While it doesn’t look likely that Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will move out of the “Big Four” penthouse atop the ATP Tour rankings anytime soon, that doesn’t mean that they won’t face some worthy challengers during the new season. So let’s take a look at [...]
By Adam Gale There’s something different about this coming Australian Open, an extra crackle of anticipation in the air. The tennis world awaits not only the start of the 2013 season, but also the return of one the sport’s most electric champions. Rafael Nadal is soon to play at the [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “What is the point of thinking of that if I do not know if tomorrow it will rain or not. We shall see. I hope things go [...]
The 2012 season ended only a few weeks ago, but that makes it a perfect time to start looking ahead to next year. We know who finished in the top ten, but who will achieve that feat in 2013? Will the same names appear on the list? Or we will [...]
Dusseldorf/Nice Roland Garros [QD and MD] Queens Club | Halle Eastborne | sHertogenbosch Wimbledon Updates to be posted on Twitter | Previous Lists in the Forum Dusseldorf 10 Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 12 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 26 Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 28 Florian Mayer (GER) 35 [...]
2012 ATP Tournament Summary Date (mdy) Tournament Surface Champion 1/1/2012 Brisbane, Australia Hard Andy Murray 1/2/2012 Chennai, India Hard Milos Raonic 1/2/2012 Doha, Qatar Hard Jo Wilfried Tsonga 1/8/2012 Sydney, Australia Hard Jarkko Nieminen 1/8/2012 Auckland, New Zealand Hard David Ferrer 1/16/2012 Australian Open Hard Novak Djokovic 1/30/2012 Montpellier, France [...]
Spain take on the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final, hoping for their fourth title in five years and the sixth since 2000. They will have to do it without Rafael Nadal, who earned key victories in the 2009 and 2011 wins, due to his ongoing injury but still have a formidable team [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “I can’t cook. There’s many things I can’t do. I can’t skate. I would love to do that.” Roger Federer when asked about the things that he [...]
The final article previewing the World Tour Finals takes a look at the year of Novak Djokovic. The Serb recently recovered the No.1 spot in the ATP rankings from Roger Federer after falling to No.2 in July. While Djokovic hasn’t quite played to the level of his outstanding 2011 (and [...]
The penultimate article of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of Roger Federer. It was a year of record setting for the Swiss, with his seventh Wimbledon title matching Pete Sampras as well as extending his slam record to the grand number of seventeen. He [...]
Check Out The Draw Here: ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Draw Day 6 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of Andy Murray. The Scot has finally broke his slam hoodoo in what has been a great year for him. Roger Federer’s “struggling” and the [...]
When you listen to the pundits and commentators analysing the statistics from a match on the television, one of the first things that they arrow in on is the first serve percentage. Regularly we hear that a player has struggled in a match because he has struggled to get a [...]
Barclays ATP London Finals Draw Released: Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Draw Preview Day 5 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of David Ferrer. It has been a great year for the Spaniard who has reached a career high of World No. [...]
Day 4 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of Tomas Berdych. The Czech’s place in the draw was mathematically confirmed a few weeks back in Stockholm after a defeat of Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the final. Titles: Montpellier (Indoor Hard), Stockholm (Indoor Hard) Berdych’s [...]
