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French Open Day 2: Four Matches to Watch
Rafael Nadal (3) vs Daniel Brands Court Philipp Chatrier The seven-time champion begins his run for a record breaking eighth title against the big serving German. Nadal has been in outstanding form, currently on a 15 match winning streak and although it is hard to see anything but number 16 coming [...] -
Federer eases into second round of French Open
Roger Federer eased into second round at Roland Garros 2013, whilst Gilles Simon turned around a five-setter against Hewitt. Sam Querrey also progressed. On the first day of this year’s edition of French Open the matches in the bottom part of the draw were played. One of the contenders for [...] -
Venus Williams and Petrova fall in first round of Roland Garros
Play got under way on the first day of the 2013 French Open on Sunday in cold and blustery conditions, but it warmed up and the night match was played in pleasant weather. The first seed to fall was number eleven, Nadia Petrova of Russia. She took the first set [...] -
Roland Garros 2013 – Women’s First Round Matches Preview
There used to be a time when the women’s draw was said to lack depth in the early rounds of a grand slam event. But with a dozen teenagers in the top 100 and a number of former top players who have struggled and fallen out of the top [...] -
Montanes captures Nice title with straight sets victory over Monfils
Gael Monfils was stopped by Albert Montanes in the Open de Nice Côte d’Azur 2013 final match. The French wild card holder’s fine run of form in Nice this week ended with today’s final match against 32-year-old Spaniard Montanes who prevailed after seventy-free minutes of play. He lifted his sixth [...] -
French Open Men’s 2013 Singles Draw Breakdown
You can check out the full draw here: French Open 2013 Men’s Draw The French Open draw is finally here and one thing stands out straight away. The drama surrounding a potential Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic quarter final was defused after Andy Murray’s withdrawal pushed the Spaniard into the top four [...] -
Ivan Lendl Tennis Career Statistics and Grand Slam titles
Of the four top players of the late 1970s/early 1980s (Connors, Borg, McEnroe, Lendl), Ivan Lendl was the youngest and the last to make an impact on the Tour.Not only was he part of that earlier illustrious group, but his career also straddled the succeeding generation which included Boris Becker, [...] -
Monaco wins Dusseldorf title after beating Nieminen in final
Third seed Juan Monaco was crowned the first Dusseldorf king as he brushed aside his sixth-seeded final challenger Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in straight sets, making their head-to-head record 2-2. The Argentine will thus start his next week’s Rolland Garros campaign backed by the eighth ATP title. 29-year-old Monaco, who [...] -
Kanepi defeats Peng in Brussels final
The final of the Brussels Open was played on the same afternoon as the semi finals had been completed, because of rain disruptions throughout almost every day of this tournament. 8th seeded Shuai Peng of China took on 40th ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia after the doubles final finished. In [...] -
Cornet lifts the trophy in Strasbourg
The final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg tournament was played after a marathon doubles final between 3rd seeds Cara Black and Marina Erakovic and 4th seeds Kimiko Date Krumm and Chanelle Scheepers. The Japanese/South African duo won the first set 6-4 and the Zimbabwean/New Zealand team won the second 6-3, [...] -
Peng and Kanepi book Brussels final spot
After losing more than two day’s play in total due to heavy rain, the organisers of the Brussels Open have been playing catch up for most of the week and had to redo the schedule so that many players landed up playing two matches a day. Play on Wednesday, when [...] -
Monaco overcomes Pella to reach Dusseldorf final, Nieminen ousts Sijsling
Juan Monaco and Jarkko Nieminen will square off against each other in the Power Horse Cup 2013 final in Dusseldorf. Highest seeded semifinalist Monaco came one step closer to grabbing his eighth ATP title. In the first ATP encounter with his compatriot Pella, who started the tournament in qualifications, the [...] -
Monfils hits top form, books Nice final against Montanes
Gael Monfils defeated Andujar to set up an Open de Nice Côte d’Azur 2013 final against Albert Montanes. Wild card holder Monfils battled his way into the Saturday’s Nice final by dismissing Pablo Andujar of Spain in straight sets. The Frenchman was dominating the first half of the opening set [...]
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