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Olympics: Kvitova Sets Up a QF with Maria Kirilenko
In a surprisingly straightforward match, Petra Kvitova defeated Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, 6-3 6-0 to reach the QFs, where she will face Maria Kirilenko of Russia. Kvitova won the first set by going up an early break. The former Wimbledon Champion and 2011′s WTA Player of the Year has a hard-hitting [...] -
Venus Williams bows out of Olympic tournament as Kim Clijsters powers through
Five time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams crashed out of the 2012 London Olympic Tennis tournament as seventh seed Angelique Kerber of Germany won in straight sets to progress to the Quarter Finals. Williams was broke as early as the second game but managed to break back in the eighth to [...] -
Fish and Querrey move into last 16 at the Citi Open in Washington
At the ATP Citi Open in Washington, number one seed Mardy Fish from the USA had to overcome a tricky first game against Germany’s Bjorn Phau, but made it through after a three set win 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. He will now face wildcard entrant from Lithuania Ricardas Berankis who saw [...] -
Murray through to first Olympics Quater-final
You can view the match as it happened here: Murray – Baghdatis Match Commentary A sluggish start couldn’t prevent Andy Murray from battling past Cyprus’ Marcos Baghdatis to make his first ever Olympics quarter-final. The Brit came through 4-6 6-1 6-4 in an hour and 58 minutes. The man who [...] -
Isner ends Tipsarevic’s Olympics Gold dream
American John Isner progressed to the next round of the Olympic Tennis in a thrilling straight sets win over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. Both men were eager to go all the way and it was a hard fought match, that the score doesn’t reflect. The first set was very much game for [...] -
Juan Martin Del Potro marches on to the Olympic Quarter Finals
At Wimbledon on Wednesday, eighth seed in the Men’s Olympic Tennis tournament, Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro faced twelfth seed Gilles Simon of France for a place in the last eight. Del Potro had enjoyed a fairly comfortable route through to the third round of the competition, having not dropped [...] -
Azarenka overcomes Petrova in London, Kirilenko joins her in the QFs
After rain suspended play soon after matches started today, number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus took on the experienced Russian, Nadia Petrova, seeded sixteen, in what turned out to be a real battle which lasted almost two hours. The first set went to a tiebreaker, which Azarenka took 8-6; [...] -
Federer/Wawrinka lose in second round of the London Olympics
The Swiss team of Roger Federer and Stanislaw Wawrinka took on the Israeli team of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in the second round of doubles competition at Wimbledon today, after their match was postponed yesterday due to bad weather. Neither Federer nor Wawrinka, the sixth seeds at these Olympics, [...] -
Serena Williams cruises into QFs in the women’s Olympic tournament
In the women’s draw of the Olympic Tennis tournament on Wednesday, current Wimbledon champion and fourth seed for this tournament, Serena Williams of the USA , continued her incredible march to a first Olympic medal with an emphatic straight sets win against thirteenth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia. Williams had [...] -
Murray – Baghdatis 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Murray v Baghdatis 4-6 6-1 6-4: A net cord a piece before Murray passes down the line. An overhead smash from the Cypriot makes it 15-15. What a point! Tiring rally for both players but Baghdatis holds his nerve to smash the ball down the line. Not so clever next [...] -
Djokovic comes back from a set down against Hewitt, books an Olympic QF place
World no.2 Novak Djokovic came back from a set down to defeat former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, beating him 4-6 7-5 6-1 and booking a quarterfinal place at the 2012 London Olympics. With this win, the Serb improved his head to head record against Hewitt to 7-1 and [...] -
Djokovic – Hewitt 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Djokovic v Hewitt: 4-6 7-5 6-1 RESULT Always a strong battle from Lleyton Hewitt so a good win for the world no2 but he wasn’t too happy with the surface again and the wind certainly caused him a few problems. Up next for him? Either Feliciano Lopez or Jo-Wilfred Tsonga [...] -
Olympics: Tsonga Defeats Raonic 25-23 in Decider, Match Sets Record for Longest Set of Tennis Played at the Olympics
In a long match that started at noon on court 1 and finished just before 7pm, partly due to a rain delay early in the third set, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Milos Raonic, 6-3 3-6 25-23. The match broke records for the longest set of tennis played at the Olympics. [...]
