The ladies final of the Portugal Open in Oeiras took place on Saturday afternoon between the 4th seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro and the 3rd seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The Spaniard, who lost in the final of this tournament last year, got the early break to go 4-2 ahead, but [...]
For the full draw, please click here: WTA Madrid 2013 Draw The biggest clay court event of the year so far is already underway in Madrid, and the star-studded field rivals that of any Grand Slam tournament. All of the world’s top 16 players will be in action in [...]
David Ferrer and Stan Wawrinka march on into the Portugal Open 2013 semi-finals and will square off against Andreas Seppi and Pablo Carreno-Busta, respectively. Second seed Swiss Wawrinka was broken in the first game of his quarterfinal Estoril clash against domestic player Gastao Elias, yet he managed to turn the [...]
Daniel Brands stunned Janko Tipsarevic to set up an all-German Munich 2013 semi-final clash against last year’s title holder Philipp Kohlschreiber. Reigning champion Kohlschreiber became the second German to have entered semifinal stage of this year’s BMW Open in Munich. He was lucky to avoid an early break before pouncing [...]
Among all the events that make up the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series, Madrid has earned a somewhat complicated and controversial reputation. Schedule and surface changes make up only part of this event’s history that dates back to 2002. After being moved from its former location in Stuttgart, Germany, [...]
Tommy Haas and Ivan Dodig achieved straight sets victories and will square off against each other in the Munich 2013 ATP tournament semis. After seeing off his countryman Cilic in the second round, 56th-ranked Dodig overcame another seeded player at BMW Open in Munich. Fifth seeded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov annulled [...]
The Portugal Open being played this week on the red clay of Lisbon has thrown up some very surprising results. In the top half of the draw, top seed Marion Bartoli lost to Shuai Peng. Also in this half of the draw is 53rd ranked Romina Oprandi of Switzerland, an [...]
Stan Wawrinka set up a clash against Gastao Elias, whilst Andreas Seppi will meet Tommy Robredo in Portugal Open 2013 quarter-finals. Second seed Wawrinka recovered after a shaky start against Albert Ramos of Spain to turn around the second round match in Estoril. He was broken twice in the opener [...]
Janko Tipsarevic cruised into BMW Open 2013 QFs, Tommy Haas and Florian Mayer also advanced in Munich. Top seed Tipsarevic had little problems taking out unseeded Slovenian Grega Zemlja in the second round of the Munich ATP World Tour 250 tournament. While 53rd-ranked Zemlja prevented his rival confirming the first [...]
David Ferrer entered the quarter-finals at Estoril 2013 in three sets, while Victor Hanescu eliminated sixth-seeded Paire. Fabio Fognini also won in second round. Top seed Ferrer did not excel during his first appearance at Portugal Open 2013 in Estoril, yet he managed to complete his victory in three sets [...]
Ivan Dodig defeated last year’s runner-up Cilic to enter quarter-finals at BMW Open in Munich. Defending champ Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexandr Dolgopolov and Viktor Troicki are also through. In an all-Croatian second round match in Munich unseeded Dodig surprised 11th-ranked Marin Cilic as he threw him out of the tournament in [...]
The conversation about Rafael Nadal and his prowess on clay is well known, from the lengthy winning streaks and stream of titles to the dominating topspin forehand and determined court coverage. Every tournament victory pushes his record further into the stratosphere and even his rare defeats, such as the recent [...]
Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic current head to head: 20-15 (Rafa won their last encounter at the 2012 Roland Garros after a five set epic battle 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-7 9-7) The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal that now dominates the world of men’s tennis didn’t look like [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Munich 2013 Draw Alongside the Portugal Open, the BMW Open in Munich is one of two ATP 250 tournaments this week on the clay. One of the oldest tournaments in history, the first edition was held in 1900. Winners of the [...]
