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 [...]
World no.1 Novak Djokovic, who would love to capture the Golden Slam this year, made a good start at this year’s French Open, overcoming Italy’s Potito Starace 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-1 and moving into the second round. Although Djokovic didn’t face a break point throughout the match, he couldn’t convert [...]
Serbia clinched the 2012 World Team Cup title for the second time as they defeated Czech Republic 3-0 in today’s final in Dusseldorf. Both Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki won their singles matches to secure the trophy for Serbia. In the first singles match, Tipsarevic overcame the Czech Tomas Berdych [...]
Novak Djokovic won his third consecutive major at the Australian Open in January but has since seen his lead in the rankings reduced with both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal gaining ground. While both former number ones have moved into striking distance, they will have to break Djokovic’s stranglehold at [...]
Top Half Of the Top Draw Projected 4th round: Novak Djokovic vs. Fernando Verdasco. Projected 4th round: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Gilles Simon. Both men have experienced an up and down year, so this will be a chance for either of them to capitalize on some success. Plus, it will be [...]
Roland Garros Paris, France May 28-June 10, 2012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 128 Qualifying Draw: 128 €18,718,000 Singles Seeds: 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. David Ferrer (ESP) 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 8. Janko Tipsarevic [...]
Germany won their second match at the World Team Cup in Dusseldorf after beating Croatia 3-0. Florian Mayer gave the home team a good head start as he defeated Ivan Dodig in straight sets 6-1 6-1. This was followed by a win from Philipp Kohlschreiber, who dismissed Croatia’s Lovro Zovko [...]
Rafael Nadal – After a 2011 clay court season slump, Rafael Nadal is back especially for revenge on Novak Djokovic. Rafa won on the clay in Rome and Barcelona, yet lost in the 4th round of the Madrid Masters to fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. Despite the loss, Nadal still has [...]
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Argentina and Czech Republic both won their Red Group matches at the Team World Cup in Dusseldorf. Argentina posted a 3-0 victory over United States. Carlos Berlocq secured the first point in yesterday’s match against Andy Roddick, winning 6-2 6-2. All was decided after the second singles encounter, when Argentine [...]
ATP Dusseldorf Dusseldorf, Germany May 21-27, 2012 €800,000 May 20, 2012 Argentina vs USA Carlos Berlocq d. Andy Roddick 6-2 6-2 Leonardo Mayer d. Ryan Harrison 6-4 5-7 6-3 Berlocq/Chela d. Blake/Harrison 7-6(2) 6-4 Czech Republic vs Japan Tatsuma Ito d. Radek Stepanek 3-6 6-4 6-4 Germany vs Russia Philipp [...]
Rafael Nadal was at his very best in today’s match against Tomas Berdych at the Rome Masters, prevailing in straight sets 6-4 7-5 and booking his place in Saturday’s semifinal. The Spaniard moved extremely well and managed to come up with some unbelievable winners against the no.7 seed Czech. “I [...]
Madrid Open runner-up Tomas Berdych overcame Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 6-4 6-1 and booked his place in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. The Czech came back from a break down in the first set after he managed to take his opponent’s serve in the 8th game [...]
ATP Rome Masters Rome, Italy May 14-20, 20012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 €2,427,975 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kubot – 51) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. David Ferrer (ESP) 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 8. Janko [...]
