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March 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 6-1 7-5 3-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat 8-Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-3 6-4 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 7-5 6-4 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-3 6-1

Feb 28 (Reuters) - Top seed John Isner marched into the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach International with a 7-6 6-2 win over Japan's Go Soeda on Thursday.

March 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday 1-John Isner (U.S.) beat Go Soeda (Japan) 7-6(2) 6-2 6-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat 3-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 6-3 7-5 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 6-4 6-1 Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania

March 1 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 1-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-0 Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) 6-1 6-1 Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Timea Babos (Hungary) 6-3 6-2 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-4 6-3

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-3 6-1

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) 6-1 6-1 Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Timea Babos (Hungary) 6-3 6-2 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Melinda Czink (Hungary) 6-4 6-3

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Delray Beach International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat 3-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat Evgeny Donskoy (Russia) 6-3 7-5 2-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) 6-4 6-1 Ricardas Berankis (Lithuania) beat Jack Sock (U.S.) 3-6 6-4 6-1 Daniel Munoz (Spain) beat 8-Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) beat Iv

DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer stayed on course for a scorching desert showdown as they led the top four seeds into the semi-finals of the Dubai Championships on Thursday.

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Men's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 6-2 6-2 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat 7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-0 6-3 3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 6-2 4-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-4 6-2

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles matches on Thursday Round 2 2-Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) beat Zhang Shuai (China) 6-2 6-2 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Austria) beat Wang Qiang (China) 6-3 6-2 3-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) 6-3 6-3 Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 7-6(3) 6-4 Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) beat 7-Eleni Daniilidou (Greece) 6-2 6-

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 3-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-4 7-6(4) 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Martin Alund (Argentina) 6-0 6-4 Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) beat Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-4 6-3 Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 2-6 6-4 7-6(4) 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Wayne Odesnik (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 Leonardo Mayer (A

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 3-Alize Cornet (France) beat Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spain) 6-4 6-4 Karin Knapp (Italy) beat 8-Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-4 7-6(2) 2-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Stephanie Foretz Gacon (France) 6-1 6-2 7-Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Maria Teresa Torro (Spain) 6-4 3-0 (Torro retired) 5-Kiki Bertens (Netherlan

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Rain has prevented completion of any second round matches at the Delray Beach International tennis championships in Florida on Wednesday.

Feb 28 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 1-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) 6-4 2-6 7-5 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Beatriz Garcia Vidagany (Spain) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Tereza Mrdeza (Croatia) 6-1 6-1 Melinda Czink (Hungary) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) 1-6 6-2 7-6(3) Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 3-6 6-3

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Acapulco International Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 6-Francesca Schiavone (Italy) beat Sesil Karatantcheva (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-4 Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) beat 4-Irina Begu (Romania) 6-1 2-1 (Begu retired)

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Beatriz Garcia Vidagany (Spain) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Tereza Mrdeza (Croatia) 6-1 6-1 Melinda Czink (Hungary) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) 1-6 6-2 7-6(3) Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-Kristina Mladenovic (France) beat Tatjana Malek (Germany) 6

DUBAI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic strolled to easy victories in the Dubai Championships second round on Wednesday, keeping the world's top two players on course for a showdown in Saturday's final.

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Roberto Bautista (Spain) 6-1 7-6(4) 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-3 6-4 Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) beat Michael Llodra (France) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 4-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Somdev Devvarman (India) 6-4 6-4 7-Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-6(4) Nikolay Davyden

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki suffered one of her worst career defeats when she bowed out of the Malaysia Open to 186th-ranked Chinese qualifier Qiang Wang on Wednesday.