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Serena defeats Kirilenko to book Madrid quarter-final place
At the one hour mark in the match between 13th seeded Russian Maria Krirlenko and top seeded American Serena Williams, the score stood at 6-3 5-0. That was when the Russian got on the scoreboard for the first time in the second set, but the American served out the set [...] -
Madrid roundup: Berdych ousts Janowicz, Ferrer reaches round three
Tomas Berdych came from a set down to defeat Jerzy Janowicz 6-7 6-3 6-2. Despite an early break, Berdych struggled in the first set, facing break points in three different games. Janowicz recovered from 1-4 down to 4-4 but only after saving two break points in the process to consolidate the rebreak. [...] -
Hantuchova beats Kvitova in Madrid, Kirilenko also through
Angelique Kerber, the German 6th seed played against Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 40th ranked Russian who took out her compatriot, 11th seeded Nadia Petrova, in the second round. Games went with serve until Kuznetsova got a break to go 5-3 ahead with her serve to come. Continuing her great serving and [...] -
Nadal and Tsonga cruise into last 16 of Madrid Masters
Robin Haase extended his record breaking streak of losing tiebreakers to 17 with two more in a defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (5) 7-6 (2). Neither player had much on return for most of the set with Tsonga dropping just four points on first serve. He would save the only break [...] -
Makarova upsets Azarenka in second round of Madrid Open
Victoria Azarenka, the tournament’s third seed, had a tough two tie break sets win against 19th ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round. Her opponent in her second round match, the 24th ranked Russian leftie, Ekaterina Makarova, took out another leftie, Lucie Safarova, in straights in her first round encounter. [...] -
Rafael Nadal vs. Andy Murray Head to Head and Rivalry
Current Nadal vs Murray Head to Head stands at 13-5, with their last match having been played in 2011 in Tokyo, where the Brit prevailed in three sets. With Rafael Nadal recently recovering from his injury, most tennis fans are looking forward to Nadal’s return to the game. The level [...] -
Dimitrov shocks Djokovic in Madrid, Federer eases through
Grigor Dimitrov pulled off the biggest victory of his career with an astonishing 7-6 6-7 6-3 victory over World No.1 Novak Djokovic. The Bulgarian was the better player for large parts of the match, and troubled the Djokovic serve on numerous occasions in the first set. He failed to convert a 0-40 [...] -
Madrid roundup: Murray defeats Mayer, Raonic and Isner fall
Andy Murray found it surprisingly difficult against Florian Mayer in his opening match today, needing two tiebreaks to defeat the German 7-6(11) 7-6(3). After an tame exit to Stanislas Wawrinka in Monte Carlo, Murray was looking for improvement but despite the win he looked far from comfortable. 12 consecutive holds saw a [...] -
Kuznetsova beats Petrova to reach 3rd round in Madrid, Cibulkova out
Slovak 15th seed, Dominika Cibulkova, defeated the 73rd ranked qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, in her first round match with the loss of just five games. On Tuesday she played the 39th ranked German, Sabine Lisicki, who also easily won her first round match in straights against Sofia Arvidsson. With nothing separating [...] -
Bjorn Borg – The Ice Cool Tennis Legend
For those growing up in the 1970’s, Bjorn Borg was a tennis icon.Many regard him as the first tennis ‘superstar’, amassing a following among the public (particularly young people), never seen before.The borderlines between sports stars, rock stars and other celebrities were becoming increasingly blurred in that decade and [...] -
Serena Williams moves into third round in Madrid
Second round matches continued on Tuesday at the Matua Madrid Open tournament. 36th ranked Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, who took out 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, played against 22nd ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, who beat Mona Barthel in her first round encounter. The Kazakh got the breaks [...] -
Sharapova and Errani reach third round of Mutua Madrid Open
Sara Errani, the Italian 7th seed, had to draw on all her experience and use all her renowned clay court skills to get past the 26th ranked Roumanian, Sorana Cirstea, in her second round match on Monday. The Italian took out Ursula Radwanska in straight sets in the first round, [...] -
Robson upsets Agnieszka Radwanska to advance in Madrid
10th seed Caroline Wozniacki started the run of seeds to fall in the first round of the Premier Level Matua Madrid Open on Sunday, followed later that day with the demise of 5th seed Na Li and 12th seed Roberta Vinci. In the start of second round play on Monday, [...]
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