The Final Match Report Here: Djokovic beats Murray to Win Shanghai Title See the semifinal match reports here: Djokovic vs Berdych As It Happened Federer vs Murray As It Happened Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China October 8-14, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 56 $3,531,600 Singles Seeds: (cut: Harrison 51) 1. [...]
Florian Mayer sent Zhang Ze back down to earth, defeating the Chinese in straight sets 6-3 6-4. Full of confidence after his huge win over Richard Gasquet, Zhang was never in control. Mayer had already dispatched of one giant killer in Marius Copil in the last round but did not allow [...]
Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the next round in Beijing after a comfortable victory over Kevin Anderson, defeating the South African 6-3 6-3 to earn a quarterfinal encounter against Jo Wilfried Tsonga who received a walkover when Nikolay Davydenko withdrew from their match. The early games saw the players feeling each other out, [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a scare from Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, dropping the first set before progressing in a 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) victory. Istomin hadn’t been in great form coming into this match so it was a surprise to see him pick up an early break for a 2-1 lead. Backed by some dominant [...]
For the full draw, please click here: China Open 2012 Singles Draw One of two ATP 500 tournaments this week, the China Open in Beijing can boast the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Marat Safin as past winners. It is a joint tournament alongside the Women’s Premier Mandatory event [...]
ATP Beijing Beijing, China October 1-7, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 32 $2,205,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Garcia-Lopez 68 ) 1. Novak Djokovic 2. David Ferrer 3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4. Marin Cilic 5. Richard Gasquet 6. Alexandr Dolgopolov 7. Tommy Haas 8. Fernando Verdasco First Round (1)Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. (q)Michael [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes that came from players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “I think I just played in the sweatiest WTA final of the year,” Laura Robson on Twitter after playing in the Guangzhou final. “My season has [...]
For the Full Draw, please click here: ATP Malaysia Open 2012 (Kuala Lumpur) Singles Draw Alongside Bangkok, the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur is one of two ATP 250 indoor hard court tournaments this week. Started in 2009, the tournament is in its fourth edition this year and has Mikhail Youzhny, [...]
For the full match report, please click here: Tsonga vs Seppi Game by Game Report Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed only 50 minutes to wrap up a very comfortable 6-1 6-2 win against Italy’s Andreas Seppi in today’s final at the Moselle Open 2012 in Metz. With this victory, he [...]
Martin Klizan of Slovakia stormed to take his first ATP title as he overcame Italy’s Fabio Fognini in today’s final at the St. Petersburg Open, winning in straight sets 6-2 6-3. This was also the first meeting between the two players, with only 8 places separating them in the rankings [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Thailand Open 2012 (Bangkok) Singles Draw One of two ATP 250 indoor hard court tournaments in Asia this week, the PTT Thailand Open is a fairly new tournament but can count Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga amongst past champions in the [...]
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed three sets to see off Nikolay Davydenko in an enthralling 6-0 3-6 6-4 semi final encounter of the Moselle Open 2012 in Metz. Tsonga will face Andreas Seppi in the final with the chance to take his second title of 2012, after Doha in January. After a dominant [...]
Andreas Seppi stopped Gaël Monfils in 2012 Moselle Open semifinals after a great comeback. He will confront the winner of Tsonga-Davydenko clash in the Metz final. Seventh-seeded Monfils had won all of the previous three head-to-head encounters against Seppi, the last one in 2010. The Frenchman covered the court with [...]
