Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both won their opening matches at Wimbledon 2012 in straight sets. Djokovic was the first one on center court, and started his title defence against former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero with a 6-3 6-3 6-1 win. The world no.1, who defeated Nadal in last [...]
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. [...]
Any Wimbledon fan worth their salt already knows that the last British man to win that coveted Singles title was Mr Fred Perry way back in 1936. But how many of you know that the national treasure was a champion ping pong player in his youth? The Wimbledon of old [...]
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. [...]
German wild card holder Tommy Haas won his second Gerry Weber Open title after defeating 16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in Sunday’s final in Halle, winning 7-6 (5) 6-4. Federer, who beat Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in yesterday’s semis, was seeking to win his 6th title at this Wimbledon [...]
Grigor Dimitrov has the nickname baby Federer. He’s got some of the shots but has been unable to duplicate what Roger Federer has got between the ears.
Roger Federer moved into his 7th Gerry Weber Open final after overcoming Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in today’s semifinal, winning 6-1 6-4. The Swiss played some high quality grass court tennis as he stormed to take the first set in just 21 minutes, breaking Youzhny twice. Youzhny was struggling with Federer’s [...]
Roger Federer battled his way through into the Gerry Weber Open semis after beating Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (3) in just under 2 hours. Both players showed off their very effective serves in set 1 and with no break point opportunities on either side, the set went [...]
Roger Federer worked his way through to the Gerry Weber Open quarterfinals after defeating German Florian Mayer in straight sets 6-4 7-5. The Swiss had a couple of break points opportunities in the 6th and 8th games of the first set, but Mayer managed to hold. However, the German finally [...]
In a pivotal moment in his career, world number 2 Rafael Nadal’s triumph at the French Open proves he has the goods to potentially rival Roger Federer for the title of the world’s greatest tennis player. Defeating Djokovic last weekend at Roland Garros didn’t just give Nadal another Grand Slam [...]
As the best of the best in the tennis world descend on the sleepy German town of Halle for the 20th annual Wimbledon warm up event – the Gerry Weber Open – we take a look back at how this unlikely ATP tournament came to be. Back in 1993, the [...]
