The draw for the first Grand Slam of 2013 has been made, and the big news is that Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams have been drawn in the same half. That means that, although there will be no repeat of their epic US Open final, there could still be a [...]
The Australian Open 2013 Men’s Draw has been released this morning Melbourne time (please see the full draw below). Bottom half of the draw: Roger Federer finds himself in the toughest quarter of the draw, not only could he potentially face former world no.3 Nikolay Davydenko in round two, the [...]
Novak Djokovic is hoping to become the first man in the Open Era to win a hat-trick of Australian Open crowns when the first Grand Slam of 2013 gets underway at Melbourne Park. On the women’s side both Monica Seles and Martina Hingis have won the Australian Open three times [...]
South African Kevin Anderson became the first semi-finalist of the Sydney International 2013 tournament after dismissing Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4 6-3. Istomin started the match on a higher note, taking his opponent’s serve in the fourth game for a 3-1 lead. However, not only did Anderson manage to break [...]
Bernard Tomic continued his inspired run of form to begin 2013 with a comfortable win over Florian Mayer. Mayer had won the first three encounters between the pair but never had it his way at all this time round, with the Australian youngster being dominant on serve. Tomic hit 14 aces [...]
Agnieszka Radwanska, who won the title in Auckland last week and is the top seed in the Apia International Tournament being played in Sydney this week, has brought her excellent form from 2012 straight into the new season. In scorchingly hot weather, she took to the court against the 112th [...]
It was a bad start to the week for a number of the up and comers on the ATP World Tour with David Goffin, Jerzy Janowicz and Martin Klizan all exiting in the first round in Auckland. After leading 5-2 with a double break in the first set, it all went downhill [...]
Novak Djokovic vs Andy Murray Australian Open 2013 final as it happended: Djokovic beats Murray to win third Australian Open title in a row Australian Open Melbourne, Australia January 14-27, 2013 Surface: Hard Main Draw: 128 $15,000,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kukushkin 107) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. [...]
Australian Open Qualifying January 9-12, 2013 Singles Seeds: 1. Andreas Haider Maurer (AUT) 2. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 3. Dudi Sela (ISR) 4. Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 5. Martin Alund (ARG) 6. Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 7. Daniel Brands (GER) 8. Florent Serra (FRA) 9. James Blake (USA) 10. Matthias Bachinger (GER) [...]
For once, Bernard Tomic let his tennis do the talking. His surprise win over the world no.1 Djokovic at the Hopman Cup this past week shifted attention away from his recent run-ins with the law and back on to his potential as a possible top ten player. But during a [...]
Roberta Vinci of Italy, world number 16 and unseeded at the Premier level Apia International Sydney tournament being played in Australia’s largest city this week in the run up to the Australian Open, played the 8th seed and world number 12 Nadia Petrova of Russia, on Monday. Even though Petrova [...]
Sam Stosur has an unbelievably bad record of playing on Australian soil ever since winning the US Open in 2011. With a world ranking of 9 and seeded 6 at the Apia International Sydney tournament, Stosur played in the last match on Monday on the Ken Rosewall Arena against Jie [...]
Every generation owes a debt to those generations preceding it. In our disposable, consumerist culture marked by short attention spans and in which ten years ago is seen as ancient history, it is important to remind ourselves of that fact. It is particularly so in the development of tennis. Looking [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. ‘The way I’ve been playing now, there’s no stopping me. ‘I’m not going to say I’ll be in the top 10 in two or three months. It [...]
