Day two of my countdown to the World Tour Finals takes a look at the year of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga hasn’t mathematically qualified just yet but barring a miracle that would see two of the chasing pack contest the final, his entry will be confirmed. This week sees Tsonga’s first [...]
ATP Finals Draw Analysis Here: ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Draw Preview and Analysis Welcome to the first of my eight articles leading up to the World Tour Finals. I will be posting an article a day previewing each of the players competing and a review of their seasons. [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “No, I don’t. I think it was back in the 1800s.” Serena Williams when asked if she could remember her first WTA Championships. “He probably won’t lose [...]
Juan Martin Del Potro ended his seven match losing streak against Roger Federer with an excellent performance to take the Basel title in three sets 6-4 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3). An early break in game five was all that Del Potro needed to settle a tight set. He got a little tight [...]
For the full match report, click here: Del Potro vs Federer As It Happened Juan Martin del Potro beat Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors 2012 final in Basel, winning 6-4 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3). This is the second title in just as many weeks for the Argentine, who has [...]
Roger Federer will take on Juan Martin Del Potro in the Basel final after both players won their respective matches in straight sets. Federer served 10 aces in a 7-5 6-4 victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu, dominating on serve and facing no break points in the whole match. Federer failed to break on his [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Paris Masters 2012 Draw Next week sees the final Masters 1000 of the year, the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris is the final tournament before the season ends, except for those participating in the World Tour Finals. This year is the 41st edition of the [...]
Roger Federer needed just 54 minutes to defeat Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets, dropping just one point on first serve in a dominant 6-2 6-2 victory. After both players started with holds to 15, Federer made his move taking the third break point opportunity of game 3 to take a 2-1 [...]
ATP Paris Masters Paris, France October 29-November 4, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 48 E2,427,975 Singles Seeds: (cut: Berlocq 47) 1. Roger Federer (SUI) – WD 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. David Ferrer (ESP) 5. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7. Juan Martin Del [...]
With Bernard Tomic celebrating his twentieth birthday last week, it now means that there is not a single teenager in the world’s top 200 players. The highest ranked teenager in the world is currently the Brazilian Guilherme Clezar, currently ranked at number 240. The dearth of teenagers in the game [...]
Roger Federer booked his place in the last 8 of the Swiss Indoors 2012 Basel tournament after beating Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in three sets 6-3 6-7 (6) 7-5. The 17 time Grand Slam champion is aiming to win his 6th title here in Basel and the 77th career title alltogether, [...]
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. [...]
Roger Federer, defending champion and five times Swiss Indoors winner in Basel, began his title defence with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Benjamin Becker of Germany. The Swiss maestro struggled to break the German’s serve at the beginning of the first set despite having a few chances. However, Federer put [...]
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 [...]
