http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/players/filippo_volandri/24886 Recent articles about Filippo Volandri en-us Second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II, beating Spanish qualifier Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday. Anderson will play eighth-seeded Grega Zemlja of Slovenia, a 7-6 (5), 6-1 winner over Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen. Third-seeded Martin Klizan of Slovakia will face seventh-seeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands in the other quarterfinal. Klizan topped Italian qualifier Filippo Volandri 6-4, 7-6 (5), and Haase outlasted France's Kenny De Schepper 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:34:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/anderson_reaches_quarters_in_morocco/13378222 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/anderson_reaches_quarters_in_morocco/13378222 Anderson reaches quarters in Morocco http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/anderson_reaches_quarters_in_morocco/13378222 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/5/75aacd9e664078d075effd2d472dad2dcd858972/mini/open-day.jpg Thomaz Bellucci photo by Gaspar Nóbrega/Inovafoto By Barbara Galiza (February 14, 2013) São Paulo – Brazil’s biggest hope of a home winner ended today, after the country’s No. 1, Thomaz Bellucci, was upset by Filippo Volandri, in two sets. In a match full of errors, the fifth seed of the ATP 250 São Paulo fell in the second round to the Italian, 6-3, 6-2, and the crowd wasn’t happy. The 8,000 fans present booed their local man off of the court.   “It’s very sad getting booed in your country. This has never happened to me in my career before. It’s hard knowing people don’t appreciate our sport here”, said the 35th player in the rankings. “It’s never easy for me to play in Brazil. I’m always extra nervous here.”   “Here in Brazil, the mentality is different, people don’t appreciate athletes like they do in Europe or America,” complained Bellucci, that, in 2010, had a career high of 21. “It’s hard for the crowd to understand that I have bad days. People come here to watc Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:49:34 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bellucci_loses_to_volandri_in_so_paulo_and_gets_booed_out/12918610 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bellucci_loses_to_volandri_in_so_paulo_and_gets_booed_out/12918610 Bellucci Loses to Volandri in São Paulo and Gets Booed Out http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/bellucci_loses_to_volandri_in_so_paulo_and_gets_booed_out/12918610 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/c/ecc6d1b38204a8a7c9c232af62defdbc10d39b82/mini/Thomaz_Bellucci_of_d277.jpg Martin Klizan of Slovakia defeated Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 on Monday in the first round of the Bet-at-Home Cup. The fifth-seeded Klizan was broken at love while serving for the match at 5-3 but broke Thiem again in the final game of the match. Filippo Volandri rallied to beat Alessandro Giannessi 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in an all-Italian match, and Antonio Veic of Croatia routed eighth-seeded Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-1, 6-2. Attila Balasz of Hungary defeated Martin Fischer of Austria 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2) to set up a second-round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber. The top-seeded German, who will play at the London Olympics, had a bye in the opening round of the Austrian clay-court event. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:18:22 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/klizan_volandri_reach_2nd_round_at_kitzbuehel/11279206 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/klizan_volandri_reach_2nd_round_at_kitzbuehel/11279206 Klizan, Volandri reach 2nd round at Kitzbuehel http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/klizan_volandri_reach_2nd_round_at_kitzbuehel/11279206 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/5/75aacd9e664078d075effd2d472dad2dcd858972/mini/open-day.jpg Martin Klizan of Slovakia defeated Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 on Monday in the first round of the Bet-at-Home Cup. The fifth-seeded Klizan was broken at love while serving for the match at 5-3 but broke Thiem again in the final game of the match. Filippo Volandri rallied to beat Alessandro Giannessi 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in an all-Italian match, and Antonio Veic of Croatia routed eighth-seeded Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-1, 6-2. Attila Balasz of Hungary defeated Martin Fischer of Austria 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2) to set up a second-round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber. The top-seeded German, who will play at the London Olympics, had a bye in the opening round of the Austrian clay-court event. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:18:21 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/klizan_volandri_advance_at_kitzbuehel/11279200 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/klizan_volandri_advance_at_kitzbuehel/11279200 Klizan, Volandri advance at Kitzbuehel http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/klizan_volandri_advance_at_kitzbuehel/11279200 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/e/fedf6b15048f3679c453d9966f823d654224aa78/mini/2006-french-open-day.jpg Top seed Pablo Andujar came back to defeat Filippo Volandri 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Serbia Open. “It was a difficult match for me,” said Andujar. “The conditions weren’t easy; the court was very fast and it was hot, which made it a little bit more difficult. Always in your first match you have to try and stay as focused as you can; it’s never going to be easy. I was down 6-4, 5-4 and I tried to continue playing my game and finally I made it and I’m really happy for that.” Andujar goes on to face Czech Lukas Rosol on Friday, who defeated Romania’s Victor Hanescu 7-6(4), 6-3.   