Seeded players John Isner and Tommy Haas secured their semifinal tickets at the San Jose ATP tournament with straight sets victories. Second seed American Isner maintained his good form and reached San Jose semis after brushing aside eighth-seeded Belgian Xavier Malisse in straight sets. The opener was a toe-to-toe struggle [...]
John Isner, Tommy Haas enter quarterfinal in San Jose, whilst Michael Russell advanced into second round where he will meet top seed Raonic. Second seed American Isner overcame Vasek Pospisil of Canada in three sets in the second round of San Jose ATP tournament. Both players were serving excellently in [...]
ATP Memphis Memphis, TN, USA February 18-24, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 $1,212,750 Singles Seeds: (cut: Donskoy 83) 1. Marin Cilic 2. Milos Raonic 3. John Isner 4. Sam Querrey 5. Kei Nishikori 6. Tommy Haas 7. Alexandr Dolgopolov 8. Fernando Verdasco – WD First Round (1)Marin Cilic (CRO) [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP San Jose 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments this week, the SAP Open in San Jose is one of the oldest tournaments in the United States. Two times defending champion Milos Raonic heads the field for the ATP 250 event while [...]
ATP San Jose San Jose, USA February 11-17, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 $546,930 Singles Seeds: (cut: Pospisil 125) 1. Milos Raonic 2. John Isner 3. Sam Querrey 4. Tommy Haas 5. Fernando Verdasco 6. Denis Istomin 7. Marinko Matosevic 8. Xavier Malisse First Round (1)Milos Raonic (CAN) bye [...]
The 2013 Australian Open is in the history books so it’s time to start handing out some final grades for the first Major of the year. Who passed? Who failed? Find out as we reveal the player’s report cards. Novak Djokovic – A+: The No. 1 seed entered as the [...]
Tennis Finals – 1877 to 2012 1877 Wimbledon GS Spencer Gore d. William Marshall 6-1 6-2 6-4 1878 Wimbledon GS Frank Hadow d. Spencer Gore 7-5 6-1 9-7 1879 Wimbledon GS John Hartley d. Frank Hadow W.O 1880 Wimbledon GS John Hartley d. Herbert Lawford 6-3 6-2 2-6 [...]
Week one of the Australian Open featured surprises, meltdowns (of both the vocal and mental kind) and perhaps the match of the decade. Here’s a look back at how the first week in Melbourne could impact the rest of the tennis season. The Rise and Fall of U.S. Tennis To [...]
Samantha Stosur vs Jie Zheng Rod Laver Arena (Head To Head Stosur 3-2) Stosur has always found it tough in Australia, having lost in the first round of four of her last six tournaments in her home country. Despite being a US Open winner and consistently around the top 10, [...]
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 [...]
Bernard Tomic continued his inspired run of form to begin 2013 with a comfortable win over Florian Mayer. Mayer had won the first three encounters between the pair but never had it his way at all this time round, with the Australian youngster being dominant on serve. Tomic hit 14 aces [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
