Tecnifibre Blogs

Fly claims Scheveningen challenger title and get back in top 60 at ATP World ranking

Kristof "Fly" Vliegen claimed Scheveningen title last week by beating A. Montanes in the final after the spaniard decided to retire after 6 games in the first set. Brilliant performance from Fly who is back in the top 60 at the ATP world ranking (55).

Wimbledon: 1, 2, 3, 4! Happy Birthday Fly!

The 4 Tecnifibre players who played yesterday at Wimbledon won their match and reached second round. Great perofrmance for K. Vliegen who beat grass specialist N. Mahut the day of his birthday, after a big fight. Happy Birthday Fly! Denis Istomin is playing today.

Tipsarevic - Hernych 6/4 6/4 7/6

Vliegen - Mahut 6/3 7/6 5/7 5/7 6/4

Verdasco - Ward 6/1 6/3 6/4

Dulko - Foretz 6/3 7/5

The tour moves onto grass at Queens

The grass court season gets under way the day after the French Open finals. 4 of our main touring pros played at the Aegon Championships at the Queens Club in London (ATP 250 event).

J. Tipsarevic (TFight 325/Blackcode) lost first round against a dangerous and talented grass court qualifier N. Mahut in front of a late afternoon Centre Court crowd.

D. Istomin (Tfight 325/Xone+Redcode) squeezed throught his first round before falling to F. Lopez in 3 sets.

K. Vliegen (Tfight 325/Xone) fought through  his first round match before losing a tough second round match on Centre court against A. Roddick.

M. Baghdatis (TFlash 315/Xone) cruised throught his first round encounter against a British wildcard in front of a packed Centre court crowd before stumbling to 13th seed M. Youzhny in the second round in damp conditions.

The grass court season carries on with players either moving onto the tournaments at Eastbourne or Rosmalen or getting a good week of preparation at Wimbledon from this weekend.

Bye Bye clay, welcome on grass guys!

Janko Tipsarevic, Kristof Vliegen, Marcos Baghdatis and Denis Istomin are in London to play Queen's tournament this week. Only Janko has been defeated in the 1st round, others have advanced into the 2nd. 

In Halle, Fernando Verdasco faces P. Petzschner  today.

Belgrade ATP: Tipsarevic to face Djokovic. Vliegen advances. Baghdatis begins.

Belgrade native and Tecnifibre player Janko Tipsarevic, set up an all-Serbian showdown with World No. 3 Novak Djokovic after dismissing Argentine Sergio Roitman 7-5, 6-2. Djokovic won the only previous meeting between the two players, rallying from a set-deficit to defeat Tipsarevic last year at the Queen's Club. The 24-year-old Tipsarevic has a 6-17 record against Top 10 players, most recently defeating World No. 10 Gael Monfils in his first-round match at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo last month.  

Other Tecnifibre player, Kristof Vliegen advances to the second round after a 2/6 6/2 6/2 win over D. Hrbaty.

Wild card Marcos Baghdatis is facing italian F. Cipolla today.

Besançon Challenger: Vliegen claims title with new T-Fight 325 XL racquet

Kristof Vliegen claimed Besançon title last week defeating A. Beck in the final in three sets. Kristof plays with new T-Fight 325 XL racquet and new Black Code string available soon ;)

You can discover Kristof's new website on http://www.kristof-vliegen.com/

Johannesburg ATP: Baghdatis and Vliegen advance

Marcos Baghdatis and Kristof Vliegen reached the 2nd round in South Africa.

Cypriot beat qualifier A. Anderson 6/4 6/2 while Kristof upset R. Hutchins 7/6 6/4.

They will face R. Klaasen and I. Minar for a place in the QFs.

After the mach, Marcos decided to learn more about South Africa history going to the Apartheid museum in town centre.

Australian Open: Tecnifibre draws

Australian Open draws are now done. Hereunder the opponents of TF players in the first round:

F. Verdasco - A. Mannarino (Fra)
J. Tipsarevic - O. Hernandez (SPA)
M. Baghdatis - J. Benneteau (FRA)
K. Vliegen - S. Bolelli (ITA)

G. Dulko - A. Yakimova (BLR)

Brisbane-Doha-Chennai: Tecnifibre rules !

All Tecnifibre players advanced yesterday.

Fernando Verdasco reached the QFs in Brisbane by defeating croatian M. Ancic in two straight sets 6/2 6/3. He's facing frenchman F. Serra for a place in SFs.

In Doha, Kristof Vliegen had a big fight to knock out O. Hernandez. TF player advanced to the 2nd round with a 6/1 6/7 7/6 victory.

In Chennai, Janko Tipsarevic upset spaniard P. Andujar 6/3 6/2 and is going to play D.Sela to reach the QFs.

St Petersburg - Basel. Tecnifibre around the world

Fernando Verdasco & Janko Tipsarevic both advanced in Russia yesterday to reach the QFs. R. Shuettler and A. Murray are their opponents today.

In Basel, after being qualified and defeated P. Pezschner in the first round, Kristof Vliegen was close to beat argentinian David Nalbandian losing after three sets 6/4 5/7 7/6. Big match of Kristof who seems to be back on top since few weeks. Congrats guy !