As the fourth and final grand slam of 2012 begins, Rafael Nadal’s continuing absence from the tour has left Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the last men standing in the battle for end-of –year number one. The two are currently neck-and-neck: in 2012 Djokovic has 8710 points to Federer’s [...]
US Open New York, NY, USA August 27-September 9, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $24,054,000 First Round (1)Roger Federer (SUI) d. Donald Young (USA) 6-2 6-3 6-4 Bjorn Phau (GER) d. (q)Maxime Authom (BEL) 6-2 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) Albert Ramos (ESP) d. (WC)Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4 [...]
US Open 2012, the fourth Grand Slam Tournament of the year, will commence on Monday (27th August – 9th September). The Draws for both men’s and women’s competitions are to be released tomorrow (Thursday 23rd August) at 12pm ET and stevegtennis will bring you a detailed preview and analysis. Seeding [...]
World no.6 and top seed at the Winston-Salem Open Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced into the third round after a straight sets victory over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, beating him 6-3 7-6 (3). The Frenchman, who is appearing at this pre US Open warm-up event for the first time, also managed to overcome [...]
Befitting his official ATP ranking status of No. 1 in the world, 17-time Grand Slam winner and all-round tennis ace Roger Federer has been confirmed as the top seed for the US Open this year. Seedings were officially announced this week, with draws for the men’s field expected to be [...]
Raphael Harper Junior will make history at the US Open this year as he becomes the first Jamaican umpire to officiate at the last Grand Slam event of the year, held in Flushing Meadows in New York City. An experienced and renowned umpire, who has served the Jamaica Tennis Association [...]
US Open New York, NY, USA August 27-September 9, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $24,054,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Rochus 105) 1. Roger Federer (SUI) 2. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. David Ferrer (ESP) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Juan Martin Del Potro [...]
For full draw, click Here In the final tournament before the US Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych headline a strong Winston Salem Open event with 250 points on offer for the winner and more importantly, much needed confidence for next week. Last years finalists Julien Benneteau and John Isner also compete here. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face either Marcos Baghdatis or Thomaz Bellucci in the [...]
With his quarter final appearance last week in his home tournament of Toronto, Milos Raonic made the top twenty of the ATP rankings for the first time in his career, the current high of No. 19 being a record in Canada. While Greg Rusedski would later go on to be world number [...]
Canadian player Milos Raonic was able to overcome Czech player and fifth seed Tomas Berdych to reach the quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Masters.Raonic needed three sets to win the match in 1 hour and 52 minutes with a 6-4 2-6 6-2 scoreline. The match began very tight from both players [...]
14th seed Kei Nishikori was forced to battle back from a set down against American wildcard James Blake in the second round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Struggling on his serve in the opening set, the 32-year old Blake was able to break twice to take [...]
Tomas Berdych eased past 74th-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu in his 2nd round match in Cincinnati. The 5th seed’s trademark powerful forehand was in full display on center court as he showed no mercy to Lu who was celebrating his 29th birthday. The 6’5” Czech traded a pair of early breaks with [...]
As the American hard court swing really gets underway, Juan Martin Del Potro remains forever the enigma. Viewed by many as the best player outside the top four, his fans expectantly await the day when he lifts a second Grand Slam title. However, since clinching the US Open three years [...]
Wildcard Brian Baker overcame two tight sets to pull an upset and defeat the 15th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. With little between the two players, Baker was able to come through when it counted, winning both sets in tiebreakers. The American’s career was halted for 5 years due to injury and [...]