ATP World Tour Belgrade, Serbia  (+2 hours GMT) 30 April – 6 May, 2012     Surface: Clay RESULTS – THURSDAY, 3 MAY, 2012 Singles – Second Round [1] P ANDUJAR (ESP) d F VOLANDRI (ITA) 46 75 62 L ROSOL (CZE) d V HANESCU (ROU) 76(4) 63 B PAIRE (FRA) d G GARCIA-LOPEZ (ESP) 46 75 75 Doubles – Quarter-finals P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [1] R Lindstedt (SWE) / H Tecau (R Thu, 03 May 2012 17:47:38 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/andujar_rallies_past_volandri_at_serbia_open/10715096 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/andujar_rallies_past_volandri_at_serbia_open/10715096 Andujar Rallies Past Volandri at Serbia Open http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/andujar_rallies_past_volandri_at_serbia_open/10715096 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain rallied past Filippo Volandri of Italy 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the Serbia Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Andujar had to save 10 of 14 break points he faced to beat Volandri in 2 hours, 20 minutes spent in humid, 28-degree (82 F) heat. ''The conditions were not easy, the court was very fast and it was hot,'' Andujar said. He was given a first-round bye, and aims to win his second title of the year after taking the title in Casablanca. Benoit Paire of France also came from behind in beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in 2 hours, 24 minutes for his third quarterfinal of the year. Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic defeated Victor Hanescu from Romania 7-6 (4), 6-3, and will meet Andujar next in his first career quarterfinal. The match between third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen from Finland and Croat qualifier Antonio Veic was suspended because of heavy rain. Wed, 02 May 2012 20:34:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/andujar_paire_into_quarters_in_serbia/10715180 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/andujar_paire_into_quarters_in_serbia/10715180 Andujar, Paire into quarters in Serbia http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/andujar_paire_into_quarters_in_serbia/10715180 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png   ATP World Tour Belgrade, Serbia  (+2 hours GMT) 30 April – 6 May, 2012     Surface: Clay RESULTS – MONDAY, 30 APRIL, 2012 Singles – First Round F VOLANDRI (ITA) d [WC] M DJOKOVIC (SRB) 63 61 [WC] D LAJOVIC (SRB) d [WC] E DONSKOY (RUS) 75 64 I DODIG (CRO) d A UNGUR (ROU) 62 67(4) 64 Doubles – First Round D Bracciali (ITA) / L Rosol (CZE) d [4] J Cerretani (USA) / A Shamasdin (CAN) 60 63 SCHEDULE – TUESDAY, 1 MAY, 2012 CENTER COURT start 12:00 noon [8] G MULLER (LUX) vs L LACKO (SVK) Not Before 2:00 PM [7] R HARRISON (USA) vs J SOUZA (BRA) Not Before 4:00 PM B PAIRE (FRA) vs [6] F FOGNINI (ITA) Starting at 8:00 PM L ROSOL (CZE) vs [5] L KUBOT (POL) P Andujar (ESP) / G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs [WC] I Bozoljac (SRB) / N Cacic (SRB) COURT 1 start 12:00 noon [Q] A BEDENE (SLO) vs M KLIZAN (SVK) [Q] E SCHWANK (ARG) vs D SELA (ISR) Not Before 3:30 PM B KAVCIC (SLO) vs [Q] A VEIC (CRO) Not Before 5:30 PM D Nalbandian (ARG) / E Schwank (ARG) vs J Kerr (AUS) / D Sela (ISR) – Possible Court C... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:28:13 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/volandri_knocks_out_marko_djokovic_at_serbia_open/10687907 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/volandri_knocks_out_marko_djokovic_at_serbia_open/10687907 Volandri knocks out Marko Djokovic at Serbia Open http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/volandri_knocks_out_marko_djokovic_at_serbia_open/10687907 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/2/c221b4858986b3953583f8aba200d52f0151a05f/mini/2010_Australian_Open_1336.jpg Dusan Lajovic of Serbia and Ivan Dodig of Croatia advanced to the second round of Serbia Open on Monday. Lajovic defeated Evgeny Donskoy of Russia 7-5, 6-4, and Dodig defeated Adrian Ungur of Romania, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Serbia's wild card, Marko Djokovic, the brother of top-ranked Novak Djokovic, was facing Filippo Volandri from Italy in a late match Monday. Novak Djokovic, last year's champion, has pulled out of the tournament this year because of the death of his grandfather. The Serbia Open is organized by the Djokovic family. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:12:41 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/lajovic_dodig_advance_at_serbia_open/10686650 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/lajovic_dodig_advance_at_serbia_open/10686650 Lajovic, Dodig advance at Serbia Open http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/lajovic_dodig_advance_at_serbia_open/10686650 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/7/0771798f1ca75fe0313cb99125126fe3e8e9b5cf/mini/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f96202915.