In one month’s time the world’s top tennis players will return to the hallowed grounds of the All England Tennis Club to compete in what is arguably the biggest sporting event of the decade – the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 2012 “Wimbledon Olympic” tennis tournament is only the fourteenth [...]
Lukas Rosol defeated World No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round of Wimbledon Thursday. Who is Lukas Rosol? Current Rank: 100 Nationality: CZE Born: July 24, 1985 Age: 26 Career High Rank: 65 (August 15, 2011) Turned Pro: 2004 Coached by Slava Dosedel Year [...]
A great day of tennis is in store on Centre Court on day six of the Championships, and here are some predictions for the matches ahead. Sixth seed Serena Williams gets things started against Chinese 25th seed Jie Zheng. Although Zheng will be ready for the battle, logic would suggest [...]
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 [...]
After a short rain delay, last year’s finalist Rafael Nadal started his Wimbledon 2012 campaign against Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci with a straight sets win 7-6 (0) 6-2 6-3. Bellucci came out very strong, breaking the Spaniard twice to take a 4-0 lead in the first set and there was no [...]
Following the controversy and player backlash that stirred up over the use of smurf-coloured clay at the Madrid Open last month, the ATP has announced this weekend that blue courts will be outlawed in 2013. The bright blue surface, which was only unveiled this year, attracted a wealth of criticism [...]
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. [...]
Top seed Rafael Nadal bowed out of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle as he lost to defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets 6-3 6-4. Nadal had a perfect 8-0 head to head record against the German going into today’s match. But it was Kohlschreiber who got off to [...]
2012 Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal started his Gerry Weber Open debut successfully as he beat Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko in the second round today, winning 7-5 6-1. The Spaniard went up a break when he took Lacko’s serve in the 4th game of the opening set, but the Slovak fought [...]
With an Olympic gold medal already under his belt, it comes as no surprise that World number 2 player Rafael Nadal has been named as the leader for Spain’s Olympic tennis team. The record setting Spaniard, who is the reigning Olympic men’s singles champion, will also be joined by some [...]
