A great start for Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova at Fed Cup 2012 final on their home soil. They beat Ivanovic and Kvitova in straight sets. Neither of the former number one Serbian players managed to steal a set in today’s clashes at Fed Cup final in Prague. In the [...]
Jerzy Janowicz defeated Gilles Simon in straight sets and entered his first ATP final at Paris Masters 2012. Polish qualifier Janowicz extended his surprising run of victories this week for another match, his semifinal victim was 20th-ranked home crowd favorite Simon. The first upset of the opener came in the [...]
Check Out The Draw Here: ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Draw Day 6 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of Andy Murray. The Scot has finally broke his slam hoodoo in what has been a great year for him. Roger Federer’s “struggling” and the [...]
Fourth seed David Ferrer and wild card holder Michael Llodra will meet in Paris Masters 2012 semifinal after straight set victories over Tsonga and Querrey. Fourth seed Spaniard Ferrer won the battle of the only two remaining seeded players in Paris. He defeated sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thanks to his spotless [...]
When you listen to the pundits and commentators analysing the statistics from a match on the television, one of the first things that they arrow in on is the first serve percentage. Regularly we hear that a player has struggled in a match because he has struggled to get a [...]
Barclays ATP London Finals Draw Released: Barclays ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Draw Preview Day 5 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of David Ferrer. It has been a great year for the Spaniard who has reached a career high of World No. [...]
Janko Tipsarevic and Sam Querrey made it to the Paris Masters 2012 quarters after seeing off Monaco and Raonic respectively. Both eight-seeded Serb Tipsarevic and ninth seed Juan Monaco of Argentine had their ups and downs during the three-set third round clash in Paris. The athletes were producing solid service [...]
The first match on court on Thursday was between two Russians, Maria Kirilenko, seeded 3; and Nadia Petrova, seeded 2, both of whom had to win to get the prized two wins in the round robin format. Kirilenko has had a stellar season which saw her rise to a career [...]
After Serena Williams outclassed the field at the TEB-BNP Paribas WTA Championships Istanbul, Tennis Channel analyst Jimmy Arias rightly noted, “She’s not going to end the year ranked No. 1 in the world, but she’s No. 1 in the world.” But how can that happen? After all, superstar [...]
Third seeded Andy Murray was upset by Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz in three sets, with the Pole winning 5-7 7-6 (4) 6-2 and advancing into the Paris Masters 2012 quarter-finals. Janowicz proved to be more than a worthy opponent in today’s match. However, it was the 2012 US Open Champion [...]
Tomas Berdych booked his quarterfinal ticket at the 2012 Paris Masters after beating Kevin Anderson of South Africa 1-6 6-3 6-4 in 2 hours and 11 minutes. World no.39 Anderson got off to a superb start, breaking Berdych twice to take a 5-0 lead. It was only then that the [...]
Day 4 of my World Tour Finals preview takes a look at the year of Tomas Berdych. The Czech’s place in the draw was mathematically confirmed a few weeks back in Stockholm after a defeat of Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the final. Titles: Montpellier (Indoor Hard), Stockholm (Indoor Hard) Berdych’s [...]
Fresh from winning the WTA Doubles Championships in Istanbul, Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko returned to action on Wednesday and duly won their first matches at the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions. Kirilenko, the third seed, was first on court against local favourite Tsvetana Pironkova, who had come through a [...]
Andy Murray advanced into the third round of Paris Masters 2012 as he beat French wild car holder Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-3. Not the best of Murray’s tennis performances this year, yet he did enough to eliminate 64th-ranked Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in two sets. Mathieu threatened the US open champion [...]
