Paes-Begemann reach Winston-Salem final
WINSTON-SALEM, USA: Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann made it to the final of the ATP Winston-Salem Open beating Swede Robert Lindstedt and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi in a close encounter.
The Indo-German pair won 1-6 7-6 10-4 courtesy super tie-break.
The duo will take on Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Finland’s Henri Kontinen.
Paes will be playing his first final of the season on ATP Tour. MURRAY PLAYS DOWN ‘HATE’ REMATCH
NEW YORK: Andy Murray played down fears that his US Open clash against Lukas Rosol will be a repeat of their last stormy meeting when he described the Czech as being the sport’s most hated player.
World number two Murray faces the controversial 31-yearold for the first time since Munich in 2015 when Rosol bumped into him at a changeover during their quarter-final.
“No one likes you on the tour,” Murray told him. “Everyone hates you.”
But Murray, the reigning Wimbledon and Olympic champion, insists that the bad blood is a thing of the past and will not impact their opening round meeting next week.
“I spoke to him after the match and it was fine. A few things happened when we were on the court,” said Murray on Friday. AGUT DEFEATS TROICKI
WINSTON-SALEM, USA: Roberto Bautista Agut will meet fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in Winston-Salem Open final after he outplayed Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-7(2) 6-2 in a dramatic semifinal that lasted more than two hours in steamy afternoon heat. RADWANSKA IN FINAL
CONNECTICUT: Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska put on a dominant performance against double defending champion Petra Kvitova to ease into the final of the Connecticut Open with a 6-1 6-1 win.