Lukas Rosol News

Fifth seed Lukas Rosol was a first- round loser Sunday at the inaugural Power Horse Cup, a final French Open tune-up. Rosol, the only seeded player to see action on the red clay at Rochusclub, lost 6-4, 6-3 to German Daniel Brands.

There may not be a sure-fire way to beat Rafael Nadal, but there is a type of player who can do it, and Ernests Gulbis, whatever his other flaws may be, fits the bill.

Roger Federer eases past Potito Starace in straight sets on Tuesday in Rome. Federer is through to the third round, while Viktor Troicki advances to round two with a win over doubles partner Lukas Rosol.

So close, but yet so far. That has been, like it or not, the theme of Stan Wawrinka's 2013 season.

Nalbandian was disqualified from last year's final with Marin Cilic after he kicked an advertising board into a line judge's leg.

For Rafael Nadal to bridge a 7,000-point gap with Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings looks like a tall order, even for a player of his qualities, yet he could still threaten the Serb's hopes of ending 2013 as world No.1. With the French Open looming large on the horizon, Nadal is back in the claycourt groove as he continues his comeback from a knee ... (more)

With the tours active at four stops in Europe and Northern Africa last week - Stuttgart and Marrakech for the women, Barcelona and Bucharest for the men - there was no shortage of combustible kinetics during the week that was.

Rafael Nadal won his eighth Barcelona title in nine years on Sunday, defeating fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the rainy Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell.

BUCHAREST: Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic claimed his first ATP title in Bucharest on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The 27-year-old Rosol, who knocked out Rafael Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon last year, required just over an hour to overcome Garcia-Lopez, the world number 87.

Two of the biggest names in tennis will be looking to defending their 2012 titles on Sunday.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez takes out former champion Florian Mayer in the Bucharest semifinals on Saturday.

Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic ousted three-time champion Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach his first career final at the BRD Tiriac Nastase.

Gilles Simon is back in the Bucharest semifinals after taking care of Daniel Brands on Friday.

Eighth seed Viktor Troicki reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season on Wednesday as he defeated Tobias Kamke of Germany 6-4, 6-2 at the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy .

Gael Monfils eases past Filippo Volandri on Tuesday in Bucharest. Monfils is joined in the second round by Lukas Rosol, a straight-set winner over Gilles Muller.