It’s probably appropriate that the three women who ended up on the medals podium of the Olympic women’s singles event were each responsible for dominating the three seasons that make up the first half of the tennis calendar. But with the summer hard court swing already underway this week in [...]
Legendary US tennis player Andre Agassi has been named as the US Tennis Association’s 2012 inductee into the famous US Open Court of Champions. As confirmed by the USTA, Agassi is set to be inducted into the Court of Champions during a ceremony at the Arthur Ashe Stadium taking place [...]
Marcel Granollers of Spain is through to the second round of the Roger Cup held in Toronto after dismissing Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Spaniard needed three sets and 2 hours and 8 minutes to win 4-6 6-4 6-3. Although winning 4 points only on the Spaniard’s serve in the first [...]
Back in 2000, when Tommy Haas picked up a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in the Mens Singles as a 22 year old, after a five set defeat to Yevgeny Kafelnikov, he would definitely have not been expecting to be disappointed to not even make London 2012 at a [...]
Alexandr Dolgopolov, who just won the Citi Open title in Washington, fell in the first round of the Rogers Cup held in Toronto to Czech player Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-1. The world number 40 started the match strong, breaking the Ukrainian’s serve in the fourth game of the first set. Winning [...]
Viktor Troicki, Flavio Cipolla, Pablo Andujar, and Matthew Ebden are through to the second round of 2012 Toronoto ATP tournament. World No. 33 Serb Troicki faced 58th-ranked Russian Alexander Bogomolov Jr.. The latter made it to the second round of Toronto in 2011, but got eliminated straight away this year. [...]
Just a few days after the end of the Olympic tennis events, the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada kicks off as part of the run up to the US Open. Last year’s winner and recent gold medal winner Serena Williams is noticeably absent from the tournament, which has opened [...]
Bernard Tomic of Australia was able to overcome qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round of Toronto Masters. The 19 years old needed three sets and just over two hours to get through to the next round, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3. Tomic saved 5 out of 6 break points on [...]
After Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final four weeks ago, he empathized with Murray, who faced immense pressure from the British media and public to win a Grand Slam title. “I could understand what he was going through,” said Federer. “I know. I’ve been there. But I [...]
Even before the dust had settled on Centre Court’s worn out baseline after Andy Murray’s historic Olympic victory, speculation began on his chances at the U.S. Open coming up later this month. But perhaps it’s best for the tennis world to savor and spend at least few minutes reflecting on [...]
For Full Draw Click Here: Toronto Masters Men’s Draw With most tournaments it’s usually a matter of who is playing, but at the Toronto Masters all the talk is about who isn’t playing. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal head a lengthy field of withdrawals from the tournament, with more expected [...]
German Tommy Haas will get a chance to play for his 14th ATP Tour title after beating no.1 seed Mardy Fish 6-3 7-5 in the Citi Open semis in Washington. The first set was in full dominance of the German, who lost only two points on his own serve and [...]
Roger Federer may have missed out on bagging that elusive Olympic singles gold medal this year, but the man with 17 Grand Slam wins and 7 Wimbledon titles doesn’t want fans to feel sorry for him. After being beaten by our very own Andy Murray 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday, [...]
The Citi Open is an ATP and WTA concurrent tournament held at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (outdoor – hard court) at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. USA. The WTA singles semi-finals were contested on 3 August 2012. In the first match, number one seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [...]
