The second round of the Olympic Tennis competition continued at Wimbledon on Tuesday and another men’s seed fell as Spain’s Feliciano Lopez beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco, the ninth seed, to secure a place in the last sixteen. Lopez had eventually seen off Dmitry Tursonov of Russia in the first round [...]
Andy Murray of Team GB made light work of his second round match this afternoon under the roof on centre court at Wimbledon, when he easily dispatched Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in two easy sets, 6-2 6-4, in exactly one hour and a minute. The Scot hit six aces, played some [...]
Under the cover of the centre court roof, 3rd seed and hometown favorite Andy Murray marched past his second round opponent Jarkko Nieminen of Finland. Representing Great Britain, Murray was impressive in his first round appearance against Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, winning that match in straight sets. He showed much of [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of June 25, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 533 35 2 Isner, John 477 34 3 Anderson, Kevin 379 34 4 Federer, Roger 361 45 5 Almagro, Nicolas 354 50 6 Berdych, Tomas 353 46 7 Tipsarevic, Janko 326 43 8 Tsonga, [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of July 16, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 609 39 2 Isner, John 580 40 3 Almagro, Nicolas 454 57 4 Federer, Roger 432 52 5 Anderson, Kevin 399 35 6 Tipsarevic, Janko 390 50 7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 386 47 8 Kohlschreiber, [...]
What is more treasured: a Grand Slam title or an Olympics gold medal? When tennis returned to the Olympic Games as a medal sport in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus, even posing this question was unimaginable. Cynics and critics, including the esteemed writer-broadcaster Bud Collins, then contended tennis didn’t need [...]
In the first indoor tennis match at the Olympic Games for 100 years, hometown favorite Andy Murray of Great Britain defeated Swiss no. 2 Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets. Three weeks after his devastating loss to Roger Federer on the same court at Wimbledon, Murray looked on-point today against Wawrinka. [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 17, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 26, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 3, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 10, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of October 29, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 57 66 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 81 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 81 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 53 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 54 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 5, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 68 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 82 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 86 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 12, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 89 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
