Juan Martin Del Potro moves on to the quarter finals in Basel after a fairly comfortable victory over Brian Baker, winning 7-5 6-1. Baker held his own for much of the first set, dropping just three points in his first five service games but was unable to do much on [...]
Juan Martin Del Potro fought through injury troubles to defeat Alejandro Falla in straight sets. The Vienna champion wasn’t at his best but did enough for a 6-4 6-1 victory. After Del Potro missed two break points for a 3-0 lead he was immediately punished for his wastefulness as Falla tied the match [...]
Mikhail Youzhny needed just 56 minutes to see off Bernard Tomic, completely dominating the Australian in 6-0 6-2 victory. An early break set the tone for the match with Youzhny breaking on his third break point. Just eight points were lost by the Russian as he bagelled Tomic in a 23 [...]
The ATP World Tour Finals is the culmination of the tennis season as the final men’s event of the year. Though originally the event didn’t count in terms of a player’s rankings, it is now considered the biggest tournament outside of the four Majors and often determines the year-end No. [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “Very happy with the title in Vienna. I dedicate it to all mothers, especially mine. Thank you very much for your messages and your support!” Juan Martin [...]
Juan Martin Del Potro took the 12th title of his career, and third on the year (Marseille, Estoril), in Vienna as he defeated Grega Zemlja 7-5 6-3 in 1 hour and 41 minutes. While the victory was never in true danger for Del Potro, his Slovenia opponent did give him early trouble. Zemlja [...]
Slovenian qualifier Grega Zemlja pulled off the biggest victory of his career to date, defeating Janko Tipsarevic from a set down to make the Vienna final 3-6 7-6 (5) 6-2. After a wasteful first set that saw eight break points squandered from Zemlja, Tipsarevic would need just one to take the set. [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Basel 2012 Draw The Swiss Indoors is one of two ATP 500 tournaments this week. The tournament has been going for over forty years with the likes of Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl, John Mcenroe and Pete Sampras amongst past winners of the tournament. There [...]
ATP Basel Basel, Switzerland October 22-28, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 E1,404,300 Singles Seeds: (cut: Garcia-Lopez 68) 1. Roger Federer 2. Juan Martin Del Potro 3. Richard Gasquet 4. Stanislas Wawrinka 5. Andreas Seppi 6. Mikhail Youzhny 7. Florian Mayer 8. Viktor Troicki First Round (1)Roger Federer (SUI) d. [...]
Slovenian’s Grega Zemlja pulled off the biggest shock of the day at the Erste Bank Open 2012 in Vienna, defeating Tommy Haas in three sets 6-4 4-6 6-2. With the level of tennis he has been showing in the second half of the year, it seemed like Haas was a certainty for [...]
Janko Tipsarevic and Tommy Haas were amongst the winners today in Vienna, but there was little drama to shout about as five of the six matches on the day ended in straight sets. Tipsarevic defeated Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-4 but it was an encounter that quite easily could have been a blowout. [...]
Juan Martin Del Potro needed three sets to defeat an inspired Daniel Brands, taking 3 hours and 5 minutes for a 6-7 (5) 7-6 (4) 7-6 (6) victory. Brands was a semi finalist here last year and clearly enjoys playing in Vienna so it was much tougher than many had anticipated. [...]
Full Draw Here: ATP Stockholm 2012 Draw The If Stockholm Open is one of three indoor ATP 250 tournaments this week. Winners have included Roger Federer and David Nalbandian while the home players have enjoyed major success here with the likes of Stefan Edberg, Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and Thomas Johansson [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Vienna 2012 Draw It’s a busier week on the ATP Tour this week with Vienna being one of three indoor tournaments to look forward to in Europe. Since it’s introduction in 1974, winners here have included Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and more recently [...]
