Gilles Simon of France also reached the quarterfinals when he defeated Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-4, 7-5.Raonic battles past MatosevicMilos Raonic of Canada took only one of 16 break chances and still overcame Marinko Matosevic of Australia 7-6 , 4-6, 6-4 to open his account in the Thailand Open on Thursday.Sousa came back from a set down to defeat Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, while fifth seed Benneteau outplayed Spain’s Pablo Andujar 7-6 , 6-2.Joining Melzer are Joao Sousa of Portugal and fifth seed Julien Benneteau of France.Meanwhile, in the Malaysia Open, Somdev Devvarman and his South African partner Rik De Voest scored a 3-6, 6-4, 10-7 upset win over second seeds Nenan Zimonjic of Serbia and Julien Benneteau of Switzerland in the quarterfinals.The Dane will meet Germany’s Angelique Kerber in Friday’s semi-finals following the fifth seed’s 6-4, 6-4 defeat of second-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska.Williams will face the 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the last four after the seventh-seeded Czech thrashed Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-1.Paes in semis; Som in last 8Leander Paes and his Italian partner Daniele Bracciali stormed into the semi-finals of the doubles event at Thailand after defeating Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-7, 7-6, 10-8.Earlier, fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki, the 2010 Tokyo winner, advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Czech Lucie Safarova. 26 Jurgen Melzer entered the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Germany’s Mischa Zverev 7-5, 6-4 at the Putra Stadium on Thursday. 26: Former world number one Venus Williams turned back the clock with some brutal hitting to overcome Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 on Thursday and reach the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open.Watched from the Royal box by five-times Pan Pacific champion Martina Hingis, Williams showed flashes of the form that swept her to five Wimbledon titles between 2000 and 2008 as Offset Double Ring Ratchet Spanner she continued her purple patch in Tokyo..jpg Venus sets up Kvitova dateTokyo, Sept.His victory sets up a clash with Federico Delbonis on Friday after the Argentinian reached the final eight by upsetting seventh-seeded Canadian Vasek Posposil 7-6 , 7-6 on Wednesday.Meanwhile, world no.Venus sets up Kvitova date sp. Also, Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan ousted eighth-seeded Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 with fifth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia also going through.

Berlin: World number two Novak Djokovic confirmed on Tuesday he has split from his coach Boris Becker after three years working together."Becker, now 49 and who won six Grand Slams himself, reacted on Twitter by posting a photo of himself and Djokovic celebrating this year&ratchet socket wrench39;s French Open title, saying: "Thank U ! We had the time of our life ."In this regard I will make all future decisions."On the other hand, my professional plans are now directed primarily to maintain a good level of play, and also to make a good schedule and new goals for the next season.."Boris Becker and I have jointly decided to end our cooperation," Djokovic, who won this year's Australian and French Open titles, wrote on his official Facebook page.."After his Paris triumph in June, Djokovic had a complicated second half of the season, losing the world number one ranking he had held for 122 weeks from July 7, 2014 to Britain's Andy Murray in November.. After his Paris triumph in June, Novak Djokovic had a complicated second half of the season, losing the world number one ranking he had held for 122 weeks from July 7, 2014 to Britain's Andy Murray in November."The goals we set when we started working together have been completely fulfilled, and I want to thank him for the cooperation, teamwork, dedication and commitment," said the 29-year-old Djokovic.Djokovic also lost his Wimbledon and US Open titles and was eliminated in the first round of the Rio Olympics by eventual champion Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina.Djokovic had made a change to his coaching team towards the end of the 2016 season with Pepe Imaz joining him for the Paris Masters.The Serb has won # 12 Grand Slam titles in his career -- six while working with Germany's Becker -- twice in Australia and Wimbledon and the French and US Open once.Djokovic had made a change to his coaching team towards the end of the 2016 season with Spaniard Pepe Imaz joining him for the Paris Masters, where the record four-time champion fell in the quarter-finals, and the World Tour Finals in London where he lost to Murray.

London: Andy Murray said he felt "gutted" to be missing next month&china ratchet ring spanner39;s Australian Open due to injury after being ruled out of the first Grand Slam of the new year with a pelvic injury.The 32-year-old Scot suffered the injury playing for Great Britain in the Davis Cup last # month and Murray said Saturday: "I've worked so hard to get myself into a situation where I can play at the top level and I'm gutted I'm not going to be able to play in Australia in January.But concerns over the fitness of Murray, five times a losing Australian Open finalist, were raised when he cancelled as scheduled block of training in Miami.Despite being less than fully fit Murray then took part in a gruelling five-set loss to Roberto Bautista Agut.October saw Murray win the European open in Antwerp, a victory that suggested he could still contend for major honours.""After the AO this year, when I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to play again, I was excited about coming back to Australia and giving my best, and that makes this even more disappointing for me.A fortnight later double Olympic gold medallist Murray, twice a Wimbledon champion and the winner of the 2012 US Open singles, had hip resurfacing surgery and started his return to action at the Queen's Club grass-court event in London in June.October saw Murray win the European open in Antwerp, a victory that suggested he could still contend for major honours.."Unfortunately I've had a setback recently and as a precaution, need to work through that before I get back on court competing. Andy Murray said he felt "gutted" to be missing next month's Australian Open due to injury after being ruled out of the first Grand Slam of the new year with a pelvic injury."Murray had hoped to make his return to Grand Slam action in Melbourne following a hip operation in January.As a result he won't be back at Melbourne Park, the scene of an emotional press conference last year where he suggested he might retire as a result of his hip injury.But Saturday's announcement means he will not play again until February at the earliest, with Murray also ruled out of representing Great Britain at the ATP Cup in Sydney starting on January 3.