You do not have to search for very long to come across articles bemoaning the state of women’s tennis. “Wacky”, “crazy”, “unpredictable” – all of these words have been brandished in an attempt to describe how the WTA tour has played out recently. Fingers are pointed at the recent flux [...]
Top US tennis players Samantha Stosur and the Bryan Brothers – Mike and Bob – have become the first recipients of the inaugural US Open Sportsmanship Award. Presented by the USTA Chairman and President John Vegosen and Selection Committee Chairman Todd Martin, the Award recognised the professionalism and consistency of [...]
Head-to-Head: The rivalry began when they were 11 ½. Andy Murray, a week older, prevailed. As pros, though, Novak Djokovic holds a narrow 8-6 advantage. This year they’ve split four matches, with the Serb taking their epic Australia Open semifinal and the Scot grabbing their Olympic semifinal. Djokovic leads 6-5 [...]
The match stats told much of the story: 22 unforced errors; 4 winners. Caroline Wozniacki limped out of the US Open in the first round, losing to the unheralded Irina-Cameila Begu, 6-2, 6-2. She looked devastated as she shook hands with her Romanian opponent, but, professional as ever, endured the [...]
The occasion of the annual Sterry Cup match between Fitzwilliam LTC and the All-England LTC in Dublin was blessed with some fine, summer weather– a spate of a few days sunshine to compensate for the generally poor summer. White canvas and straw hats and sunglasses were out in numbers in [...]
Follow Djokovic vs Murray Live US Open 2012 Serena Williams is the 2012 US Open champion after defeating world no.1 Victoria Azarenka in a three set battle 6-2 2-6 7-5. This is the 4th Flushing Meadows triumph for the American and her 15th Grand Slam career title overall. She was [...]
Current Head to Head between Federer v Djokovic (16-12) One speaks six languages and is the ad man’s dream whereas the other is highly cultured and a brilliant mimic. When they come together, the irrepressible force meets the immovable object, but the greatest winner is always the sport of tennis. [...]
If you would like to follow today’s final, please click here: Djokovic – Murray Live Commentary US Open 2012 The US Open is truly one of the finest events on the professional tour and the last Major to close out the year of 2012. This year we’ve had an array [...]
The US Open 2012 Men’s Final can be seen here: Djokovic – Murray Live Novak Djokovic qualified for his seventh slam final in nine attempts after recovering from a set down to defeat David Ferrer of Spain. He will face Andy Murray in Monday’s final after his 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory. [...]
A very delighted and excited Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, the number two seeds, raised the Women’s Doubles trophy above their heads on Louis Armstrong Stadium after seeing off the challenge of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who were seeded third, in the final played Sunday afternoon as the curtain [...]
Check out tomorrow’s live commentary between Djoko and Ferrer Here The 2012 US Open semifinal match between the defending champion Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer had to be postponed until Sunday due to an expected tornado. Ferrer managed to get himself a double break at the beginning of the first [...]
The SG team will be live blogging tomorrow’s other semifinal match and it can be seen here: Djokovic – Ferrer Live US Open 2012 For the game by game report of today’s match between Murray and Berdych, click here: Murray – Berdych Live Commentary US Open 2012 Andy Murray conquered [...]
Novak Djokovic wins the toss and elects to serve. There’s a quick turnaround here as the post-match on court interview is cancelled, along with the traditional hitting of balls into the stands. The organisers want the players out as soon as possible to avoid any more rain delays, although they [...]
Live commentary will commence here as soon as the players start warming up. Andy Murray will face Tomas Berdych in the first men’s semifinal today at Flushing Meadows and will be hoping to at least repeat if not best his 2008 US Open result, when he lost to Federer in [...]
