2012 Olympics London, England, Wimbledon July 28-August 5, 2012 Surface: Grass Main Draw: 64 Singles Seeds: 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. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 8. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [...]
ATP Sydney Sydney, Australia January 9-15, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 $434,250 Singles Seeds: (cut: Stakhovsky – 62) 1. Juan Martin Del Potro 2. John Isner 3. Richard Gasquet 4. Feliciano Lopez 5. Viktor Troicki 6. Florian Mayer – WD 7. Marcel Granollers 8. Radek Stepanek First Round (1)Juan [...]
After the drama of Wimbledon, we usually have to wait twelve long months to see the leading players gracing the grass of SW19 again. Players head off for European clay court tournaments and the North American hard court swing, leaving the green grass of London behind. However, this is no [...]
Czech Lukas Rosol played some unbelievable tennis to oust world no.2 Rafael Nadal from this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Rosol will surely get everyone’s attention after a superb 6-7 (9) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 victory over the 7 time Roland Garros Champion Nadal. The Czech entered the center court without any [...]
This week ESPN’s Brad Gilbert has been talking up the success of the 2012 Wimbledon Men’s Qualifiers with 10 players reaching the Second Round. It is better play or just luck of the draw? 2012 Wimbledon Qualifiers: (q)Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) (q)Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) (q)Brian Baker (USA) (q)Dustin Brown (GER) [...]
5th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga showed no mercy as he demolished the Austalian wild card holder and former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt in three sets 6-3 6-4 6-4 and booked his place in the second round of Wimbledon 2012. Hewitt has been struggling with injuries recently and his ranking dropped to [...]
Ernests Gulbis def. Tomas Berdych[6], 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 7-6(4)- Gulbis finally showed that he can compete with the top players, something that the tennis world has been looking forward to seeing. Gulbis can not lose sight of what’s at stake, and for him that’s to reach the 2nd week. After beating [...]
The Boodles Challenge June 19-23, 2012 Stoke Park, Great Britain June 19 2012 Stanislas Wawrinka d. Janko Tipsarevic 1-6 7-6(5) 10-8 Gilles Simon d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 4-6 6-3 10-7 Fernando Verdasco d. Ernests Gulbis 6-7(4) 7-6(5) June 20 2012 Janko Tipsarevic d. Andy Murray 6-7(5) 6-4 10-7 Marin Cilic d. [...]
The red dust has settled, the players have had a green grass tune-up event and now the very heart of the tennis season is upon us: Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal’s successful defence of the French Open title, together with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer making the final and semi-final respectively, means [...]
Top Half of the Top Draw: Potential 2nd round: Novak Djokovic vs. Ryan Harrison, while Djokovic will probably win this one, it will be great to see what Harrison will do in an attempt to defeat the world number 1. Potential 4th round: Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Monaco Potential 3rd [...]
The Wimbledon 2012 Men’s Draw has just been released. In depth Analysis will follow, but here is a quick run down: First quarter: Novak Djokovic opens with an interesting match with past French open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, but is unlikely to be tested until the quarters where he could [...]
The 2012 Wimbledon Championships are less than one week away from commencing and here at SteveG we will be keeping you updated with the latest news and happenings from Wimbledon live as they occur. To get you started here’s our lowdown on what you need to know about Wimbledon 2012. [...]
Wimbledon Wimbledon, London, Great Britain June 25-July 8, 2012 Surface: Grass Main Draw: 128 Qualifying Draw: 128 E16,000,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Karol Beck – 103) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. [...]
With the exciting news that world number 1 Novak Djokovic will be making his seventh appearance at The Boodles Challenge 2012 tournament next week, we thought it would be great to take a closer look at this prestigious and exclusive Wimbledon warm-up event. The Boodles Challenge Stadium ©Ella Ling Formally [...]
