Aussies out in Munich

Updated May 05, 2012 14:30:49

Australian duo Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic were both eliminated at the quarter-final stages of the Munich ATP tournament.

Tomic fell to world number 16, Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-2 while qualifier Matosevic lost to German fourth-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of 6-0, 7-6 (7-5).

There was little between Lopez and Tomic, who is 17 places below the Spaniard in the world rankings, in the first set with one break point separating the players.

In the second set, Tomic could not threaten Lopez's serve failing to take a single point when his opponent's first serve was in.

Matosevic started awfully in the first set winning only 20% of his first serve points and was quickly brushed aside by the home favourite.

He will have been encouraged by his second set display though, where he broke Kohlschreiber and saved four of the five break points he faced before going down in a tie-break.

Lopez and Kohlschreiber, who won this tournament in 2007, will now meet in the semi-final.

The second semi-final on Saturday will see German wildcard Tommy Haas, who defeated Marcos Baghdatis in the last eight, take on Croatian third seed Marin Cilic.

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First posted May 05, 2012 07:54:52

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Aussie duo in Munich quarters

Updated May 04, 2012 06:14:27

Australians Bernard Tomic and Marinko Matosevic have both reached the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour event in Munich.

The duo did so in similar fashion, dominating their opening sets, losing the second on tie-breakers and then recovering in the third.

The fifth-seeded Tomic beat Potito Starace of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 to make his first career quarter-final on clay. Tomic was down a break of serve at the start of the final set before coming back.

Matosevic defeated fellow qualifier Robert Farah of Colombia 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2. Matosevic is playing his first career tournament on clay.

Tomic next goes against Feliciano Lopez, the second-seeded Spaniard who beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

Matosevic plays fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 7-5, 6-3.

Kohlschreiber and Lopez had byes into the second round.

In the other quarter-finals, third-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia plays sixth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia and eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus meets Tommy Haas of Germany.

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First posted May 04, 2012 05:57:03

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Matosevic wins big in Munich

Updated May 02, 2012 09:30:42

Australian Marinko Matosevic caused an upset in the opening round of the ATP event in Munich overnight, defeating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets.

The much-improved Matosevic defeated the world number 54 7-5, 6-1 to join fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic in the next round.

The 26-year-old boasted a first serve percentage of 74 per cent in the second set whilst winning five from seven of his break point opportunities.

Matosevic will play Robert Farah in the next round after the unheralded Colombian defeated seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-2.

In the Estoril Open in Portugal, Australian Jarmila Gajdosova progressed to the second round with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Spain's Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor.

In the men's draw, Matthew Ebden was eliminated after losing 6-2, 6-4 to Spain's Albert Montanes.

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First posted May 02, 2012 09:30:42

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