Archive for category: London Olympics
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Federer Makes Hard Work of Isner to Set Up Olympic Semi Final Clash with Del Potro
John Isner was always going to be a tough nut to crack and he proved his worth against the world no.1 on Centre Court today. Roger Federer eventually triumphed in straight sets, but it took a nervous tie-break to separate the two players in the second. The tenth seeded American [...] -
Olympic second seed Novak Djokovic through to the Semi-Final
Thursday saw the men’s singles Olympic Quarter Finals take place at Wimbledon and one of the most eagerly anticipated matches saw fifth seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France take on second seed and former Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia. Djokovic had been taken to three sets in the first round [...] -
Federer – Isner 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Federer v Isner 6-4 7-6 (2-3) GAME, SET, MATCH: FEDERER 6-6 (7-5): A stunning first serve from Federer and it’s match point. Isner serves but the return from Federer trickles over the net to give the Swiss player the win. The first thing Federer does is give his opponent an [...] -
Djokovic – Tsonga 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Djokovic v Tsonga 6-1 7-5 FINAL Tsonga probably won’t be watching any replays of that second set but it was a very efficient display from the Serbian who looks to have raised his level for the latter stages of this competition. Too many errors in all from the Frenchman but [...] -
Murray Defeats Almagro in Olympic QFs, Storms into Semis
After being seriously tested in the third round by Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, UK hopeful and third seed Andy Murray made easy work of his quarterfinal opponent. Ranked no. 12 in the world, Nicolas Almagro had not dropped a set in the tournament thus far and was the only Spaniard [...] -
Olympics: Tsonga Brushes Aside Fatigue and Defeats Feliciano Lopez to Reach QFs
After Tsonga’s marathon match in R2 against Milos Raonic yesterday, which he won 25-23 in the deciding set, tennis observers would have been well-justified to suspect that Tsonga would not be able to withstand the pressure of another match against a formidable, if not always consistent, opponent in Feliciano [...] -
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 [...] -
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, [...] -
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 [...] -
Federer Shaky in First Set, but Manages Win to Reach Olympic QFs
Fresh off his clean win against Julien Benneteau in his second round match, world no. 1 Roger Federer looked poised to repeat his performance against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. The Swiss set the pace early and rushed to a 3-0 in the first set. Looking as if things were firmly [...]
