Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova won the WTA Pattaya Open on Sunday with a gripping 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Croatian Ajla Tomljanovic. This is Hantuchova’s third win in Pattaya after back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012.
Wawrinka to meet BerdychAt the ATP tour event in Rotterdam, Stan Wawrinka set up a final with Tomas Berdych after prevailing against second seed Milos Raonic 7-6(3), 7-6(7).
In Memphis, Japan’s Kei Nishikori kept his bid for a third straight Memphis Open title on course with a gritty, three-set semifinal victory over Sam Querrey. The top-seeded Nishikori withstood 27 aces from American Querrey, toiling for two hours and 41 minutes to claim a 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) victory.
Nishikori, the 2014 US Open runner-up and a quarterfinalist at this year’s Australian Open, next faces second-seeded South African Kevin Anderson, who outlasted American Donald Young 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Nishikori will be seeking an eighth career title. Four of those came last year, when he repeated in Memphis and also won the Barcelona Open, Malaysian Open and Japan Open.
The results: ATP Rotterdam Open: Semifinals: Stan Wawrinka bt Milos Raonic 7-6(3), 7-6(7).
ATP Memphis Open: Semifinals: Kei Nishikori bt Sam Querrey 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(5); Kevin Anderson bt Donald Young 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
ATP Brazil Open: Semifinals: Luca Vanni bt Joao Souza 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4; Pablo Cuevas bt Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-3.
WTA Pattaya Open: Final: Daniela Hantuchova bt Ajla Tomljanovic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
WTA Dubai Open: First round: Samantha Stosur bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Kaia Kanepi 4-1, retd; Belinda Bencic bt Karin Knapp 6-4, 6-4; Tatiana Pironkova bt Kiara Koukalova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta bt Julia Goerges 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4; Casey Dellacqua bt Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 6-4; Sabine Lisicki bt Monika Niculescu 6-3, 6-4; Zarina Diyas bt Annika Beck 6-2, 6-2. — Agencies
