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Australian Open 2013 Men’s Draw Preview and Analysis
Follow the Federer vs Raonic match Live here: Federer vs Raonic Live Commentary Australian Open 2013 The first slam of the year comes round in the form of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. Novak Djokovic hopes to become the first player to win the tournament three times in [...] -
Tomic to play Anderson in Sydney final
Bernard Tomic advanced into his first ATP Tour final after beating Andreas Seppi at the Sydney International tournament, winning in straight set 7-6 (10) 6-4. Tomic could rely on his serve throughout the whole match, saving all six break points and taking Seppi’s serve once in the second set to [...] -
Australian Open 2013 Women’s Draw Preview and Analysis
The draw for the first Grand Slam of 2013 has been made, and the big news is that Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams have been drawn in the same half. That means that, although there will be no repeat of their epic US Open final, there could still be a [...] -
Australian Open 2013 Men’s Draw Released
The Australian Open 2013 Men’s Draw has been released this morning Melbourne time (please see the full draw below). Bottom half of the draw: Roger Federer finds himself in the toughest quarter of the draw, not only could he potentially face former world no.3 Nikolay Davydenko in round two, the [...] -
Querrey and Kohlschreiber advance to Auckland SFs
Sam Querrey moves into the next round after a relatively comfortable victory over now Canadian Jesse Levine 6-4 7-6(5). The players traded early breaks but after that there was little to shout about on return, as serve was dominant. Querrey served 14 aces while Levine saved six of the eight break points [...] -
Ferrer to play Monfils in Auckland semi-finals
David Ferrer made light work of Slovakian Lukas Lacko, taking just 55 minutes on his way to a 6-2 6-1 victory. Ferrer dropped just 12 points on serve over the two sets and faced one break point, which he saved on his way to a 5-2 lead in the first set. [...] -
Tomic beats Nieminen, plays Seppi in Sydney SFs
Australian Bernard Tomic booked his Sydney International 2013 semi-final place after overcoming Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, coming back from a set down to prevail 6-7 (6) 6-4 6-2. The defending champion Nieminen raced to a 5-2 lead in the first set, just to allow Tomic to come back into it. [...] -
Djokovic gunning for elusive Australian Open hat-trick
Novak Djokovic is hoping to become the first man in the Open Era to win a hat-trick of Australian Open crowns when the first Grand Slam of 2013 gets underway at Melbourne Park. On the women’s side both Monica Seles and Martina Hingis have won the Australian Open three times [...] -
Stephens advances to Hobart semis, plays Vesnina next
Elena Vesnina of Russia, currently ranked at number 68, took to the court in the Moorilla Hobart International on Thursday to play against Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia (formerly Slovakia) for a place in the semi finals. Gajdosova, who got a wildcard into this tournament, is currently ranked at number 167. [...] -
Barthel and Flipkens to face each other in Hobart semis
Mona Barthel of Germany, the 9th seed in the Moorilla Hobart International tournament being played this week in the capital of Tasmania, beat the unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, to book her place in the semi final in the top half of the draw. These two players had not met before [...] -
Agnieszka Radwanska to face Cibulkova in Sydney final
Agnieszka Radwanska continued her perfect start to the year on Thursday, when she made it into the final of the Sydney Apia International, after having won her first tournament of the 2013 season in Auckland. Her semi final opponent was Na Li, the tournament’s 4th seed, who had also won [...] -
Anderson to play Benneteau in Sydney semi-finals
South African Kevin Anderson became the first semi-finalist of the Sydney International 2013 tournament after dismissing Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4 6-3. Istomin started the match on a higher note, taking his opponent’s serve in the fourth game for a 3-1 lead. However, not only did Anderson manage to break [...] -
Flipkens, Niculescu and Pironkova through to Hobart quarters
The Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, who is ranked at 51, took on the Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, who is ranked at 56, for a place in the semi finals at the Moorilla Hobart International on Wednesday. Flipkens is a wily all court player with great hands at the net and a good [...]
