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ATP Paris Masters 2012 Draw Preview and Analysis
For the full draw, click here: ATP Paris Masters 2012 Draw Next week sees the final Masters 1000 of the year, the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris is the final tournament before the season ends, except for those participating in the World Tour Finals. This year is the 41st edition of the [...] -
Azarenka defeats Li Na at the WTA Championships in Istanbul
In the last match on Friday at the year end WTA championships in Istanbul, Victoria Azarenka and Na Li took to the court to battle for the last place in the quarter finals. This match of power tennis played mostly from the baseline was in complete contrast the previous match [...] -
Ferrer beats Almagro, Dodig defeats Cilic to book Valencia SFs
Top seed David Ferrer dismissed Almagro in straight sets and is meeting unseeded Ivan Dodig in Valencia Open 2012 semis. In an all-Spanish clash of two time Valencia Open champions top seed Ferrer got off to a flying start by converting his only break ball of the opening set to [...] -
Federer beats Paire, Mathieu defeats Dimitrov to reach Basel SFs
Roger Federer needed just 54 minutes to defeat Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets, dropping just one point on first serve in a dominant 6-2 6-2 victory. After both players started with holds to 15, Federer made his move taking the third break point opportunity of game 3 to take a 2-1 [...] -
Dolgopolov to play Melzer in Valencia Open 2012 semifinals
Alexandr Dolgopolov and Jurgen Melzer will meet in Valencia Open 2012 semis after claiming straight set victories in their quarterfinal matches. Ukrainian Dolgopolov and his quarterfinal opponent Marcel Granollers are only three spots apart on ATP rankings, yet there was a giant gap of quality between the unseeded players in [...] -
Del Potro beats Anderson in Basel, plays Gasquet in semis
Juan Martin Del Potro needed to come from a set down to make the semi finals in Basel, eventually defeating Kevin Anderson 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in a hard fought encounter. For much of the match, Anderson was serving massive with 20 aces in total. After an early break point was saved on [...] -
Radwanska beats Errani to reach WTA Championships SFs
With Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova both having won their first two matches at the season end championship in Istanbul and thus qualifying for the semis, the remaining two semi final spots were up for grabs between Agnieszka Radwanska and Sara Errani; and between Vika Azarenka and Li Na, who [...] -
Sharapova thrashes Stosur to finish top of White Group in Istanbul
Maria Sharapova ended Sam Stosur’s already brief Istanbul campaign with a straight sets rout on Friday evening at the Sinan Erdem Arena. Stosur had entered the tournament as a replacement for the virus-stricken Petra Kvitova, but the Australian could only muster a limited resistance against the second seed, who ends [...] -
Errani beats Stosur to grab her first win at WTA Championships
Seventh-seeded Italian Sara Errani achieved her first victory at WTA Championships in Istanbul by dismissing ninth seed Sam Stosur in a three-setter. The match that was marked by a huge number of break point opportunities, started with two dropped serves, one on each side. The players remained on level terms [...] -
Ferrer to play Almagro in Valencia Open 2012 QFs
David Ferrer won an all-Spanish 2nd round match at Valencia Open, whilst Nicolas Almagro progressed into the quarterfinal after playing three sets against Querrey. In the clash between two domestic players top seed Ferrer found himself in trouble at 2-2 in the fifth game of the opener, but rescued three [...] -
Del Potro beats Baker to reach Basel QFs, Youzhny also through
Juan Martin Del Potro moves on to the quarter finals in Basel after a fairly comfortable victory over Brian Baker, winning 7-5 6-1. Baker held his own for much of the first set, dropping just three points in his first five service games but was unable to do much on [...] -
Williams dispatches Azarenka to finish top of Red Group in Istanbul
The highly anticipated US Open final rematch between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was the second match in the Sinan Erdem Arena on Thursday. Williams had already secured her place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships thanks to victories over Angelique Kerber and Li Na, while Azarenka was looking [...] -
Dolgopolov and defending champion Granollers reach Valencia QFs
Defending champion Marcel Granollers came from a set down to move on to the quarter finals in Valencia, defeating Gilles Simon (4)6-7 6-3 6-2. John Isner’s exit meant Granollers was the only remaining seed in his half at the time of the match, giving him a great chance to be able [...]
