Archive for category: Tennis News
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Lacko meets Youzhny in Zagreb final
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia will play the first tour final of his career, when he meets Mikhail Youzhny in Zagreb on Sunday. Lacko upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semis, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-6 (3). The first set was decided in the 11th game, when Lacko broke Baghdatis’ [...] -
Monfils to face Berdych in Montpellier final
Defending champion Gael Monfils had to save a matchpoint to secure his place in the Open Sud Final in Montpellier. He beat his fellow countryman Gilles Simon 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-4. Monfils saved eight breakpoints in the second set and at 5-6 he had to save one match point too. [...] -
Berdych, Monfils and Simon reach semifinal in Montpellier
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic stormed into the semifinals of the Open Sud tournament in Montpellier, defeating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3 6-4. Also through are Gael Monfils of France, who dismissed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in two fairly easy sets 6-3 6-3. Nieminen was the one to win the [...] -
Mattek-Sands/Tecau win Australian Open mixed doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau captured the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title as they beat the Russian-Indian duo, Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes, in a three tough sets 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. The American-Romanian duo got off to a stronger start, breaking their opponents serve twice in the first set, [...] -
Djokovic beats Murray in drama at the Australian Open
Novak Djokovic once more proved his amazing mental strenght and showed us his fighting spirit as he moved into the Australian Open final, defeating british no.1 Andy Murray in an epic match 6-3 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-1 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park. The match lasted 4 [...] -
Kuznetsova and Zvonareva clinch 2012 Australian Open title
The unseeded Russian duo Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva won the 2012 Australian Open doubles title as they defeated Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 5-7 6-4 6-3. This is their first title as a pair, although they both won Grand Slam titles before, but with different partners. Kuznetsova and Zvonareva, [...] -
Nadal defeats Federer and moves into Australian Open Final
Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal and will have a chance to win his second title here in Sunday’s final. Although this wasn’t a final match between these two superstars, everyone was full of expectations as they stepped out on [...] -
Sharapova defeats Kvitova to make 2012 Australian Open Final
Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat second seed Petra Kvitova 6-2 3-6 6-4 and moved into the 2012 Australian Open final. This semifinal encounter between the Russian and the Czech was a rematch of the 2011 Wimbledon final, in which Kvitova prevailed. Sharapova started very strong, taking the first set [...] -
Azarenka beats Clisters and will play for aussie open title
Victoria Azarenka will play the first Grand Slam final of her career as she beat the defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semis. She will also have a chance to become world no.1 should she win the final. After taking the first set 6-4, the [...] -
Bryan Brothers to play Paes/Stepanek in aussie final
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved to the 2012 Australian Open final as they defeated Swede Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau of Romania in a hard fought match 4-6 6-3 7-6(5). They had to save a matchpoint at 5-6 in the third set, but Bob held his serve and all [...] -
Mirnyi/Nestor against Paes/Stepanek in aussie semifinals
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor booked their place in the Australian Open semifinals with a win over Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Christopher Kas of Germany, beating them6-1 6-7(4) 6-2. They haven’t faced a single break point on their serve, and despite losing the second set in a tiebreak, they [...] -
Sharapova and Kvitova to meet in the Australian Open SF
The 2008 Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova and the reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will meet in the 2012 Australian Open semifinal. Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3. Makarova was the one who knocked out the five-times champion Serena Williams in the round before. The Czech Kvitova moved [...] -
Djokovic moves into 2012 Australian Open SF, beats Ferrer
World no.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the last four at the 2012 Australian Open by defeating David Ferrer 6-4 7-6(4) 6-1. It was a very intense and tough match for both of the players, with some spectacular 35 shot rallies. The quality of the match was unbelievable in [...]
