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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. [...] -
Spain’s Lopez defeats Monaco of Argentina to reach third round
The second round of the Olympic Tennis competition continued at Wimbledon on Tuesday and another men’s seed fell as Spain’s Feliciano Lopez beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco, the ninth seed, to secure a place in the last sixteen. Lopez had eventually seen off Dmitry Tursonov of Russia in the first round [...] -
Hewitt upsets Cilic, Baghdatis also through to play Murray at Olympics
Australian Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s singles at the London Olympic games. He beat Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets, in one of the surprises of this round. Being a former Wimbledon champion (as well as US Open champion) he was back on familiar [...] -
Djokovic Lays on Olympic Master Class for Roddick
Novak Djokovic was the firm favourite going into this Olympic match-up with Andy Roddick, and under the roof on Centre Court he gave the three time Wimbledon finalist a lesson in tennis-playing brilliance. In a match that pitted a former world no.1 against the current world no.2, there was always [...] -
Sharapova defeats battling Robson, advances into third round at the Olympics
Maria Sharapova had to dig deep to book herself a place in the third round of the 2012 London Olympics. The Russian defeated the British young talent Laura Robson, needing a tiebreak in the first set, just before closing out the match with a 7-6 (5) 6-3 scoreline. The players [...] -
Venus Williams beats Wozniak, Lisicki sees of Shvedova in the second round of Olympics
In a very tightly fought second round match, Sabine Lisicki of Germany overcame the spirited play of the unseeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, 4-6 6-3 7-5. Play was suspended at a critical point in the match, when Shvedova led 6-4 3-6 3-2, once again because of the rain which has [...] -
Olympics: Nishikori Battles Past Davydenko in the Second Round
In a tightly contested battle between the wily veteran Nikolay Davydenko of Russia against the up-and-coming Japanese no. 1 Kei Nishikori, the two seem evenly matched from the start. The pair raced to a score of 4-4 in the first set before rain delayed the match. After the skies over [...] -
Olympics: Murray Marches on, Rain Delays Play
Under the cover of the centre court roof, 3rd seed and hometown favorite Andy Murray marched past his second round opponent Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. Representing Great Britain, Murray was impressive in his first round appearance against Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, winning that match in straight sets. He showed much of [...] -
Djokovic vs Roddick Live – Olympics Live 2012
Djokovic v. Roddick: FINAL 6-2 6-1 6-1: Roddick takes a point on Djoko’s serve, and then another! The crowd approve, somewhat optimistically hoping for a third set. Then normal service is resumed and some excellent tennis at the net brings us to a match point which Roddick saves to force [...] -
Isner and Tipsarevic to meet in the third round of the London Olympics
Tenth seed in the men’s Olympic tennis tournament, American John Isner, progressed into the third round at the expense of Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri. The big serving American produced a straight sets win on Wimbledon’s court no.1. Coming out on top in the first set tiebreak, he secured his passage through [...]
