Andy Murray found it surprisingly difficult against Florian Mayer in his opening match today, needing two tiebreaks to defeat the German 7-6(11) 7-6(3). After an tame exit to Stanislas Wawrinka in Monte Carlo, Murray was looking for improvement but despite the win he looked far from comfortable. 12 consecutive holds saw a [...]
For those growing up in the 1970’s, Bjorn Borg was a tennis icon.Many regard him as the first tennis ‘superstar’, amassing a following among the public (particularly young people), never seen before.The borderlines between sports stars, rock stars and other celebrities were becoming increasingly blurred in that decade and [...]
Second round matches continued on Tuesday at the Matua Madrid Open tournament. 36th ranked Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova, who took out 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki in the first round, played against 22nd ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, who beat Mona Barthel in her first round encounter. The Kazakh got the breaks [...]
Sara Errani, the Italian 7th seed, had to draw on all her experience and use all her renowned clay court skills to get past the 26th ranked Roumanian, Sorana Cirstea, in her second round match on Monday. The Italian took out Ursula Radwanska in straight sets in the first round, [...]
10th seed Caroline Wozniacki started the run of seeds to fall in the first round of the Premier Level Matua Madrid Open on Sunday, followed later that day with the demise of 5th seed Na Li and 12th seed Roberta Vinci. In the start of second round play on Monday, [...]
In the ladies’ singles night match on Monday which completed the first round at the Matua Madrid Open, 3rd seed Victoria Azarenka had a major battle on her hands when she came up against the 19th ranked Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Azarenka has been off the tour for almost two months [...]
Robin Haase broke the record for most consecutive tie breaks lost in the Open Era on the ATP Tour but made it into the next round with a 6-3 6-7 6-2 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov. Haase started well with an early break to go 3-1 up but only after Dolgopolov had wasted [...]
Jerzy Janowicz beats Sam Querrey to enter second round in Madrid, whilst Pablo Andujar eliminated Cilic. Kei Nishikori also advanced. World no. 24 Janowicz took on 18th-ranked US player Querrey in the first round of Madrid Masters. Their first ever ATP encounter started with the talented Pole building a 3-0 [...]
A Monte Carlo news outlet revealed John Tomic had hit his son Bernard during a practice session in Monaco last Tuesday. It seems the volcano has been smoking for a while and finally erupted with full force 3 days ago, when after a prolonged heated argument during their flight from [...]
The current Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka Head to Head stands at 11-2, but it was Azarenka who won their last encounter, beating the American in the 2013 Doha final. Though the head to head is still decidedly in the favor of the current World No. 1, the friendly rivalry [...]
Amazing Stan Wawrinka brushed aside David Ferrer in the Portugal Open 2013 in Estoril in straight sets. Second seed Wawrinka excelled in today’s Estoril final as he outclassed top seed Ferrer and reduced the Spaniard’s head-to-head lead to 7-4. The Swiss started the match in a powerful fashion and went [...]
Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, ranked a lowly 88, took on the might and power of Serena Williams on Manolo Santana Court at the Matua Madrid Open on Sunday afternoon in a first round match. The 18 year old Kazakh qualifier really gave the spectators a special show when she went [...]
Play on Day 2 of the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday threw up some surprises and saw quite a two injury retirements. Serena Williams was taken to a first set tie breaker by a qualifier and Francesca Schiavone lost to a qualifier, while Marion Bartoli and Sorana Cirstea won by [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Madrid Masters 2013 Draw After a brief and controversial experiment with the blue clay last year, the fourth Masters 1000 event of the year in Madrid returns to red. The Mutua Madrid Open is fairly new, having replaced Stuttgart in 2002 and [...]
