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Robson Continues Run, Downs 9th Seed Li in 3 Sets
The teenage sensation who ended Kim Clijster’s singles career continued her run by defeating the 9th seed and former French Open champion Li Na in 3 sets. Laura Robson of the UK had never made it past the 2nd round in a grand slam tournament until two days ago and [...] -
Kvitova Outlasts Wozniacki, will Play Li in WTA Rogers Cup Final
After playing two grueling matches on Saturday, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki did not have enough left to battle Petra Kvitova for a spot in the WTA Rogers Cup final. Wozniacki was strong in the first set, attacking Kvitova who was struggling on her serve. Aided by a slew of double faults [...] -
Wozniak out, Wozniacki and Kvitova into the Semifinals in Montreal
Aleksandra Wozniak’s fairytale run at her hometown tournament ended on Saturday when she was defeated by the 7th seed Caroline Wozniacki. Trying to become the first Canadian player to reach the semifinals at Montreal, the wildcard came up short, losing 6-4, 6-4. Coming off an three-set victory over American Varvara [...] -
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 [...] -
Azarenka, Serena Williams Reach Olympic Second Round
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus made her Olympic debut today with a victory over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu. Azarenka raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set before the Romanian was finally able to get on the scoreboard. It was too little too late though, with the Belarusian wrapping up the [...] -
Kitzbühel: Kohlschreiber Shakes off Slow Start to Reach Bet-at-Home Cup Finals
First seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and his opponent Filippo Volandri both played two matches yesterday after rained delays wreaked havoc in Kitzbühel. The world no. 99 Volandri, who played 4 sets compared to Kohlschreiber’s 3.5 sets on Thursday, got off to the better start. He served at 69% in the first [...] -
Rosol, Odesnik are First Round Winners in Kitzbühel
Best known for defeating Spaniard Nadal at this year’s Wimbledon, world no. 97 Lukas Rosol triumphed over Russia’s Teymuraz Gabashvili. The first set saw both players break each others serve twice, which eventually led to a tiebreaker. Rosol managed to squeeze out a 7-4 win and took an early lead [...] -
Wimbledon 2012 Mens Draw – Quick Analysis
The Wimbledon 2012 Men’s Draw has just been released. In depth Analysis will follow, but here is a quick run down: First quarter: Novak Djokovic opens with an interesting match with past French open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, but is unlikely to be tested until the quarters where he could [...] -
John Isner Interview Pre Wimbledon 2012
It was great for the Stevegtennis.com team to catch up with world number 10 John Isner. John knew all about our site and said hello to all the stevegtennis followers. John talks about the recovery time from his record breaking match against Mahut at Wimbledon 2010. In 11 hours 5 [...] -
Novak Djokovic Interview – Pre Wimbledon 2012
The Stevegtennis.com tennis team managed to get this great pre Wimbledon 2012 interview from defending champion and world number 1 Novak Djokovic. In this 7 minute interview Novak talks about the defence of his Wimbledon title and the Olympics shortly afterwards. -
Cilic to face Nalbandian in Queen’s final
Marin Cilic booked his place in Sunday’s final of the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club after defeating 2010 champion Sam Querrey 6-3 3-6 6-3. The conditions were far from perfect, strong wind making life difficult for both players. The Croat, who struggled with the wind at the beginning of [...] -
Federer defeats Youzhny, plays Haas in Halle final
Roger Federer moved into his 7th Gerry Weber Open final after overcoming Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in today’s semifinal, winning 6-1 6-4. The Swiss played some high quality grass court tennis as he stormed to take the first set in just 21 minutes, breaking Youzhny twice. Youzhny was struggling with Federer’s [...] -
Tsonga crashes out of Queen’s
Last year’s finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out of this year’s AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club as he lost to Croat Ivan Dodig in today’s third round. Dodig prevailed in three hard fought sets, winning 7-6 (3) 3-6 7-6 (5) in 2 and a half hours. Both players had a [...]
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