bolelli
4 Gilles Simon vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber
7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. wc Jesse Huta Galung
Rainer Schuettler vs. Mario Ancic
Ivo Karlovic vs. Michael Llodra
Marc Gicquel vs. Q Evgueni Korolev

Singles Round of 16:
3 Nikolay Davydenko vs. Julien Benneteau
6 David Ferrer vs. Mikhail Youzhny

Doubles Quarterfinals:
2 L. Dlouhy /L. Paes vs I. Andreev /M. Matkowski

Paul-Henri Mathieu rallied to beat Richard Gasquet in three sets. The match lasted 140 minutes. Mathieu awaits the winner of the Gicquel-Korolev match. Gasquet has won their last three meetings. This win brings their head-to-head to 2-3.

Singles Round of 32:
2 Andrew Murray def. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-2
5 Gael Monfils def. Q Stephane Bohli 6-4 1-0 ret’d
6 David Ferrer def Juergen Melzer 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5
wc Grigor Dimitrov def. Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-4
Paul-Henri Mathieu def. Richard Gasquet 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Doubles Round of 16:
1 D. Nestor /N. Zimonjic def. G. Simon /D. Tursunov 7-6(2) 6-4
2 L. Dlouhy /L. Paes def. C. Kas /P. Kohlschreiber 7-6(4) 5-7 10-3
3 J. Coetzee /W. Moodie def. R. Schuettler /R. Wassen 6-1 6-2
I. Andreev /M. Matkowski def. J. Murray /D. Vemic 7-6(5) 5-7 10-1
S. Bolelli /A. Seppi def. M. Damm /R. Lindstedt 6-3 4-6 10-3

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It was almost upset number two today. Luckily, David Ferrer of Spain got it together after he lost the first set 3-6. He rallied in the next two sets to beat Austria’s Juergen Melzer 7-6(5) 7-5 after being down 1-4 in the second set. The Spaniard lives on to play Mikhail Youzhny in the second round.

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Seventeen year-old, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated world number 23, Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic today 4-6 6-3 6-4 in a 127 minute first-round match. Dimitrov is currently ranked number 478 in the world and a talented up-and-comer, who won juniors titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year. He should face Rafael Nadal in the second round, whose first round match against Simon Bolleli of Italy will be on Wednesday.

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Singles Round of 32:
2 Andrew Murray vs. Ivan Ljubicic
5 Gael Monfils vs. Q Stephane Bohli
6 David Ferrer vs. Juergen Melzer
wc Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tomas Berdych
Richard Gasquet vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu

Doubles Round of 16:
1 D. Nestor /N. Zimonjic vs. G. Simon /D. Tursunov
2 L. Dlouhy /L. Paes vs. C. Kas /P. Kohlschreiber
3 J. Coetzee /W. Moodie vs. R. Schuettler /R. Wassen
J. Murray /D. Vemic vs. I. Andreev /M. Matkowski
S. Bolelli /A. Seppi vs. M. Damm /R. Lindstedt

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Rafael Nadal and partner, Ignacio Coll-Riudavets lost to the French team of Arnold Clement and Michael Llodra in straight sets. The match took a little over an hour. The victory was some consolation for Clement since he lost earlier to Dmitry Tursunov in singles.


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Julien Benneteau beat Feliciano Lopez in three sets. Benneteau is one of nine French players in the tournament and the first Frenchman to advance. He will meet Nikolay Davydenko, who is back after an injury, in the next round.

Singles Round of 32:
Dmitry Tursunov def. Q Arnaud Clement 6-0 6-3
Julien Benneteau def. Feliciano Lopez 6-4 5-7 6-2
Mikhail Youzhny def. Q Laurent Recouderc 6-4 6-4
3 Nikolay Davydenko def. Igor Andreev 6-3 6-2
Andreas Seppi def. wc Thiemo De Bakker 6(5)-7 6-2 7-6(1)

Doubles Round of 16:
4 J. Knowle /A. Ram def. wc J. Auckland /A. Murray 6-3 6-4
T. Berdych /J. Melzer def. S. Aspelin /P. Vizner 6-4 6-4
A. Clement /M. Llodra def. wc I. Coll /R. Nadal 6-3 6-4