United States has made it into the French Open, after all. Harrison lost in qualifying but was the beneficiary when Benjamin Becker of Germany withdrew from the main draw because of a left elbow injury Tuesday. Now Harrison gets a chance to offset
two-time defending champion of the event, will play No. 6 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, who topped Germany's Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2. In other matches, Belgium's Xavier Malisse, seeded eighth, squeezed past Australia's
season. In other matches, Canadian Vasek Pospisil knocked off Russian Evgeny Donskoy, 7-5, 6-1; and German Benjamin Becker downed American Ryan Harrison, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-3. In doubles action, Michael and Bob Bryan edged Americans
Juan Martin del Potro has defeated Benjamin Becker 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open without dropping a set. The 2009 U.S. Open champion
played in worse conditions.'' Among the other men advancing were sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro, who beat Benjamin Becker 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, and 2008 Australian finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who pretended to do pushups to disguise
14,760 35. Denis Istomin $13,955 36. Pablo Andujar $13,010 36. Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa $13,010 36. Benjamin Becker $13,010 36. Mousa Shanan Zayed $13,010 36. Albert Ramos $13,010 36. Feliciano Lopez $13,010 36. Ivan
Feliciano Lopez of Spain, 6-4, 6-2. Fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia struggled, but rallied to beat Benjamin Becker of Germany 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Richard Gasquet, seeded second, beat Czech veteran Jan Hernych 6-3
Czech Republic, def. Pablo Andujar (8), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (2). Mikhail Youzhny (4), Russia, def. Benjamin Becker , Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Mohamed Safwat, Egypt, def. Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa, Qatar, 6-0
Roger Federer eased to victory in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event on Monday, beating Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-3. Federer, the defending champion who is seeking his sixth Basel title in seven years, served 10 aces
Kohlschreiber, who has criticized relations within the team and with Kuehnen. Tommy Haas, ranked No. 21, dropped out for family reasons. Kuehnen picked 23rd-ranked Florian Mayer, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Philipp Petzschner and Benjamin Becker .