The second Wimbledon semi-final pitted fifth-seed, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga against fourth-seed, Brit Andy Murray in a match of two Wimbledon final virgins. Whoever won, Federer, who had earned a chance for his seventh Wimbledon championship earlier that day, would face a newcomer to the biggest tennis game on grass. Murray [...]
ATP Finals 2012 Live Commentary: Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer ATP Finals 2012 Live Federer vs Djokovic: Game, set, match Federer. 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Fourth set: 6-3 Federer shows nerves of steel to recover from a nervous moment at 30-30 and a line challenge to take the match [...]
Murray v Tsonga. Final, Murray wins 3 sets to 1 (6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5) Game, set and match Murray 7-5 Murray breaks – I’m sure you don’t need me to say he’s the first Briton since 1938 in the final, so that ludicrous record is finally put to bed. He’ll play Roger [...]
Keys to the match. Let’s look at some stats for all their Wimbledon 2012 matches to date (5 matches)… Serve: Both men have won about the same percentage of first serves (Murray 78% / Tsonga 79%) but there is a large difference in the same figure for the second serve [...]
For Andy Murray Wimbledon 2012 is far from over but according to Mr Nice Guy himself, Goran Ivanisevic, Murray needs to become a bit more brash and arrogant if he’s to stand a chance of taking the title this year. Anticipation for Murray’s win has been building round by round [...]
In a match up that would be more than befitting of the final itself, two heavyweights of the game, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic face off in the Wimbledon Semi Final on Friday. If these two played in an exhibition match it would be a highly anticipated clash, but [...]
This matchup is being billed as Murray’s best chance to reach his first Wimbledon final, and with this being his fourth consecutive appearance in the semi finals, there is a just argument that this represents his best opportunity yet. But while there is a collective sigh of relief from all [...]
In line with our preview of this match it was clear pretty early on that this was Murrays match to loose. He’s just got that extra bit of versatility to his game. Ferrer came out exactly as expected, in a manner true to his nickame “The Wall” and got off [...]
Wednesday 4th July was a big day at Wimbledon. It was mens quater finals day taking 8 men down to 4 for the semifinals on Friday. Briton Andy Murray worked hard and staged an amazing fightback from 1 set and 1 break down against David Ferrer. Murray remained calm despite [...]
It’s been a frustrating time at SW19 over the past few days, but even the persistent rain has not dampened the excitement surrounding the latter stages of the Wimbledon championships. With Rosol defeating Nadal in the second round, a massive opportunity has arisen for Murray to make it to his [...]
No.7 seed Spaniard David Ferrer and the 5th seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France booked their place in the last 16 of this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Ferrer, who won last week’s tournament in Hertogenbosch, defeated American Andy Roddick as he came back from a set down to win 2-6 7-6 (8) [...]
5th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga showed no mercy as he demolished the Austalian wild card holder and former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt in three sets 6-3 6-4 6-4 and booked his place in the second round of Wimbledon 2012. Hewitt has been struggling with injuries recently and his ranking dropped to [...]
The red dust has settled, the players have had a green grass tune-up event and now the very heart of the tennis season is upon us: Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal’s successful defence of the French Open title, together with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer making the final and semi-final respectively, means [...]
Top Half of the Top Draw: Potential 2nd round: Novak Djokovic vs. Ryan Harrison, while Djokovic will probably win this one, it will be great to see what Harrison will do in an attempt to defeat the world number 1. Potential 4th round: Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Monaco Potential 3rd [...]
