In a surprisingly straightforward match, Petra Kvitova defeated Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, 6-3 6-0 to reach the QFs, where she will face Maria Kirilenko of Russia. Kvitova won the first set by going up an early break. The former Wimbledon Champion and 2011′s WTA Player of the Year has a hard-hitting [...]
Tennis returned to Olympics in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after a gap of 64 years as it was left out after the 1924 Paris Olympics. Miloslav Mecir won the Gold Medal in singles and Steffi Graf grabbed the women’s singles title in Seoul. There have been a number of huge [...]
ATP Toronto Masters Toronto, Canada August 6-12, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 48 $2,648,700 Singles Seeds: (cut: Lacko – 60) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Andy Murray (GBR) 3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 4. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 5. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 7. Juan Monaco (ARG) [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of June 25, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 533 35 2 Isner, John 477 34 3 Anderson, Kevin 379 34 4 Federer, Roger 361 45 5 Almagro, Nicolas 354 50 6 Berdych, Tomas 353 46 7 Tipsarevic, Janko 326 43 8 Tsonga, [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of July 16, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 609 39 2 Isner, John 580 40 3 Almagro, Nicolas 454 57 4 Federer, Roger 432 52 5 Anderson, Kevin 399 35 6 Tipsarevic, Janko 390 50 7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 386 47 8 Kohlschreiber, [...]
American John Isner literally fired his way through to the sec0nd round as he produced 24 aces on his way to victory against Belgian Olivier Rochus, winning 7-6 (1) 6-4. With no breaks of serve, the first set went into a tiebreak. As Isner stormed to a 5-0 lead, there [...]
6th seed and world no. 7 Tomas Berdych if out of Olympic contention following a shocking defeat at the hands of Belgian Steve Darcis. Ranked no. 75 in the world, Darcis hit 27 winners in the match to win in straight sets and create the first major upset of the [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 17, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 26, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 3, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 10, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of October 29, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 57 66 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 81 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 81 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 53 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 54 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 5, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 68 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 82 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 86 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 12, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 89 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
