Radek Stepanek

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Defending champion Radek Stepanek and third-seeded Gale Monfils secured semifinal berths Thursday in the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Australia.  

Defending Brisbane International champion Radek Stepanek has moved into the semi-finals, defeating Wayne Odesnik in straight sets on Thursday afternoon.  

Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel—Switzerland Davis Cup finalist Radek Stepanek continued his winning ways on Friday at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, defeating fellow London contender Marin Cilic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Stepanek, who holds the No. 5 seed this week, recovered from the loss of the opening to improve to 2-1 in head-to-head meetings against his Croatian opponent. Cilic, who had fought for three hours and one minute against Viktor Troicki...  

Tomas Berdych (R) and Radek Stepanek (L) from Czech Republic return the ball to Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco during the third match of the Davis cup final between Spain and Czech Republic at palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. Spain won ...  

Czechs call upon Stepanek, Berdych for doubles BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—The Czech Republic has switched players for the crucial Davis Cup doubles match against Spain, with Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych replacing Lukas Dlouhy and Jan Hajek. Stepanek and Berdych both  

PARIS (AP) — A tired Andy Murray lost to Radek Stepanek 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday in the third round of the Paris Masters. The fourth-seeded Murray looked sluggish in the last two sets and couldn't overcome a lack of sleep following his three-set win ...  

Austrian Open dropped from ATP tour calendar VIENNA (AP)—The Austrian Open—a 65 year old clay court tournament—has been dropped from the ATP World Tour calendar after a legal dispute with local authorities over the tennis stadium in Kitzbuehel. The ATP  

Ferrer rallies to beat Stepanek in five Spain up 2 0 BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—David Ferrer rallied for an improbable 1 6, 2 6, 6 4, 6 4, 8 6 victory over Radek Stepanek on Friday for defending champion Spain to  

Spain's Rafael Nadal (left) poses with Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek in f... Members of the Spanish team: (from left) Feliciano Lopez, David Ferrer, Fer... Members of Czech Republic team: (from left) Jaroslav Navratil, Radek Stepan... Weary world ...  

in the second set and was 0-40 down before reeling off five straight points to win the game. He then broke the 14th-ranked Stepanek's serve for the first time before dominating...  

The Czech Republic tennis captain Jaroslav Navratil made a late change to his lineup for this weekend's Davis Cup final doubles against Spain, drafting in his top two Radek Stepanek ...  

Davis Cup Final—Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona To the delight of 16,000 screaming fans, the team of Fernando Verdasco and Felicano Lopez clinched an insurmountable 3-0 win for the home nation, defeating the substitute duo of Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7), 7-5, 6-2, claiming Spain's second consecutive Davis Cup title. Czech team captain Jaroslav Navratil, who had opted to play Stepanek and Berdych instead of his original tandem of Lukas...  

Cilic, ranked 13th, has a slim chance of qualifying for next month's ATP World Tour Finals, along with second-seeded Radek Stepanek and third-seeded Gael Monfils . Next up for Cilic, a wild card from Croatia making his first trip to Vienna in three ...  

VIENNA, Austria - Second-seeded Radek Stepanek stayed on course for his third ATP title this season in beating Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-2, 6-3 to reach the BA Trophy quarter-finals on Wednesday. No. 4 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 5 Nicolas ...  

Radek Stepanek advances to the Paris semifinals when Juan Martin Del Potro retires with an abdominal strain on Friday night. Next up for Stepanek is France's own Gael Monfils.