If you’ve been confused or caught unawares of the ATP’s new time violation rule, don’t worry. Many players themselves are also scrambling (literally) in some matches to get up to speed (pun intended) on the new rule. While the debate continues on if the game itself will be helped as [...]
Follow the Federer vs Raonic match Live here: Federer vs Raonic Live Commentary Australian Open 2013 The first slam of the year comes round in the form of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. Novak Djokovic hopes to become the first player to win the tournament three times in [...]
The Australian Open 2013 Men’s Draw has been released this morning Melbourne time (please see the full draw below). Bottom half of the draw: Roger Federer finds himself in the toughest quarter of the draw, not only could he potentially face former world no.3 Nikolay Davydenko in round two, the [...]
Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray Australian Open 2013 final as it happended: Djokovic beats Murray to win third Australian Open title in a row Australian Open Melbourne, Australia January 14-27, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $15,000,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kukushkin 107) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. [...]
The final week of preparation before the first slam of the year sees two tournaments, both in Oceania. The Apia International in Sydney is one of the oldest tournaments in the history of tennis, dating back to 1885. The tournament boasts an extraordinary list of winners including the likes of Lew Hoad, [...]
Andy Murray successfully defended his Brisbane International title after defeating Bulgaria´s Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (0) 6-4 in the final. In his first final ever, Dimitrov got off to a perfect start as he raced to a 4-1 lead just before the top seed Brit picked up his game. The Bulgarian [...]
Defending champion Andy Murray booked his place in the Brisbane International 2013 final after his opponent Kei Nishikori of Japan retired when trailing 6-4 2-0. Nishikori started the match a lot better, taking a 4-1 lead. It was when Murray picked himself up and bagged the next seven games. The [...]
Andy Murray secured his semi-final spot at the Brisbane International 2013 tournament with a 6-4 7-6 (3) victory over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. The Australian crowd was witness to a fairly high quality match, with serve dominating the encounter. However, the British US Open 2012 champion managed to take his [...]
ATP Career Tennis Stats 1990′s through Dec 2012 Aces # MP Break Points Saved % MP 1 Ivanisevic, Goran 10183 766 1 Karlovic, Ivo 70 390 2 Roddick, Andy 9074 780 2 Isner, John 69 263 3 Sampras, Pete 8858 836 3 Sampras, Pete 68 836 4 Ljubicic, Ivan 8138 [...]
Top seed and defending champion Andy Murray needed three sets to overcome Australian John Millman in the second round of 2012 Brisbane International, winning 6-1 5-7 6-3. Murray, who managed to take his opponent´s serve three times to go a set up, lost his focus a bit and after conceding [...]
The Qatar Open in Doha is one of three ATP 250 tournaments in this opening week of the 2013 tennis season. The tournament has seen recent winners such as Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roger Federer but this year the only top 5 representation comes from the current No.5 in David Ferrer. Rafael Nadal [...]
ATP Tennis Stats Week of January 7, 2013 Pts Won Rt 2nd Serve % MP Break Pts Converted % MP 1 Berdych, Tomas 67 2 1 Robredo, Tommy 100 2 2 Millman, John 62 2 2 Baker, Brian 100 1 3 Bautista Agut, Roberto 60 5 2 Fognini, Fabio 100 [...]
ATP Tennis Stats Week of January 14, 2013 Pts Won Rt 2nd Serve % MP Break Pts Converted % MP 1 Berdych, Tomas 67 2 1 Stepanek, Radek 100 2 2 Gasquet, Richard 60 5 2 Janowicz, Jerzy 100 1 3 Nieminen, Jarkko 60 5 3 Devvarman, Somdev 80 2 [...]
ATP Tennis Stats Week of January 28, 2013 Pts Won Rt 2nd Serve % MP Break Pts Converted % MP 1 Berdych, Tomas 60 7 1 Montanes, Albert 100 1 2 Almagro, Nicolas 59 5 2 Baker, Jamie 67 1 3 Berankis, Ricardas 58 3 3 Fognini, Fabio 62 4 [...]
