Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “Very happy with the title in Vienna. I dedicate it to all mothers, especially mine. Thank you very much for your messages and your support!” Juan Martin [...]
Czech Tomas Berdych won the Stockholm Open 2012 title after beating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets 4-6 6-4 6-4 in Sunday’s final. This is the second title of the year for the Czech player, who improved his head to head record against Tsonga to 3-1. However, it was the [...]
The two top seed of the Stockholm Open 2012, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Czech Tomas Berdych will face off in tomorrow’s final. Tsonga booked his place in the final after his opponent Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus was forced to retire due to a groin injury at 6-4 4-6 5-2 in [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Valencia Open 2012 Draw One of two ATP 500 tournaments this week, the Valencia Open 500 has an interesting history. The tournament has moved from Valencia to Majorca, Marbella and then back to Valencia again in the past 20 years before calendar changes [...]
Babolat got its start in tennis way back in 1875 when its founder, Pierre Babolat, invented natural gut strings for racquets based on his work making strings for musical instruments. Babolat, the company named after him and still based in Lyon, France, didn’t introduce its first tennis racquets until 1994 [...]
ATP Valencia Valencia, Spain October 22-28, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 E1,424,850 Singles Seeds: (cut: Muller 66) 1. David Ferrer 2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3. Janko Tipsarevic 4. Juan Monaco 5. John Isner 6. Nicolas Almagro 7. Marin Cilic 8. Milos Raonic First Round (1)David Ferrer (ESP) d. (q)Olivier Rochus [...]
Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the Stockholm Open 2012 semifinals with an impressive victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, winning 6-3 6-4. The Frenchman could have closed out the match even earlier, but he failed to convert any of the four match points he had when Stakhovsky [...]
Marcos Baghdatis and Nicolas Almagro reached the last four of the Stockholm Open after both posted straight sets wins on Friday. On paper, Baghdatis had the easier route, as he took on 95th-ranked Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania. But the contest proved much tighter in reality, and the Cypriot sealed the [...]
Top seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych were untroubled in the second round of the Stockholm Open 2012. Baghdatis and Stakhovsky also proceed. 87th-ranked Estonian Jurgen Zopp may have held his first serve to love, yet he was never a contender in the opening set. Czech Berdych confirmed his second [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “I don’t read books. I mean, I go on the Internet a lot and read stuff online, but I don’t read books. I haven’t read a book since I [...]
Full Draw Here: ATP Stockholm 2012 Draw The If Stockholm Open is one of three indoor ATP 250 tournaments this week. Winners have included Roger Federer and David Nalbandian while the home players have enjoyed major success here with the likes of Stefan Edberg, Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and Thomas Johansson [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Moscow 2012 Draw The Kremlin Cup in Moscow is one of three ATP 250 tournaments this week played on an indoor hard court. Now in it’s 23rd year, the tournament has been historically dominated by home players. Yevgeny Kalfenikov and Nikolay Davydenko have taken [...]
For the full draw, click here: ATP Vienna 2012 Draw It’s a busier week on the ATP Tour this week with Vienna being one of three indoor tournaments to look forward to in Europe. Since it’s introduction in 1974, winners here have included Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and more recently [...]
ATP Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden October 15-21, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 E486,750 Singles Seeds: (cut: Stakhovsky 98) 1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2. Tomas Berdych 3. Nicolas Almagro 4. Florian Mayer 5. Feliciano Lopez 6. Mikhail Youzhny 7. Marcos Baghdatis 8. Jarkko Nieminen First Round (1)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bye Go Soeda [...]
