Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “Love tennis commentary “be aggressive take cuts”. Then they miss…. ” he needs to be patient and work the point” Easy game right?” – Andy Roddick on [...]
Caroline Wozniacki v Svetlana Kuznetsova An intriguing rematch from Sydney, where a returning Svetlana Kuznetsova beat the Dane in three tough sets in the blazing heat. As with the majority of Wozniacki matches, the match will be on the racket of her opponent. If Kuznetsova can hit with power, and [...]
The past is a different country, as the sage once noted. Twenty-five years ago seems like a different universe. E-mail and the internet were the preserve of a small coterie of techie ‘insiders’ and twitter meant to mutter inconsequentially (one might ask has anything changed?!). Microsoft released its 2.1 version [...]
Novak Djokovic vs Tomas Berdych Live: Djokovic – Berdych Live Commentary Australian Open 2013 For the Djokovic vs Wawrinka Detailed Match Report, click here: Djokovic beats Wawrinka Australian Open 2013 Federer vs Raonic Game by Game Report: Federer beats Raonic Australian Open 2013 Novak Djokovic prevailed in a five-set [...]
For a Game by Game Match report, please click here: Novak Djokovic beats Stanislas Wawrinka Australian Open 2013 Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka put on a spectacular show in front of the packed Rod Laver Arena, battling for an unbelievable 5 hours and 2 minutes. Djokovic eventually managed [...]
Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic played the 4th seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open on Sunday evening. Ivanovic started play and was immediately broken by the ever consistent Radwanska, playing her own style and missing almost nothing. Games then went with [...]
David Ferrer sees off Nishikori in straight sets up a quarterfinal match with fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro at Australian Open 2013. Tipsarevic out with an injury. The chase for quarterfinal spots at this year’s Australian Open started with a clash between fourth seed Ferrer and sixteenth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori. They [...]
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 7 of the Australian Open were the Russian 19th seed Ekaterina Makarova and the German 5th seed Angelique Kerber. Both lefties, these two hit powerful serves and great groundies, so a good match was anticipated – and a good match it turned [...]
Djokovic vs Murray Australian Open 2013 final: Djokovic beats Murray to win Australian Open 2013 title Federer vs Murray as it happened: Murray beats Federer Australian Open 2013 Djokovic vs Ferrer as it happened: Djokovic beats Ferrer Australian Open 2013 semi-final Novak Djokovic vs Tomas Berdych as it happened: Djokovic [...]
Angelique Kerber v Ekaterina Makarova Angelique Kerber came past a potentially troublesome third round match against the teenage prodigy, Madison Keys. Given her usual standards, she has had a surprisingly serene route the tournament up until this point, and this is already the furthest that she has progressed in the [...]
No.2 seed Roger Federer defeated Australian Bernard Tomic in straight sets 6-4 7-6 (5) 6-1 to reach the fourth round of Australian Open 2013. With this win, Federer improved the head to head against the Australian to 4-0, booking a next round clash against Canadian Milos Raonic, who overcame German [...]
Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic eased into the best 16 at Australian Open 2013 in straight sets. Third seed Murray met World. No 110 Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis at Rod Laver Arena in the third round of Australian Open today. All of the three sets followed a similar pattern [...]
Jeremy Chardy stunned Del Potro, while Andreas Seppi and Richard Gasquet eliminated their Croat opponents to progress into the best 16 at Australian Open 2013. Unseeded Frenchman Chardy ran out an unexpected winner of the third round clash against sixth seed Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro at Hiense Arena in [...]
Opening proceedings on Rod Laver Arena on Day 6 of the Australian Open were top seed Victoria Azarenka, and world number 63 American Jamie Hampton. On paper this looked like a pushover for Azarenka, but Hampton played some spectacular tennis to give her a real fright. In the first set [...]
