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Goerges beats Hantuchova in Linz, Mattek-Sands defeats Paszek
Veteran Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, now ranked at number 38 (her highest ranking was number 5 at the beginning of 2003) took on the German number 2 who is number 19 in the WTA rankings and the 5th seed in this tournament, Julia Goerges. The first set was very tightly fought, [...] -
Verdasco beats Monaco, plays Cilic in 3rd round of Shanghai
Spaniard Fernando Verdasco advanced into the 3rd round of Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012 after overcoming 7th seeded Argentine Juan Monaco in straight sets 6-4 6-2. Verdasco, who missed out some tournaments due to a writs injury, took Monaco’s serve in the third game of the first set and managed to [...] -
Raonic and Simon advance into second round of Shanghai Masters
Canadian Milos Raonic defeated Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in the first round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, prevailing in straight sets 7-6 (4) 6-3. Raonic, who reached the Japan Open final last week and and has won two ATP titles this year so far, went up a break in [...] -
How Does Tennis Magazine Stack Up?
This is not a good time for print tennis magazines. World Tennis died in 1991 and for all intents and purposes, Tennis Week died when illustrious founder-publisher Gene Scott died in 2005, though a vastly inferior TW lingered on a bit longer. Tennis magazine never equaled those two giants [...] -
Isner wins three set thriller against Anderson in Shanghai 2nd round
8th seeded American John Isner beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a three set thriller in the second round of Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012, prevailing 7-6 (3) 6-7 (8) 7-6 (7). Both players are famous for their big serves and they proved it in today’s encounter. With no breaks [...] -
Mayer beats Tomic in first round of Shanghai, Nishikori also wins
German Florian Mayer advanced into the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012 after beating Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-0. This was the third win for the German against Tomic, who is yet to beat Mayer on the tour. After a fairly tight first set, Tomic didn’t stand a [...] -
Stosur through to second round in Osaka, Chang beats McHale
For many years, Aussie Sam Stosur was only known as a doubles player – and one at the very top – but she decided to see how good she could also be at singles. This change in her outlook has proven to be a good one, as she now hovers [...] -
Barthel and Safarova out of Generali Ladies in Linz
In the second last match on centre court at the Generali Ladies Linz tournament, after two qualifying singles and two main draw doubles matches, the twenty two year old German Mona Barthel, ranked at 37, took on the twenty one year old Dutch player Kiki Bertens, ranked at number 60. [...] -
Haas beats Almagro in first round of Shanghai Masters 2012
Former world no.2 Tommy Haas came back from a set down to defeat world no.10 Nicolas Almagro in the first round of the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters, prevailing 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-2. The German managed to avert seven out of eight break points against Almagro, who is bidding for his [...] -
Gasquet defeats Baker in Shanghai, Dolgopolov also through to 2nd round
11th seeded Richard Gasquet reached the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters 2012 after eliminating American qualifier Brian Baker in straight sets 6-2 6-3. With this victory, the Frenchman kept his ATP World Tour Finals hopes alive. Gasquet outclassed his opponent in the first set, racing to a 5-0 [...] -
Cilic and Verdasco through to second round of Shanghai Masters
Croat Marin Cilic needed 1 hour and 33 minutes to advance into the second round of the 2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters as he defeated Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot in straight sets 7-5 6-3. 10th seeded Cilic, who overpovered Kubot from the baseline and served quite well throughout the whole match [...] -
The Last Word: Quotes From the World of Tennis Vol.3
More tennis quotes here: Interesting Tennis Quotes Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “To win the China Open is a dream for me, because I’ve never been able to do so well here [...] -
Djokovic defeats Tsonga to win third Beijing title
Novak Djokovic became the second three-times winner of the China Open with a straight sets victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Despite serving 9 aces, Tsonga could not do enough to avoid Djokovic from pulling off a 7-6 (4) 6-2 win. It was the Frenchman who started fast, attacking the Djokovic serve and gaining [...]
