Andy Murray cruised into the last 8 of the Barcelona Open after he overpowered Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-1 6-2. Two breaks of serve for Murray secured him the first set. He took Giraldo’s serve at the beginning of set 2, but the Colombian broke back to level the score at [...]
First seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal didn’t give his countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez too much of a chance as he destroyed him in the second round of the Barcelona Open, winning 6-1 6-2. Defending champion Nadal is on form, having also won the Monte Carlo Masters last week. He will next play [...]
Number one seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals as he beat Robin Haase of Netherlands 6-4 6-2. Djokovic has struggled with his serve in the first set, Haase breaking him in the very opening game. Although the Serbian managed to take his opponent’s serve [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray moved into the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters quarterfinals as his opponent Julien Benneteau of France was forced to retire due to an ankle injury at 6-5 for Murray. At 5-5 in the first set, Benneteau twisted his right ankle while chasing down a shot. He received [...]
Third seed Andy Murray became the first tennis player to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as he eliminated the Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-0 6-3. The Brit took control of the match from the beginning and didn´t allow his opponent a single game in set 1. [...]
Oh boy, he is was so close to winning it! And not once, but three times he got into the final of a Grand Slam tournament, but that’s not good enough to become immortal. In those three finals (2008 US Open, 2010 and 2011 Australian Open) it seemed that he [...]
Novak Djokovic defended his Miami Masters title as he beat his friend and world no.4 Andy Murray 6-1 7-6 (4) in Sunday’s final. Despite the scoreline, it was a very hard fought match that lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes and the Serbian world no.1 played his best tennis in [...]
World no.1 Novak Djokovic cruised into the Miami final after defeating Juan Monaco of Argentina in straight sets 6-0 7-6 (5). The Serbian played a dream opening set as he didn’t allow Monaco a single game and won 24 out of 32 points. His consistent ground strokes and solid serving [...]
British no.1 Andy Murray will play for the title at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami after his opponent Rafael Nadal withdrew from their semifinal match. Nadal pulled out of the match due to a knee injury he picked up in the previous match, when he had to call for [...]
No.2 seed Spaniard Rafael Nadal had to fight hard for his victory against the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he beat him in three sets 6-2 5-7 6-4 and moved into the Miami Open semifinals. The match started well for Nadal, who broke Tsonga in the very first game despite being [...]
No.4 seed Andy Murray booked his place in the Miami Masters semifinals as he beat the Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in quite windy conditions 4-6 6-3 6-4. The first set started with two breaks of serve and both players held their service games until the 5th game, when Murray struck again, [...]
No.4 seed Andy Murray battled past the Frenchman Gilles Simon as he won in straight sets 6-3 6-4 and reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Tennis Masters. The first set started with a brutal service game from Murray that lasted an unbelievable 16 minutes. The Brit faced three break points [...]
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov upset the no.7 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic, beating him 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Dimitrov has now got a 2-0 head to head record against the Czech. In their first encounter, he defeated Berdych in three [...]
World no.4 Andy Murray beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-2 6-3 and is through to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. The Brit seems to be back in form, which will please his coach Ivan Lendl, who was present at the match this time. Murray won [...]
