Some of the first round matches at the Moselle Open 2012 in Metz have already been completed. As expected, the match between big men Ivo Karlovic and Kenny de Schepper was serve dominant. No break points were taken of the total nine available in this match for either player meaning the match was settled [...]
Tennis shoes are probably the most important part of the tennis equipment together with the tennis racquet. Today we will take a closer look at some of the Adidas tennis shoes, but you can also search for various types of tennis racquets here: Tennis Rackets Reviews Adidas is known for [...]
The ATP World Tour returns to Europe after the US Open, this time to the French indoor hard courts of Metz. Since Metz returned to the tennis circuit in 2003 winners have included world no. 2 Novak Djokovic and Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga heads the field [...]
See here for full draw. After the excitement of the US Open, the ATP Tour switches back to Europe and indoor hard courts, with St Petersburg in Russia being home to one of the tournaments this week. Mikhail Youzhny heads the draw in his home country here and will face [...]
ATP Metz Metz, France September 17-23, 2012 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 28 E398,250 Singles Seeds: (cut: Rochus 107) 1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2. Philipp Kohlschreiber 3. Marcel Granollers 4. Florian Mayer 5. Andreas Seppi 6. Jarkko Nieminen – WD 7. Gael Monfils 8. Nikolay Davydenko First Round (1)Jo Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [...]
For Live Commentary of the matches, please click here: USA – Spain Live Davis Cup 2012 You can follow the other semifinal encounter here: Argentina vs Czech Republic Live Davis Cup 2012 Last time they faced, at the beginning of July 2011 (quarter-finals), Spain caused a big surprise by defeating [...]
Andy Murray’s U.S. Open title not only changed his life but also completed a rather remarkable trend this season that saw the top four men each win at least one of the Grand Slams. Does this mean we should expect more of the same next year or will one man [...]
Head-to-Head: The rivalry began when they were 11 ½. Andy Murray, a week older, prevailed. As pros, though, Novak Djokovic holds a narrow 8-6 advantage. This year they’ve split four matches, with the Serb taking their epic Australia Open semifinal and the Scot grabbing their Olympic semifinal. Djokovic leads 6-5 [...]
At the beginning of the day, everyone was salivating over the perspective of an encounter between the number one player in the world, Roger Federer, and a player who is known for giving him trouble during matches, Mardy Fish. However, shortly after the start of the day, the news came [...]
World no.1 Roger Federer made light work of the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco as he crushed him in the third round of the 2012 US Open, winning 6-3 6-4 6-4 after 2 hours and 2 minutes of play at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Five time champion Federer broke [...]
In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, the fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was defeated in four sets by Slovakia’s Martin Klizan by a score of 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-3. Much more known for his clay exploits, this was his best hard court win to date. It was clear [...]
Slovak Martin Klizan caused the biggest upset of this year’s US Open so far after he defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-3 to make it to the third round. Fifth seeded Tsonga had a slow start into the match, but managed to find his rhythm [...]
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga opened his 2012 U.S. Open bid with a straight-set victory over Slovakia’s Karol Beck. Now in his 5th run at the tournament, the 5th seed is hoping to improve upon his 2011 QF results – his best to date. With a lot of the ATP’s top players [...]
Nicolas Almagro of Spain advanced to the second round of the US Open as he overcame Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in four sets 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-4. One break for the Spaniard in the seventh game of the first set was enough for him to win the set 6-3 [...]
