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Clijsters and Wozniacki survive second round of the Olympics
Unseeded Belgian champion Kim Clijsters and eight seed Caroline Wozniacki secured their spots in the third round of London Olympic tournament, while Carla Suarez Navarro and Yanina Wickmayer found themselves on the losing side of the second round matches. 29-years old Clijsters remains a contender for 2012 London Olympic medal. [...] -
Federer one step closer to Olympic Gold
2012 Wimbledon champion Roger Federer faced France’s Julien Benneteau in the second round of the 2012 London Olympic Tennis tournament played today. The pair had met in the third round of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, where the Frenchman had taken Federer to five sets, before eventually being beaten 6-1 in [...] -
Djokovic eliminated in Olympic doubles, Tsonga past the first round
Eight-seeded Serbs Djokovic and Troicki suffered a two-set loss against Swedish couple Brunstrom/Lindstedt in the first round of men’s doubles Olympic tournament. The Swedes won the first set in a tie-break, and the second one was decided after the Serbs gave away their serve for the only time in the [...] -
Federer/Wawrinka and the Bryan Bros advance into second round at the Olympics
Sixth-seeded Swiss couple needed three sets and almost two and half hours to defeat Nishikori and Soeda of Japan in the first round of men’s doubles Olympic clash. The Swiss won all of their serves in the match, but found themselves 0-1 back due to first set tie-break. They nonetheless [...] -
Federer demolishes Benneteau, moves into third round at the Olympics
Roger Federer made sure not to repeat his marathon match against Julien Benneteau from Wimbledon this year, when he had to fight back from two sets down to win the match. In the second round of the 2012 London Olympics, the Swiss destroyed his French opponent in merely and hour, [...] -
Ivanovic into third round as Baltacha fails to match former no.1′s play
Two days after revealing that she needs surgery on at least one of her ankles and could quit professional tennis after London 2012, British no. 1 Elena Baltacha lost a well-fought match to Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). With her ankle heavily strapped up, Baltacha was left battling to [...] -
Lopez wins a marathon, Monaco eases through
Feliciano Lopez had to fight hard to get through to the next round at the London Olympic games today. He was up against the Russian Dmitry Tursunov who managed to steal the first set 9-7 on a tie break. Leaving Tursunov only needing one more set to progress, Lopez from [...] -
Olympics: Venus Williams Overcomes Early Challenge, Robson Impressive in Debut
2000 Olympic gold medalist Venus Williams defeated 9th seed and 2012′s Roland Garros finalist Sara Errani in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. While Errani has been having a breakthrough year with her QF and finalist appearances at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, along with the four titles she’s won this [...] -
Hewitt advances into round two at Olympics, Gasquet dismisses Haase
A day later than planned due to rain, Leyton Hewitt has boosted Australian hopes by progressing into the second round of the Olympics Tennis, keeping his dreams of the Gold medal alive. In what turned out to be a very thrilling but hard fought match Hewitt broke Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky [...] -
Cilic beats Melzer, Davydenko overcomes Stepanek at the Olympics
Marin Cilic and Nikolay Davydenko proceed to the second round of the London Olympic tournament without giving away a set. World No. 14 Croat Cilic, who was victorious on grass courts of Queen’s Club a month ago, fought a hard battle against Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the first set. It [...] -
Querrey Extends Win Streak with 3rd Straight LA Title
Second seed Sam Querrey extended his win streak in Los Angeles to a lucky 13 matches with a 6-0 6-2 victory against Ricardas Berankis in the final. The world no. 103 Berankis was playing in his first ATP final. The American made his presence known early, taking the first set [...] -
Tsonga dismisses Bellucci, Ferrer overpowers Pospisil at the Olympics
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who lost at this year’s Wimbledon semis against the Brit Murray, made his way through to the second round of the 2012 London Olympics. The Frenchman defeated Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 under the closed roof of the All England Club centre court. [...] -
Japan’s Nishikori ousts Tomic at London Olympics
Fourth seed David Ferrer and fifteenth seed Kei Nishikori defeated their opponents in first round matches in the top half of the men’s singles Olympic draw. They were better than Vasek Pospisil and Bernard Tomic respectively. Although 5th-ranked Spaniard Ferrer is a clay court specialist, he nevertheless reached this year’s [...]
