Milos Raonic was one of two seeds to be defeated in the second round in Monte Carlo, falling to a surprising three set defeat by Jarkko Nieminen 3-6 6-1 7-6. Raonic started well enough, troubling the Finn’s serve in the opening game but he couldn’t convert any of the five break point [...]
Juan Monaco and Nicolas Almagro won their first round matches at Monte Carlo Masters 2013, whilst Juan Martin Del Potro squeezed into the third round after a set down. A shaky start of the Monte Carlo tournament for fifth seed Argentine Del Potro as he was broken twice by his [...]
Grigor Dimitrov defeated Janko Tipsarevic in the second round of Monte Carlo, Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet also advanced. Sixth-seeded Frenchman Tsonga got off to a flying start in the second round match in Monte Carlo as he broke his opponent Nikolay Davydenko to love in the opening game. [...]
Milos Raonic, Alexandr Dolgopolov and Marin Cilic were successful in the first round of Monte Carlo 2013 ATP tournament. Twelfth seed Canadian Raonic put in a routine performance at the beginning of his Monte Carlo 2013 campaign. He stormed through the opening set of his first round duel with Frenchman [...]
Robert Bautista-Agut defeated Gilles Simon in the first round of Monte Carlo Masters 2013, Grigor Dimitrov and Phillip Kohlschreiber also through. In the clash of two unseeded players young Bulgarian Dimitrov overcame his experienced colleague Xavier Malisse of Belgium. Quite a few break balls were generated in the opening set [...]
After taking the title in Houston last week, John Isner fell back down to earth after a three set defeat to Ernests Gulbis in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters. The Latvian served 11 aces in the 4-6 6-2 6-3 match but struggled early on falling down a double break [...]
Where does Serena Williams, one of the best tennis players ever, come from? The answer to this question is the city of Saginaw, Michigan first gained world renown in the 1960’s Simon and Garfunkel hit ‘America’. In that song, it took ‘four days to hitch hike from…’, elevating the city [...]
After two uninspiring semi final matches, the organisers of the BNP Paribas Katowice Open got their dream final – top seed Petra Kvitova against 2nd seed Roberta Vinci. The finalists had only met once before, on grass, with Kvitova taking that match in straight sets. On the clay and indoors, [...]
Follow the final live here: Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic Live Monte Carlo 2013 final For the full draw of this year’s tournament, please click here: ATP Monte Carlo Masters 2013 Draw The first clay Masters 1000 of the year kicks off in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The Monte-Carlo Rolex [...]
John Isner came back after a set down to defeat Monaco and set up a Houston 2013 final clash against Nicolas Almagro. Last year’s Houston runner-up Isner was well beaten by third seed Argentine Juan Monaco in the opening set of their semifinal clash in which he gave away three [...]
Seeded players Nicolas Almagro, John Isner and Juan Monaco are through to the semifinals at Houston 2013 clay-court ATP tournament. Top seed Spaniard Almagro defeated seventh-seeded Paolo Lorenzi of Italy. He escaped a double break ball threat in the third game of the opener and then pounced on the Italian [...]
The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters occupies a unique place within the ATP Tour calendar. For many, it is still the kick-off event for the European clay court season. Add in the tournament’s long history, the glamorous back drop of its host city and that stunning view of the Mediterranean Sea [...]
Petra Kvitova, the BNP Paridbas Katowice Open’s top seed, was first up against Petra Martic of Croatia, ranked at 91, in the night session on Friday which wrapped up the quarter finals of this new destination on the WTA tour calendar. Playing on clay indoors, Kvitova had straight sets wins [...]
Kevin Anderson and Martin Klizan will face each other in Casablanca 2013 semifinals after achieving straight sets victories. Second seed Anderson threw out Slovenian player Grega Zemlja in straight sets. The South African converted a break ball at 2-2 in the opener and rescued four of them a few games [...]
