ATP Tennis - Malaysian Open

[Johnny Karp]

The Malaysian Open takes place in Kuala Lumpur this week and there are quite a few top class players taking part. The top two favourites are Nicolas Almagro and Victor Troicki but the likes of Janko Tipsarevic and Jurgen Melzer also have a good chance.

The first round results have not been surprising at all, the favourites won the games that they were expected to win.

RESULTS - TUESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER, 2011

Singles - First Round
[5] N Davydenko (RUS) d R Harrison (USA) 63 62
[8] K Nishikori (JPN) d [Q] T Gabashvili (RUS) 36 64 61
A Ramos (ESP) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 46 63 42 ret. (illness)
P Petzschner (GER) d M Zverev (GER) 75 63
L Kubot (POL) d L Rosol (CZE) 63 63
S Devvarman (IND) d [Q] M Ledovskikh (RUS) 76(5) 64
[Q] R De Voest (RSA) d R Sweeting (USA) 46 63 63

Here are the odds for today's second round games from Intertops:

Denis Istomin v Marinko Matosevic
 Denis Istomin   -310
 Marinko Matosevic   +230

Bernard Tomic v Flavio Cipolla
 Bernard Tomic   -260
 Flavio Cipolla   +200

Rik De Voest v Jurgen Melzer
 Rik De Voest   +265
 Jurgen Melzer   -370

Dmitry Tursunov v David Goffin
 Dmitry Tursunov   -350
 David Goffin   +250

Marcos Baghdatis v Somdev Devvarman
 Marcos Baghdatis   -330
 Somdev Devvarman   +240

Philipp Petzschner v Kei Nishikori
 Philipp Petzschner   -130
 Kei Nishikori   +100

Lukasz Kubot v Nikolay Davydenko
 Lukasz Kubot   +200
 Nikolay Davydenko   -260

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

There were no surprises in Kuala Lumpur yesterday either as Melzer, Tursunov and Baghdatis made the quarter finals.

RESULTS - WEDNESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER, 2011

Singles - Second Round
[4] J Melzer (AUT) d [Q] R De Voest (RSA) 60 64
[7] D Tursunov (RUS) d [WC] D Goffin (BEL) 63 63
[WC] M Baghdatis (CYP) d S Devvarman (IND) 75 64

Singles - First Round
F Cipolla (ITA) d B Tomic (AUS) 62 62
D Istomin (UZB) d [Q] M Matosevic (AUS) 63 62

Here are the odds for today's games from Intertops:

Philipp Petzschner v Kei Nishikori
 Philipp Petzschner   -130
 Kei Nishikori   +100

Nicolas Almagro v Albert Ramos
 Nicolas Almagro   -470
 Albert Ramos   +360

Janko Tipsarevic v Flavio Cipolla
 Janko Tipsarevic   -480
 Flavio Cipolla   +335

Marcos Baghdatis v Jurgen Melzer
 Marcos Baghdatis   -110
 Jurgen Melzer   -12

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

The no-upsets policy continued at the Malaysian Open as all the favourites went through on Thursday, including top two seeds Almagro and Troicki.

RESULTS - THURSDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER, 2011

Singles - Second Round
[1] N Almagro (ESP) d A Ramos (ESP) 76(2) 76(4)
[2] V Troicki (SRB) d D Istomin (UZB) 61 64
[3] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d F Cipolla (ITA) 62 64
[5] N Davydenko (RUS) d L Kubot (POL) 63 76(2)
[8] K Nishikori (JPN) d P Petzschner (GER) 63 46 75

Here are the quarter final odds from Intertops:

Dmitry Tursunov v Viktor Troicki
 Dmitry Tursunov   +200
 Viktor Troicki   -260

Marcos Baghdatis v Jurgen Melzer
 Marcos Baghdatis   -115
 Jurgen Melzer   -115

Janko Tipsarevic v Nikolay Davydenko
 Janko Tipsarevic   -170
 Nikolay Davydenko   +133

Nicolas Almagro v Kei Nishikori
 Nicolas Almagro   -170
 Kei Nishikori   +133

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

The top favourite has fallen in the quarter finals: Nicolas Almagro was surprisingly beaten by Japanese player Kei Nishikori in three sets! Fourth seed Jurgen Melzer was also the victim of an upset as he was defeated by wild-card entry Marcos Baghdatis while Serbian pair Troicki and Tipsarevic made the semi finals.

RESULTS - FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER, 2011

Singles - Quarter-finals
[8] K Nishikori (JPN) d [1] N Almagro (ESP) 67(5) 64 64
[2] V Troicki (SRB) d [7] D Tursunov (RUS) 64 64
[3] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [5] N Davydenko (RUS) 31 ret. (left hip)
[WC] M Baghdatis (CYP) d [4] J Melzer (AUT) 63 76(3)

The first semi final, Marcos Baghdatis vs Victor Troicki is being played right now, here are the odds for the second semi final from Intertops:

Kei Nishikori v Janko Tipsarevic
 Kei Nishikori   +210
 Janko Tipsarevic   -280

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

Marcos Baghdatis continued his fantastic week with an emphatic win against second seed Victor Troicki and advances to the final where he will meet another Serbian, Janko Tipsarevic, who easily dispatched Kei Nishikori.

RESULTS - SATURDAY, 1 OCTOBER, 2011

Singles - Semi-finals
[WC] M Baghdatis (CYP) d [2] V Troicki (SRB) 63 61
[3] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [8] K Nishikori (JPN) 64 63

Here are the odds for the final from Intertops:

Janko Tipsarevic v Marcos Baghdatis
 Janko Tipsarevic   -140
 Marcos Baghdatis   +110

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

Serbian Janko Tipsarevic clinched a massive result, a two-set victory against Marcos Baghdatis and his first ever ATP World Tour title! It's a day that he will surely remember for the rest of his life but hopefully he will be able to add even more titles in the future.

RESULTS - SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER, 2011

Singles - Final
[3] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [WC] M Baghdatis (CYP) 64 75