Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

Blake moves into Indy semifinals

|
|
 
  
Published: July 18, 2008 at 11:09 PM

INDIANAPOLIS, July 18 (UPI) -- Top-seeded James Blake and defending champion Dmitry Tursunov both reached the semifinals Friday at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

Blake, winner of this tournament two years ago, was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Yen-Hsun Lu. Tursunov, seeded third, had to rally to down Paul Capdeville 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Tursunov and Blake will meet in Saturday's semifinals.

In the other quarterfinal matches, No. 2 seed Gilles Simon eliminated Tommy Haas 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and Sam Querrey fought off Bobby Reynolds 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

Simon was down a break in the second set before beginning his comeback.

Topics: Dmitry Tursunov, Gilles Simon
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Linsanity The Daytona 500 Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 27
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler
fark
Good news: The "digital divide" between rich and poor is closing. Bad news: The poor are using the...
Oh dear lord, YES
The FSM parted his noodley appendages over Washington State today and proclaimed "Let private liquor...
You're an enterprising bank robber: You have 30 minutes to knock off 3 banks. GO
Veteran found buried in Florida National Cemetery without casket -- only a cardboard box. Florida...
At the unveiling of the official portrait of President George W. Bush, Joe Biden turned to Karl...