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 [...]
American John Isner his second season title as he prevailed in a three set thriller against Czech Tomas Berdych, winning 3-6 6-4 7-6 (9). Second seeded Tomas Berdych paved his way into today’s final with a relative ease, losing only one set to Steve Darcis, just before crushing him in [...]
The series continues with a look at last year’s classic semi-final match between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer (Semi-final, 2011) 6–7 (7-9), 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 Last year’s US Open saw Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic meet at the tournament for a record fifth straight [...]
The U.S. Open qualifications finished on Friday and five players have, by winning, entered the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time in their career. Incidentally, all the young players I have portrayed after the first round are among the qualifiers, with the predictable exception of Mitchell [...]
Defending champion and no.3 seed John Isner advanced into the Winston-Salem final after overcoming Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a three set battle with a 6-4 3-6 7-6 (3) end scoreline. Isner was going into today’s match with a 3-1 head to head record against the Frenchman, having won their last encounter [...]
