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April 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-4 6-3 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat 7-Richard Gasquet (France) 7-6(0) 6-2 3-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat 13-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) 2-6 6-3 6-4    

MONTE CARLO, April 19 (Reuters) - Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Friday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals for the first time.    

* Defending champion Nadal in solid form (Add quotes, late result)    

April 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles Round 3 matches on Thursday Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat 5-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 14-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 4-6 6-2 6-2 7-Richard Gasquet (France) beat 9-Marin Cilic (Croatia) 7-5 6-4 13-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 2-Andy Murray (Britain) 6-1 6-2 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6    

MONTE CARLO, April 18 (Reuters) - Fourth seed Tomas Berdych slumped to a 6-4 6-2 defeat against Fabio Fognini of Italy in the Monte Carlo Masters third round on Thursday.    

MONTE CARLO, April 17 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic's gamble on his injured ankle at the Monte Carlo Masters appeared to be backfiring before he dug in to battle past Russian Mikhail Youzhny 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the second round on Wednesday.    

April 17 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 14-Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-0 3-6 6-3 2-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 6-1 6-4 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 4-6 6-1 6-4 Jurgen Melzer (Austria) beat 10-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 6-4 6-2 13-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Albert Montanes (Spain) 6-1 6-1 Fabio Fognini (Ita    

April 17 (Reuters) - Heated line-call disputes in badminton will soon become a thing of the past after the sport opted to embrace instant review system by trialling the technology at next month's Sudirman Cup in Malaysia.    

MONTE CARLO, April 17 (Reuters) - Spaniard Rafael Nadal launched his bid for a ninth consecutive crown in Monte Carlo in style by overpowering Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-1 6-2 in the second round on Wednesday.    

MONTE CARLO, April 16 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic will be hoping his gamble to play in the Monte Carlo Masters does not leave his claycourt season going bust after he decided to test his injured ankle in the glamorous principality.    

April 16 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2 5-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 1-6 6-4 6-3 6-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 7-6(3) 6-2 16-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-2 2-6 7-6(3) 7-Richard Gasquet (France) beat Benoit Paire (France) 6-1 3-6 6-1 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat 8-Janko Tipsarevic (Se    

MONTE CARLO, April 16 (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic, who has been struggling to shake off an ankle injury, will play in this week's Monte Carlo Masters, organisers said on Tuesday.    

KARACHI, April 16 (Reuters) - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has agreed to hear an appeal by Pakistan against the awarding of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 11 tie to New Zealand, the Pakistan Tennis Federation said on Tuesday.    

April 16 (Reuters) - Previous attacks on sports events, and failed plots, in recent decades, after Monday's bomb blasts that killed three people at the Boston Marathon:    

MONTE CARLO, April 16 (Reuters) - Eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia suffered another early exit when he was beaten 7-6 6-1 by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the Monte Carlo tennis second round on Tuesday.    

MONTE CARLO, April 15 (Reuters) - Relaxed and rested after a break following his successful return to the ATP Tour, Rafa Nadal said he no longer felt burdened by expectation and pressure heading into the European claycourt season.    

April 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Monte Carlo Masters Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday 9-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-2 6-7(6) 6-2 Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spain) 6-4 6-0 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Jeremy Chardy (France) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 12-Milos Raonic (Canada) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-1 6-4 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat 15-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 3-6 6-4 6-4 Edouard Roger-Vasseli    

Apr 15 (Reuters) - WTA rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Serena Williams (United States) 11115 points 2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 10240 3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 9325 4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6845 5. (5) Li Na (China) 5880 6. (6) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5395 7. (7) Sara Errani (Italy) 5350 8. (8) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 5225 9.    

Apr 15 (Reuters) - ATP World Tour rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12500 points 2. (2) Andy Murray (Scotland) 8750 3. (3) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 8670 4. (4) David Ferrer (Spain) 6970 5. (5) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 6385 6. (6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 5015 7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) 4750    

MONTE CARLO, April 15 (Reuters) - Last year's semi-finalist Gilles Simon suffered a shock 6-3 7-6 loss to Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the Monte Carlo Masters first round on Monday.