ATP Halle Halle, Germany June 11-17, 2012 Surface: Grass Main Draw: 28 E663,750 Singles Seeds: (cut: Stebe – 91) 1. Rafael Nadal 2. Roger Federer 3. Tomas Berdych 4. Alexandr Dolgopolov 5. Milos Raonic 6. Marcel Granollers 7. Andreas Seppi 8. Philipp Kohlschreiber First Round (1)Rafael Nadal (ESP) bye Lukas [...]
Novak Djokovic (1) versus Roger Federer (3) The dominance currently exerted by the top three players in men’s tennis can have the unfortunate side effect of making any given tournament’s draw look lop sided. At Roland Garros, the world number three Roger Federer will take on Novak Djokovic in the [...]
Novak Djokovic came back from the brink to defeat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, saving four matchpoints on his way to an epic 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6 (6) 6-1 victory in the quarterfinals of this year’s French Open. With this win, the Serbian set up a semifinal encounter against his big rival [...]
Roger Federer came back from two sets down to defeat the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, winning 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-0 6-3 and bookig his place in the semifinals of the 2012 Roland Garros. Delpo managed to break Federer’s serve twice to take a 4-1 lead in the first [...]
The Roland Garros this year has given us some of the most memorable tennis moments so far this season, not leas the epic four-hour battle that Novak Djokovic miraculously managed to battle his way through to secure his semi-final rematch with fellow top-seeder Roger Federer. For the members of the [...]
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro only needed one more set to win against Tomas Berdych in a match that started yesterday, but got suspended because of darkness. Del Potro managed to wrap it up today and eliminated the no.7 seed Czech, winning 7-6 (6) 1-6 6-3 7-5. The last meeting [...]
Roger Federer had to work hard for his quarterfinal slot at the 2012 French Open as the Belgian lucky loser David Goffin took him to four sets, the Swiss winning 5-7 7-5 6-2 6-4. World no.109 Goffin was playing his first ever Grand Slam, but he showed no signs of [...]
According to the Sports Business Journal, Roger Federer and his long-time agent Tony Godsick have both left the folds of the sports agency IMG amidst unclear reasons. Although it seems that the world number 3’s contract with the international management agency has simply expired, reasons are still unclear as to [...]
Roger Federer booked his place in the last 16 of this year’s French Open after overcoming Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5. The Swiss former world no.1 dominated of the first set and in front of a jam packed Philippe Chartier stadium, he broke Mahut in the sixth game [...]
16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer set another unbelievable record after beating Romanian Adrian Ungur 6-3 6-2 6-7 (6) 6-3 and booking a place in the third round of the 2012 Roland Garros. The Swiss surpassed Jimmy Connors’ record of 233 Grand Slam match wins and he will surely [...]
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro had to fight hard for his place in the third round of this year’s French Open. The 2009 US Open winner came back from a set down to defeat Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, winning 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3) 6-4 6-4. No.9 seed Del Potro, who [...]
Despite not claiming a Grand Slam trophy in over two years, and with some tennis insiders believing that he is playing below par this season, today Roger Federer added a phenomenal new record to his already substantial list of career achievements. In his second round victory in the French Open, [...]
With day two of the French Open already getting underway the bookies have once more claimed Rafael Nadal as the favourite to win the Roland Garros crown for the seventh time. Nadal proves to be unbeatable on clay: the Spaniard defeated the Serbian world number one Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in [...]
Swiss Roger Federer won his first round match at the 2012 French Open and matched Jimmy Connors’ record of 233 grand slam match wins. Federer defeated German’s Tobias Kamke in straight sets 6-2 7-5 6-3 and will be trying to at least match or best his last year’s result here [...]
