Jurgen Melzer News

John Isner continued to struggle on European clay, with the American losing on the opening day of play to Denis Istomin.

Coming off his upset of top-ranked Novak Djokovic in Madrid, Grigor Dimitrov opened his Italian Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Cypriot veteran Marcos Baghdatis on Sunday.

Milos Raonic said he needed to iron out "crucial mistakes" after the Canadian 12th seed squeaked past former world number three Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 7-6 in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Monday.

Japanese No. 14 seed Kei Nishikori closed in on a potential third-round meeting with Roger Federer after beating Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2 on Monday at the Mutua Madrid Open .

Lukas Rosol earned his first career ATP World Tour title with a straight-set victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the final of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy tennis event.

Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan kept alive their quest for a third straight Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters title, and fifth trophy overall, with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 victory over Jurgen Melzer and Leander Paes in 73 minutes on Friday.

Raonic combined with Australian Bernard Tomic for a 7-6 , 6-3 victory over Nestor and new partner Robert Lindstedt of Sweden on Thursday in the quarter-finals at the Monte Carlo Masters.