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921A343B2C87A49D8F555108A52C1E289757E7321CA0B688B5CB8D146D9F09206B0.jpg Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to retain his Brazil Open title on Sunday. It was his third Brazil title, making him the most successful player at the ATP Tour 250 event in Latin America's biggest country. Almagro broke Volandri late in the third set to clinch victory in just over two hours at Ibirapuera sporting complex in Sao Paulo, winning his 11th ATP tour title. The 11th-ranked Almagro played the indoor clay-court tournament on a wild card because Davis Cup duties initially put his participation in doubt. It was the eighth straight time a Spaniard had made it to the Brazil Open final, with the Spanish player winning six times. Volandri broke Almagro in the second game of the match, but the Spaniard came back with three breaks to take control of the set despite making only 55 percent of his first serves. The 26-year-old Almagro continued to play well in the second set but Volandri saved all five break opportunities he faced, then converted one of two cha Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:12:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/almagro_beats_volandri_at_brazil_open/10004446 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/almagro_beats_volandri_at_brazil_open/10004446 Almagro beats Volandri at Brazil Open http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/almagro_beats_volandri_at_brazil_open/10004446 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/8/887d8d3b68d24cb9af55ef1e5bc3a073b5831954/mini/Nicolas_Almagro_b4bc.jpg Top seed and defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated countryman Albert Ramos 6-4, 7-6 (4) to make it to the Brazil Open final on Saturday. He will play Italian Filippo Volandri, who eliminated home-crowd favorite Thomaz Bellucci 5-7, 6-0, 6-2. Almagro, the winner in Brazil in 2008 and 2011, broke the eighth-seeded Ramos once in each set at the Ibirapuera sporting complex. Trying to win his 11th ATP Tour title, Almagro needed a wild card to play the indoor clay-court event because he initially wasn't certain if he would make the tournament because of his Davis Cup duties with Spain. Fourth-seeded Bellucci won the first set against Volandri but couldn't keep up with the Italian at the end. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:22:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/almagro_volandri_reach_brazil_final/9991903 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/almagro_volandri_reach_brazil_final/9991903 Almagro, Volandri reach Brazil final http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/almagro_volandri_reach_brazil_final/9991903 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/3/43dccf923448745e8e97b5f568131ce88ec533d9/mini/Nicolas_Almagro_of_1190.jpg Seventh-seeded Albert Montanes of Spain lost to Filippo Volandri of Italy in the first round of the Brazil Open on Monday. Volandri needed 65 minutes to defeat the 51st-ranked Montanes in Sao Paulo, converting four of his seven break points to advance to the second round in Sao Paulo. Earlier, wild card Javier Marti of Spain defeated 2009 semifinalist Frederico Gil of Portugal 6-2, 6-4, while Brazil's Ricardo Mello beat Pere Riba of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in the late match. Jeremy Chardy, Paul Capdeville, Igor Andreev and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo qualified for the main draw. South America's biggest city is hosting the event for the first time after 11 editions in the northeastern city of Costa do Sauipe. The tournament is now being played indoors because of the rainy weather in Sao Paulo this time of the year. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:12:36 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/montanes_loses_in_opening_round_in_brazil/9908383 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/montanes_loses_in_opening_round_in_brazil/9908383 Montanes loses in opening round in Brazil http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/montanes_loses_in_opening_round_in_brazil/9908383 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/7/a7875ca2db71242c85a5a1aa3db2d566070f2a51/mini/Heineken_Open_59ba.jpg Leonardo Mayer of Argentina and Brazil's Joao Souza advanced to the second round after wins Monday at the VTR Open. Mayer defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-1 on the red clay courts, while Souza won over Filippo Volandri of Italy, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5). The top four seeds in the tournament have byes into the second round. Argentine Juan Monaco is seeded No. 1 and countryman Juan Ignacio Chela is No. 2. Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci is No. 3 and Pablo Andujar of Spain is No. 4. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:55:22 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round_at_vina_del_mar/9680503 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round_at_vina_del_mar/9680503 Mayer, Souza advance to 2nd round at Vina Del Mar http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round_at_vina_del_mar/9680503 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Leonardo Mayer of Argentina and Brazil's Joao Souza advanced to the second round at the VTR Open on Monday. Mayer defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-1 on the red clay courts, while Souza won over Filippo Volandri of Italy, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5). The top four seeds in the tournament have byes into the second round. Argentine Juan Monaco is seeded No. 1 and countryman Juan Ignacio Chela is No. 2. Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci is No. 3 and Pablo Andujar of Spain is No. 4. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:55:20 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round/9680494 http://network.yardbarker.com/tennis/article_external/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round/9680494 Mayer, Souza advance to 2nd round http://www.yardbarker.com/tennis/articles/mayer_souza_advance_to_2nd_round/9680494 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png