Albert Montanes Tennis News:

ATP Open de Moselle Results

METZ, France : Results Monday from the Open de Moselle, a US$530,000 ATP event in indoor hardcourts at Les Arenes de Metz : Singles First Round Jose Acasuso, Argentina, def.

Simon opens Bucharest tournament with win

Gilles Simon opened defense of his BCR Open Romania championship with a victory Wednesday, but two other highly seeded players were upset.

Approach shots: The show must go on after U.S. Open

“Approach Shots” is Ricky’s weekly look at what’s ahead on the ATP Tour. Every Sunday he’ll preview all the tournaments scheduled for the upcoming week.

Top Seed Gasquet Survives Scare

French second seed and defending champion Gilles Simon began his BCR Open Romania campaign in fine form in Bucharest on Tuesday, dismissing Russian Evgeny Korolev 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round.

Starace beats Granollers at BCR Open Romania

Potito Starace of Italy beat seventh-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-2, 6-4 Monday in the fist round of the BCR Open Romania.

Paes-Dlouhy enter round 2

BANGALORE: The Indo-Czech pairing of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy, seeded seventh in the US Open men’s doubles competition, battled back to score a three-set win over the Spanish combine of Oscar Hernandez and …

Paes-Dlouhy rally into round two

Seventh seeds Leander Paes [ Images ] and Lukas Dlouhy rallied from a set down to advance into the second round of the US Open in New York on Tuesday night.

Frustrated Young Loses In Straight Sets

Young responded to his error by pulling a ball out of his pocket and launching it into the upper deck at the Connecticut Tennis Center.

Three Frenchmen fall in first-round action in New Haven

Mischa Zverev and Ivo Minar were among four first-round winners on Sunday at the $708,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final U.S. Open tune-up. The German Zverev held off France’s Florent Serra 6-2, 7-6 to …

Montanes hoists first singles crown at Dutch Open

Albert Montanes of Spain won his first ATP Tour singles title Sunday, capturing the Dutch Open with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over defending champion Steve Darcis of Belgium.

Montanes hoists first singles crown at Dutch Open

Albert Montanes of Spain won his first ATP Tour singles title Sunday, capturing the Dutch Open with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over defending champion Steve Darcis of Belgium.

In-form Del Potro wins in Austria

Juan Martin del Potro took his second title in seven days with victory over Jurgen Melzer at the Austrian Open.

ATP Dutch Open Results

Albert Montanes , Spain, def. Steve Darcis , Belgium, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles Championship Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Rogier Wassen , Netherlands, def.

Montanes Captures First ATP Title

Fifth-seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes dethroned defending champion Steve Darcis 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 to capture his maiden ATP singles title at the Dutch Open Tennis in Amersfoort on Sunday.

Dutch Open Results

AMERSFOORT, Netherlands : Results Sunday from the Dutch Open, a 326,000 ATP clay-court event at Sportlokaal de Bokkeduinen : Singles Final Albert Montanes , Spain, def.

Darcis, Montanes in Dutch Open final

Defending champ Steve Darcis of Belgium will meet Albert Montanes of Spain in Sunday’s Dutch Open final.

Gicquel, Darcis into Dutch Cup semis

Top-seeded Marc Gicquel of France defeated Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-4, 6-1 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Dutch Open.

Acasuso advances at Dutch Open

Second-seeded Jose Acasuso defeated Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the Dutch Open quarterfinals.

Montanes Advances in Amersfoort

Fifth-seeded Spaniard Albert Montanes improved to 13-10 on clay this season after beating Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-4, 6-2 in 59 minutes Monday for a place in the Dutch Open Tennis second round.

Petzschner advances at Dutch Open

Philipp Petzschner of Germany beat sixth-seeded Florent Serra 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Dutch Open on Tuesday.

Spadea advances to semifinals

American Vince Spadea was at his best when he needed to be Friday, beating Austrian Alexander Peya, 7-6 , 7-5, to advance to the semifinals at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, R.I. Spadea will …

Gasquet beats storm to make Mercedes semis

Second-seeded Richard Gasquet of France beat Albert Montanes of Spain 6-3, 7-6 Friday at the Mercedes Cup to reach his first semifinal this year.

Gasquet moves on; Almagro falls in Stuttgart

Second-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet was a second-round winner, while third-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro exited the draw Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup.

Montanes Upsets Seventh Seed in Stuttgart

Spaniard Albert Montanes recorded his second successive victory over seventh seed Jose Acasuso of Argentina Monday for a place in the MercedesCup second round.

Out of Stuttgart

Shortly after Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Mercedes Cup, Albert Montanes of Spain upset seventh-seeded Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6 Monday in the first round.

Hewitt can beat me: Federer

SWISS Roger Federer believes Lleyton Hewitt may have an edge over him when the two face off in a titanic fourth-round struggle tomorrow.

Arrests for shouting during Hewitt match

TWO men were arrested after being thrown out of Wimbledon while watching Lleyton Hewitt’s second-round singles match.

Hewitt shoots from the hip

Despite discomfort from his dodgy hip and a tough opener, Lleyton Hewitt has good reason for his confidence when he faces Spain’s Albert Montanes at Wimbledon on Wednesday.

NEW Brit tennis hero Chris Eaton to go into match fired up by blood ‘n guts movie

TWO boozy Australian fans were thrown out of the All-England Club yesterday for rowdy behaviour.

Djokovic stunned at Wimbledon; Federer rolls

A match involving Marat Safin is always worth watching. He’s liable to moon the crowd, smash several rackets or dominate the world’s best player, as he did against Pete Sampras in the 2000 U.S. Open final.