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April 24 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday Daniel Brands (Germany) beat Gael Monfils (France) 7-6(1) 2-0 (Monfils retired) 2-Gilles Simon (France) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 4-6 6-4 6-4 8-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6-4 6-2 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat 3-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-1 3-6 6-3    

* Nadal made to work by Berlocq (Updates after Nadal win, adds quotes)    

April 24 (Reuters) - Russian qualifier Dmitry Tursunov stunned top seed and world number four David Ferrer 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the second round of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday.    

MADRID, April 24 (Reuters) - A verdict in the Operation Puerto trial about doping in cycling will be published on April 30, the judge in charge of the case said in a court statement on Wednesday.    

April 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Barcelona Open Men's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2 16-Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) beat Pablo Carreno (Spain) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 6-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Guillermo Olaso (Spain) 6-1 6-3 10-Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-2 6-4 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 3-6 7-5 6-4 8-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Andrey Kuznetsov (Ru    

April 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Nastassja Burnett (Italy) 6-3 6-4 Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 6-3 6-2 8-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Dinah Pfizenmaier (Germany) 7-6(2) 6-4 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 6-0 6-4    

April 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Marrakech Grand Prix Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 4-Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Simona Halep (Romania) beat Nina Bratchikova (Russia) 6-1 6-3 Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) beat Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spain) 7-6(3) 4-6 7-5 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Alexandra Cadantu (Romania) 6-4 4-6 6-4 Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Misaki Doi (Japan) 6-2 4-6    

April 23 (Reuters) - World number six Tomas Berdych was given a tough workout by Nikolay Davydenko at the Barcelona Open on Tuesday before seeing off the former number three 3-6 7-5 6-4 to secure a berth in the last 16.    

April 23 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Victor Hanescu (Romania) beat Matthias Bachinger (Germany) 6-4 6-3 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat 7-Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 3-6 6-4 6-0 Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) beat Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-1 6-2 Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7-6(4) 6-2 Gael Monfils (France) beat Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-4 6-2    

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Wimbledon organisers moved to justify a staggering 40 percent rise in total prize money on Tuesday that will make the pot at this year's championships the biggest ever in tennis.    

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - An army of groundsmen carried out the time-honoured ritual of preparing the All England Club lawns in readiness for the Wimbledon championships on a sunny spring day on Tuesday as plans to take the home of tennis into the future were revealed.    

April 23 (Reuters) - Factbox on Wimbledon prize money since 1968 after it was announced on Tuesday that each singles winner will receive 1.6 million pounds ($2.44 million)from a total prize fund of 22.6 million pounds at the 2013 event, up 6.5 million pounds on last year: Men's Singles Womens' Singles Pounds Pounds 1968 2,000 750 1969 3,000 1,500 1970 3,000 1,5    

April 23 (Reuters) - Myanmar has decided to opt out of hosting two Davis Cup events due to security concerns following last month's anti-Muslim riots, the head of the country's tennis association said on Tuesday.    

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Wimbledon announced a 40 percent increase in prize money for this year's championships on Tuesday, making it the most lucrative tournament in tennis.    

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Wimbledon's Number One Court will have a retractable roof by 2019, the All England Club said on Tuesday.    

April 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Barcelona Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Grega Zemlja (Slovenia) 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-2 Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Roberto Carballes (Spain) 6-1 6-4 Guillermo Olaso (Spain) beat Gerard Granollers (Spain) 6-4 1-6 6-4 Albert Montanes (Spain) beat Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) 6-4 6-3 Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat Robin Haase (Netherlands) 6-1 2-6 7-6(5) Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Ra    

April 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Marrakech Grand Prix Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) beat 2-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-3 6-1 Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) beat Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 6-1 6-1    

April 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Bucharest International Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 8-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) beat Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 7-6(5) 6-3 David Goffin (Belgium) beat Adrian Ungur (Romania) 6-3 6-1 Daniel Brands (Germany) beat Tatsuma Ito (Japan) 6-3 6-4    

April 22 (Reuters) - Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2 6-7 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday.    

April 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Fed Cup World Group Semifinal matches Semifinal 3-Italy beat 1-Czech Republic 3- 1 4-Russia beat Slovakia 3- 2