Archive for category: Tennis News
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A Tale of Two Finalists: Maria Sharapova and Sara Errani
The French Open this year has provided us with plenty of twists and turns, many of which have come from the female players on court. Whilst the men’s semi-finals draw holds no surprises – Federer and Djokovic are to face off, whilst fellow Big Four member Nadal is set to [...] -
Nadal to play Ferrer in the French Open semis
Rafael Nadal will play fellow Spaniard David Ferrer for a place in the 2012 Roland Garros final. Defending champion Nadal is yet to drop a set at this year’s French Open after defeating Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4) 6-2 6-3 in today’s quarterfinals. Although the score suggests a fairly straight forward [...] -
Federer to play Djokovic in Rome Masters semifinal
The Italian crowd is going to be in for a treat as they will have a chance to witness a big showdown between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in Saturday’s semifinal at the Rome Tennis Masters. World no.1 and defending champion Djokovic was the first one to book his place [...] -
Berdych on top form, outclasses Verdasco to reach Madrid SFs
6th seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic is on the run at this year’s Madrid Open. He outclassed the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in today’s quarterfinal, only allowing him three games on his way to a 6-1 6-2 victory. Berdych cruised through the first set, breaking Verdasco in the 4th game [...] -
Del Potro beats Montanes, sets up Wawrinka SF in Estoril
Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro booked his place in the Estoril Open semifinals after beating former champion Albert Montanes of Spain in two easy sets 6-2 6-2. Defending champion del Potro, who hasn’t played a competitive match for the last 5 weeks, managed to break his opponent 6 times [...] -
Lopez eliminates Tomic, plays Kohlschreiber in Munich SFs
No.2 seed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez moved into the BMW Open semifinals after defeating Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-2. Lopez serve was working perfectly today and with 14 aces fired, the Spaniard got his revenge for the 2011 Australian Open second round defeat against Tomic. In Saturday’s semis, Lopez will face [...] -
Koellerer gets lifetime ban, loses appeal
28 year old Austrian tennis player Daniel Koellerer got a lifetime ban for match-fixing as he lost his appeal with the Court for Arbitration for Sport. The ban was imposed by the Tennis Integrity Unit and Koellerer was accused of making “invitations to other tennis players to fix matches on [...] -
Davydenko beats Blake, Bellucci loses in Miami
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat the American James Blake in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami 4-6 6-4 6-4. Davydenko, who won the title here in 2008, defeating Nadal in the final, will meet the Indian Wells finalist John Isner in round two. The Brazilian Thomaz [...] -
Federer beats Nadal in Indian Wells, plays some amazing tennis
Roger Federer defeated his biggest opponent Rafael Nadal and moves into the BNP Paribas Open final. Federer played some amazing tennis and this was probably of his best ever performances against Nadal as he took the match in straight sets 6-3 6-4. The conditions were far from perfect. After a [...] -
Isner beats Djokovic in a thriller, plays for title in Indian Wells
Novak Djokovic surprisingly loses his match against the American John Isner in the semifinal of the Indian Wells Masters. Isner beat the Serbian in three tough sets 7-6 (7) 3-6 7-6 (5). Djokovic broke Isner to love and went 2-1 up in the first set. Both players held their service [...] -
Djokovic wins against Almagro, reaches semifinal in Indian Wells
Novak Djokovic is on the best way to defend his title at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. He defeated the Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in straight sets 6-3 6-4 and moved into the semifinals. Djokovic started the first set with a lot of confidence, breaking Almagro in the 4th [...] -
Federer overcomes a scare, beats Bellucci in Indian Wells
Roger Federer overcame a scare as he beat the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in three sets 3-6 6-3 6-4 and moved into the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters. The first set went surprisingly to the Brazilian. Federer struggled with his groundstrokes, making too many unforced errors (13). In the [...] -
Del Potro beats Istomin, plays Federer next at Indian Wells
Juan Martin del Potro fulfilled all the expectations as he overcame Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, winning 7-6 (2) 6-7 (6) 6-2 and setting up a match against Roger Federer in the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters. The Argentine broke Istomin’s serve in the 5th game and was serving [...]
