Topic: Gilles Simon

French dominate seedings in Beijing Open tennis

French players will take three of the top five seedings when the China Open begins on Monday, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga heading the ATP field.The joint ATP-WTA event also features compatriot Gael Monfils as second seed with Gilles Simon taking the number ...
Gilles Simon of France needed nearly three hours to edge out Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun 6-7 (4/7), 7-5, 6-4 in his opening match at the Thailand Open Wednesday. "I was down a set and a break and he had points for ...

Murray headlines ATP Thailand Open

Andy Murray headlines the ATP Thailand Open starting on Monday, little more than a week on from the end of draining US Open and Davis Cup commitments and after saying top players could strike.One of the more vocal members of the ...

Showman Djokovic returns to tennis stage

Novak Djokovic switches from the studio to the stadium after two well-received late-night US television appearances in the run-up to Monday's start of the Montreal Masters.Serbia's new world number one is still celebrating his rise to top spot in ...

Simon piles more clay misery on Roddick in Rome

France's Gilles Simon piled more clay court misery on American Andy Roddick to advance to the second round of the Rome International ATP-WTA tournament here on Monday.The player from Nice came away 6-3, 6-3 winner against the number 12 seed ...

Roddick makes early exit in Rome

ROME (Reuters) - American Andy Roddick's miserable season on clay continued Monday when he was knocked out in the Rome Masters first round 6-3 6-3 by Frenchman Gilles Simon.The 12th seed, who lost to qualifier Flavio Cipolla in the opening round ...

Verdasco thrives in battle of rain men

Second seed Fernando Verdasco defeated fellow marathon man Milos Raonic to reach the Estoril Open final Saturday after his exhausted opponent retired injured after dropping the first set of their semi-final.The 27th-ranked Canadian breakthrough player was reportedly suffering with a back ...

Raonic in Estoril tennis quarter-finals

Canadian Milos Raonic reached his first career quarter-final on clay with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Portugal's Joao Sousa at the ATP-WTA Estoril Open here on Thursday.Raonic, seeded fifth and ranked 26th, kept his level high on the clay as ...

Nadal, Federer move closer to Monaco showdown

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer moved closer to a fourth final meeting at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday as both posted straight-set third round wins to coast into the quarter-finals.Third seed Andy Murray, meanwhile, drew jeers for drop shots against ...

Andy Murray booed in Monte Carlo for using drop shot

MONACO (Reuters) - Andy Murray was booed by the mainly French crowd at the Monte Carlo Masters for using drop shots in his 6-3 6-3 third-round win over France's injured Gilles Simon on Thursday.Simon twisted his ankle at the start of ...