ATP Tennis - Swiss Indoors Open

[Johnny Karp]

The Swiss Indoors Open takes place in Basel, Switzerland this week and it should be a very exciting tournament as defending champions Roger Federer will probably have to beat Novak Djokovic at some point if he wants to retain the title. Here are the results from yesterday's first round matches:

RESULTS - TUESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - First Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d X Malisse (BEL) 62 46 75
[WC] K Nishikori (JPN) d [4] T Berdych (CZE) 36 63 62
[Q] J Blake (USA) d [5] M Fish (USA) 01 ret. (left hamstring)
[Q] M Lammer (SUI) d M Youzhny (RUS) 64 63
A Seppi (ITA) d G Muller (LUX) 76(4) 67(5) 62
J Nieminen (FIN) d T Bellucci (BRA) 67(5) 64 63
I Ljubicic (CRO) d M Llodra (FRA) 75 64
S Wawrinka (SUI) d I Dodig (CRO) 64 64

And now the odds for today's game courtesy of Intertops:

Tobias Kamke v Lukasz Kubot
 Tobias Kamke   -160
 Lukasz Kubot   +125

Janko Tipsarevic v Florian Mayer
 Janko Tipsarevic   +100
 Florian Mayer   -130

Michael Lammer v Marcos Baghdatis
 Michael Lammer   +360
 Marcos Baghdatis   -525

Robin Haase v Andy Murray
 Robin Haase   +600
 Andy Murray   -1000

Santiago Giraldo v Radek Stepanek
 Santiago Giraldo   +160
 Radek Stepanek   -200

Jarkko Nieminen v Roger Federer
 Jarkko Nieminen   +650
 Roger Federer   -1200

Andy Roddick v Tommy Haas
 Andy Roddick   -400
 Tommy Haas   +285

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

Home favourite Roger Federer had a tricky second round game yesterday against Finnish player Jarko Nieminen but the Swiss champion prevailed in three sets. Yesterday's sad news involved Andy Murray who pulled out of the tournament due to an injury and was replaced by another player while Janko Tipsarevic was unable to end his match against Florian Mayer due to a hamstring problem. 

RESULTS - WEDNESDAY, 2 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - Second Round
[3] R Federer (SUI) d J Nieminen (FIN) 61 46 63
M Baghdatis (CYP) d [Q] M Lammer (SUI) 76(2) 67(2) 63

Singles - First Round
F Mayer (GER) d [6] J Tipsarevic (SRB) 51 ret. (left hamstring)
[7] A Roddick (USA) d T Haas (GER) 63 64
[Q] L Kubot (POL) d [Q] T Kamke (GER) 57 75 62 - saved 3 M.P.
R Stepanek (CZE) d S Giraldo (COL) 61 63
R Haase (NED) d *[LL] M Chiudinelli (SUI) 62 76(7)
*[LL] M Chiudinelli (SUI) replaced [2] A Murray (GBR) - right gluteal strain

Here are today's odds from Intertops:

Kei Nishikori v Andreas Seppi
 Kei Nishikori   -200
 Andreas Seppi   +160

Florian Mayer v Ivan Ljubicic
 Florian Mayer   +110
 Ivan Ljubicic   -140

Mikhail Kukushkin v James Blake
 Mikhail Kukushkin   +270
 James Blake   -380

Novak Djokovic v Lukasz Kubot
 Novak Djokovic   -3000
 Lukasz Kubot   +1100

Andy Roddick v Radek Stepanek
 Andy Roddick   -250
 Radek Stepanek   +190

Stanislas Wawrinka v Robin Haase
 Stanislas Wawrinka   -260
 Robin Haase   +200

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

The favourites had a good day yesterday at the Swiss Open and both Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick advance to the next round. However, Andy Roddick had a tough match against Radek Stepanek but he rallied after dropping the first set and won the match.

RESULTS - THURSDAY, 3 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - Second Round
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] L Kubot (POL) 61 62
[7] A Roddick (USA) d R Stepanek (CZE) 26 63 63
[WC] K Nishikori (JPN) d A Seppi (ITA) 63 76(4)
[LL] M Kukushkin (KAZ) d [Q] J Blake (USA) 63 64
F Mayer (GER) d I Ljubicic (CRO) 63 61
S Wawrinka (SUI) d R Haase (NED) 46 61 62

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

Kei Nishikori v Mikhail Kukushkin
 Kei Nishikori   -310
 Mikhail Kukushkin   +230

Novak Djokovic v Marcos Baghdatis
 Novak Djokovic   -1800
 Marcos Baghdatis   +850

Florian Mayer v Stanislas Wawrinka
 Florian Mayer   +100
 Stanislas Wawrinka   -130

Andy Roddick v Roger Federer
 Andy Roddick   +475
 Roger Federer   -750

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

Novak Djokovic had a tough quarter final against Marcos Baghdatis, the Cypriot player took the first set but then Nole found his tempo and won the match to advance to the semi finals where he will meet Japanese player Kei Nishikori. The other semi final will see an all-Swiss clash between Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

RESULTS - FRIDAY, 4 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - Quarter-finals
[1] N Djokovic (SRB) d M Baghdatis (CYP) 26 62 63
[3] R Federer (SUI) d [7] A Roddick (USA) 63 62
[WC] K Nishikori (JPN) d [LL] M Kukushkin (KAZ) 64 57 64
S Wawrinka (SUI) d F Mayer (GER) 62 62

Here are the odds for the semi finals from Intertops:

Novak Djokovic v Kei Nishikori
 Novak Djokovic   -1400
 Kei Nishikori   +700

Roger Federer v Stanislas Wawrinka
 Roger Federer   -750
 Stanislas Wawrinka   +475

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

There was a major upset in Basel yesterday as world number 1 Novak Djokovic was defeated by Japanese player Kei Nishikori in the Swiss Open semi final! Everything seemed to go as planned for Djokovic as he took the first set but then Nishikori won the second set on a tie-break and then cruised through the third set. 2011 champion Roger Federer will have a good chance to defend his title as he advanced to the final after winning the all-Swiss clash with Stanislas Wawrinka.

RESULTS - SATURDAY, 5 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - Semi-finals
[WC] K Nishikori (JPN) d [1] N Djokovic (SRB) 26 76(4) 60
[3] R Federer (SUI) d S Wawrinka (SUI) 76(5) 62

Roger Federer is the big favourite for the final, here are the odds from Intertops:

Kei Nishikori v Roger Federer
 Kei Nishikori   +500
 Roger Federer   -800

Good luck!

[Johnny Karp]

Roger Federer was on fire today, he gave Kei Nishikori no chance at all! The Swiss champion managed to defend the title that he has won last year and he did that in style as he dropped only four games in the two sets of the final.

RESULTS - SUNDAY, 6 NOVEMBER, 2011

Singles - Final
[3] R Federer (SUI) d [WC] K Nishikori (JPN) 61 63

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A bit of an upset with Djokovic being beaten and a nice result for Federer.  Thanks Johnny.

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[Johnny Karp]

A bit of an upset with Djokovic being beaten and a nice result for Federer.  Thanks Johnny.

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I hope Nole will get revenge this week