Defending champion Marin Cilic of Croatia led a charge of seeded players into the semi-finals of the ATP Chennai Open on Friday. The second-seeded Cilic, favoured to retain the title after top seed Robin Soderling was knocked out in the first round, beat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 in a quarter-final that ended past midnight. Also moving ...

Local hero Jurgen Melzer will bid for the second title of his career on Sunday as he faces Croatian top seed Marin Cilic in the final of the Austrian Tennis Trophy. Cilic, who defeated German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), can lift his chances of possible qualification for one of the last two spots in next month's eight-man ...

Local hero Jurgen Melzer reached his fifth final in as many years on Saturday after coming from a set down to win 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 over Serb Janko Tipsarevic at the Austrian Tennis Trophy. The seventh seed, ranked 35th in the world, becomes the first Austrian since Thomas Muster in 1995 to play a final in the capital ...

Frenchman Gael Monfils kept hopes for a place in next month's season-ending championships alive Wednesday beginning his campaign at the Austria Tennis Trophy with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The defeated Spaniard sealed his own fate with a double-fault after saving two match points against third seed Monfils. Monfils, provisional 16th, faces long odds to make it ...