Alongside Sydney, the second ATP 250 tournament this week is the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand. It provides a final opportunity for players to get match practice before the Australian Open. This tournament was previously a joint event but now sees the women play a week before the men. Former [...]
In the very early days of the new 2013 WTA season, we’ve already had our first “must-see” event, in this case the quarterfinal in Brisbane between Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens. Though Williams won the competitive encounter 6-4, 6-4 as then went on to take the title, the first time [...]
Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia claimed his fourth ATP title after defeating Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in the Chennai Open 2013 final, coming back from a set down to win 3-6 6-1 6-3. Despite Agut playing his first tour final, he looked full of confidence as he took the first set, [...]
The final week of preparation before the first slam of the year sees two tournaments, both in Oceania. The Apia International in Sydney is one of the oldest tournaments in the history of tennis, dating back to 1885. The tournament boasts an extraordinary list of winners including the likes of Lew Hoad, [...]
Second seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut will square off for the Chennai Open 2013 title. Tipsarevic booked his final space after coming back from a set down to defeat Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene 4-6 6-2 6-2 in two hours and 5 minutes. Agut, who elminated top [...]
Frenchman Richard Gasquet came back from a set and a break down to beat Russia´s Nikolay Davydenko 3-6 7-6 (4) 6-3 to claim the Qatar Open 2013 title. Former world no.3 Davydenko has played a perfect tournament this week, eliminating top seed Ferrer on his way into the final. It [...]
Andy Murray successfully defended his Brisbane International title after defeating Bulgaria´s Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (0) 6-4 in the final. In his first final ever, Dimitrov got off to a perfect start as he raced to a 4-1 lead just before the top seed Brit picked up his game. The Bulgarian [...]
Even without having the extra practice of a semi final match because of the retirement through injury of Victoria Azarenka on Friday, Serena Williams took to the court on Saturday to do battle with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for the title at the Brisbane International. It took the world number three and [...]
In a fitting final to the Shenzhen Gemdale Open – a new destination on the WTA tour – Li Na won the trophy when she beat Klara Zakopalova on Saturday in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, 6-3 1-6 7-5. Going into the final, both Zakapalova and Li had won [...]
With just a week to go before the first Grand Slam of 2013, seven of the world’s top ten players head to Sydney, one of the most popular Australian Open warm-up events. Although the “Big Three” of Serena, Azarenka and Sharapova will be either resting or recuperating, the Apia International [...]
With most of the top stars of the WTA heading to Sydney for their final match practice before the Australian Open, the International-level Moorilla Hobart event offers an opportunity for lesser ranked players to hit peak form and earn valuable ranking points. The Tasmanian tournament will award 280 points, as [...]
Top seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic suffered a suprising defeat in the Chennai Open quarter-final. His conqueror was Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who prevailed in three sets 7-5 2-6 6-3. Agut, who posted his biggest win on the tour with this win, didn’t show any signs of nervousness as [...]
Two times Chennai Open champion Marin Cilic of Croatia went out of this year’s tournament after the Frenchman Benoit Paire eliminated him in three sets 6-4 1-6 7-5. After both players traded one break each at the start of the first set, Paire managed to take his opponent’s serve for [...]
Richard Gasquet and Nikolay Davydenko will square off in the Qatar Open 2013 final. The Frenchman Gasquet made his way into the final after beating German Daniel Brands in straight sets 7-5 7-5. Gasquet managed to avert all three break points and as he took his opponent’s serve once at [...]
