At the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 clay-court tournament, Mahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonjic advanced to the quarter-finals with a 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-6 win over Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. Playing together for the first time in five years, Bhupathi and Zimonjic won two points less than their opponents but prevailed in a Match Tie-break in one hour and 37 minutes.

The second seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, battled past third seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 in 80 minutes. The Belarusian-Canadian duo are looking to win their third ATP World Tour team title of the season after victories in Brisbane (d. Melzer/Petzschner) and Memphis (d. Dodig/Melo).

Third seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic also enjoyed a straight forward win over Oliver Marach and Alexander Peya by a 6-2, 6-1 score line in 48 minutes. The duo won 78 per cent of their service points and improved to an 11-4 season record. In the semi-finals, Llodra and Zimonjic will square off against No. 2 seeds Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor. The 2011 Roland Garros champions secured the final semi-final berth with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Viktor Troicki and Stanislas Wawrinka.

Two years ago, when these two countries last met, in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinal in Belgrade, much was expected of the Czech No. 1 Tomas Berdych. In the event he wasn’t quite able to deliver. At the 02 Arena in Prague on Sunday he had his revenge, steering Czech Republic through to another semifinal by virtue of contributing all three points to his country’s cause. Losing to Novak Djokovic – from a winning position – was bad enough two years ago, but it was his...

Not even a five-hour singles marathon the previous day for Radek Stepanek could diminish the power of the Czech Republic doubles team. There is no stopping the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas veteran and his young sidekick Tomas Berdych once in harness, and they pulled off their 10th victory in 11 rubbers to put the home team firmly in control of this quarterfinal at the O2 Arena in Prague. Serbia trailed 2-1 to the same opposition in the semifinal two years ago before coming back to win, but on that...

Czech Republic are looking for revenge over Serbia this weekend in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinal showdown in Prague. Janko Tipsarevic had to dig deep to keep Serbian hopes alive in Prague as he outlasted Radek Stepanek to win an epic 5 hour battle 57 64 64 46 97 after Tomas Berdych had earlier put the home nation ahead. Having led by a break in the first set Tipsarevic was then stunned by a Stepanek fightback but put the dissapointment behind him to win the next two...

Nenad Zimonjic and his doubles partner Michael Llodra finished the competition in Miami in the quarterfinals. Better than the Serbian-French combinations were Rohan Bopana and Mahesh Bhupathi 2:1 (2:6, 6:3, 10:8). In the first set Zimonjic and Llodra they did even two breaks, but it was the decisive second set. Bopana and Bhupathi save both break opportunity for Zimonjic and Llodra, and taked one break for 1:1 in sets. After that they won the third super tie-break set with 10:8

Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Frenchman Michael Llodra qualified for the quarterfinals in Miami. They were better than South African Kevin Anderson and Canadian Milos Raonic with the score 2-1 in the first set. The match lasted only 10 minutes, and the reason is Milos Raonic ankle injury, he received literally warming for the doubles match. Zimonjic and Llodra will be fighting for placement in a semifinal meeting with the winners the duel between Indians Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan...

Nenad Zimonjic and his partner Michael Llodra eliminated in the quarterfinals 500 Series tournament in Dubai. Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya edged past top seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic 7-6(3), 7-6(2) in one hour and 40 minutes on Thursday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Knowle and Peya lost 20 points on serve and converted three of nine break point opportunities. Austrian will be fighting for the final encounter with the winners the duel between the Bhupathi/Bopana and...

Top seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic required just 48 minutes to beat Marsel Ilhan and Malek Jaziri 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The French-Serbian team won 32 of their 44 service points and saved all four break points they faced to set up a quarter-final meeting with Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya. Llodra and Zimonjic recently lifted their fifth team title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam (d. Lindstedt-Tecau). In 2011, they...