US Open New York, NY, USA August 27-September 9, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $24,054,000 First Round (1)Roger Federer (SUI) d. Donald Young (USA) 6-2 6-3 6-4 Bjorn Phau (GER) d. (q)Maxime Authom (BEL) 6-2 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) Albert Ramos (ESP) d. (WC)Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4 [...]
After Novak Djokovic’s excellent 2011 that saw him take three grand slams and five Masters 1000 titles, it definitely seemed like he was ready to hold the number one spot for a lengthy amount of time, possibly even years. However, with only three titles so far this year (Australian Open, [...]
US Open 2012, the fourth Grand Slam Tournament of the year, will commence on Monday (27th August – 9th September). The Draws for both men’s and women’s competitions are to be released tomorrow (Thursday 23rd August) at 12pm ET and stevegtennis will bring you a detailed preview and analysis. Seeding [...]
Befitting his official ATP ranking status of No. 1 in the world, 17-time Grand Slam winner and all-round tennis ace Roger Federer has been confirmed as the top seed for the US Open this year. Seedings were officially announced this week, with draws for the men’s field expected to be [...]
US Open New York, NY, USA August 27-September 9, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $24,054,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Rochus 105) 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. David Ferrer (ESP) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Juan Martin Del Potro [...]
For full draw, click Here In the final tournament before the US Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych headline a strong Winston Salem Open event with 250 points on offer for the winner and more importantly, much needed confidence for next week. Last years finalists Julien Benneteau and John Isner also compete here. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face either Marcos Baghdatis or Thomaz Bellucci in the [...]
Jeremy Chardy of France produced a superb display to beat third seed Andy Murray of Great Britain in the third round of the ATP Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. In the head-to-head between the two players, Murray had won all four previous matches and was the favourite to progress [...]
Third seed Andy Murray proceeds with ease, unseeded Radek Stepanek surprises Juan Monaco in 2012 Cincinnati Masters second round. Unseeded American Sam Querrey, who conquered Los Angeles two weeks ago, had won the last head-to-head match against Murray two years ago, but was far from success this time around in [...]
Jeremy Chardy of France defeated American player Andy Roddick 7-6 6-3 in 92 minutes in the first round of Cincinnati Masters. Chardy entered the draw as a lucky loser, replacing injured John Isner. Chardy and Roddick showed some quality tennis throughout the first set and with no breaks of serve, [...]
“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting; what they don’t reveal is essential!” — Anonymous When Andy Murray routed Roger Federer for the Olympic gold medal, he turned the Big 3 into the Big 4. But Murray still hasn’t won a Grand Slam title, while Federer has [...]
There has been a lot written about Brian Baker, and rightly so, because of his tennis accomplishments so far during 2012. After 6 years of non participation in competitive tennis, he entered a series of ITF Futures and Challenger events in 2011 and early 2012 in which he played very [...]
Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt proceed to second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters while sixteenth seed Andy Roddick drops out. Querrey, Istomin, Troicki, and Chardy are also through. German veteran Haas has been in a great form recently as he won the Halle tournament in June and played some superb [...]
As the American hard court swing really gets underway, Juan Martin Del Potro remains forever the enigma. Viewed by many as the best player outside the top four, his fans expectantly await the day when he lifts a second Grand Slam title. However, since clinching the US Open three years [...]
ATP Winston Salem Winston Salem, U.S.A. August 20-25, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 48 $553,125 Singles Seeds: (cut: Darcis 75) 1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 2. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 3. John Isner (USA) 4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 5. Andy Roddick (USA) 6. Marcel Granollers (ESP) 7. Sam Querrey (USA) 8. Julien [...]
