Tobias Kamke of Germany ousted James Blake of the US 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7/4) in the first round of the Farmers Classic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Tuesday.
Kamke’s second-round opponent is No. 6 seed Marinko Matosevic of Australia, who beat compatriot Chris Guccione 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The US’ Jesse Levine was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by countryman Michael Russell, who at 34 is the oldest player in the field. Russell is next scheduled to meet top-seeded Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Nicolas Meister, making his ATP Tour debut as a qualifier, fell to No. 5 seed Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-4, 6-1. Malisse’s next opponent is Australian Matthew Ebden, who edged Germany’s Michael Berrer 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4).
Bradley Klahn, also a qualifier, lost to Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Lorenzi is next scheduled to face No. 4 seed Nicolas Mahut of France.
Igor Andreev of Russia ousted Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 and his second-round opponent is Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis, who upset Germany’s No. 7 seed Bjorn Phau 7-6 (10/8), 6-4.
Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands beat Steve Johnson of the US 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, setting up a match with American No. 2 seed Sam Querrey.
BET-AT-HOME CUP
AP, KITZBUEHEL, Austria
Ernests Gulbis of Latvia saved a match point before beating Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Bet-at-Home Cup on Tuesday.
Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic pulled out because of dizziness while trailing Dutra Silva 4-1 in the opening set.
Simon Bolelli of Italy defeated Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 7-5, 7-5 to set up a match against second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany.
Philipp Oswald of Austria won his first match on the ATP Tour after rallying to beat Daniel Brands of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Oswald next plays defending champion Robin Haase of the Netherlands.
Pavol Cervenak of Slovakia double-faulted 12 times, but still defeated Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 4-6, 7-6, 6-3.
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the head of the US drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA’s fiercest critics. WADA on Saturday said it was turning to legal counsel to address a statement released by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) CEO Travis Tygart, who said WADA and anti-doping authorities in China swept positive tests “under the carpet by failing to fairly and evenly follow the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world.” The
Taiwanese judoka Yang Yung-wei on Saturday won silver in the men’s under-60kg category at the Asian Judo Championships in Hong Kong. Nicknamed the “judo heartthrob” in Taiwan, the Olympic silver-medalist missed out on his first Asian Championships gold when he lost to Japanese judoka Taiki Nakamura in the finals. Yang defeated three opponents on Saturday to reach the final after receiving a bye through the round of 32. He first topped Laotian Soukphaxay Sithisane in the round of 16 with two seoi nage (over-the-shoulder throws), then ousted Indian Vijay Kumar Yadav in the quarter-finals with his signature ude hishigi sankaku gatame (triangular armlock). He
RALLY: It was only the second time the Taiwanese has partnered with Kudermetova, and the match seemed tight until they won seven points in a row to take the last set 10-2 Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix women’s doubles final in Stuttgart, Germany. The pair defeated Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel 4-6, 6-3, 10-2 in a tightly contested match at the WTA 500 tournament. Chan and Kudermetova fell 4-6 in the first set after having their serve broken three times, although they played increasingly well. They fought back in the second set and managed to break their opponents’ serve in the eighth game to triumph 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Chan and Kudermetova took a 3-0 lead before their opponents clawed back two points, but
Taiwanese gymnast Lee Chih-kai failed to secure an Olympic berth in the pommel horse following a second-place finish at the last qualifier in Doha on Friday, a performance that Lee and his coach called “unconvincing.” The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist finished runner-up in the final after scoring 6.6 for degree of difficulty and 8.800 for execution for a combined score of 15.400. That was just 0.100 short of Jordan’s Ahmad Abu Al Soud, who had qualified for the event in Paris before the Apparatus World Cup series in Qatar’s capital. After missing the final rounds in the first two of four qualifier