Full draw here: ATP Dusseldorf 2013 Draw Formerly the World Team Cup, the Power Horse Cup has become a singles event for the first time replacing the round robin team event that previously was held in Dusseldorf, Germany. The ATP 250 event boasts three top 20 players while notable late withdrawals [...]
Jimmy Connors just published his book called ‘The Outsider: My Autobiography’, and stevegtennis has decided to dedicate some space to this tennis legend. Jimmy Connors was part of that tennis elite of the 1970s and 1980s which also included Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl: an elite, interestingly, that [...]
John McEnroe was one of those ‘supernovas’ that enter the tennis atmosphere but rarely.Since then, Boris Becker and Nadal are, perhaps, other good examples of the phenomenon.In his own right, McEnroe was an exceptional (if volatile) talent, but he will also be defined by his rivalries on court, chiefly with [...]
For the Full Draw, please click here: WTA Rome 2013 Draw The Internazionale BNL d”Italia is the second WTA Premier 5 tournament of the year, and one of the most prestigious clay court events in the calendar. First played in 1930, the Italian Open roll of honour features many of [...]
Grigor Dimitrov can no longer be called “Baby Fed”. The soon to be 22-year-old Bulgarian became a man in some ways after defeating World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a dramatic three set meeting in the first round of Madrid. Some fans may view this as a shock win for [...]
Current Nadal vs Murray Head to Head stands at 13-5, with their last match having been played in 2011 in Tokyo, where the Brit prevailed in three sets. With Rafael Nadal recently recovering from his injury, most tennis fans are looking forward to Nadal’s return to the game. The level [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The first round of the 64 player draw of the Premier Level Mutual Madrid Open got underway on Saturday on the red clay of the La Caja Magica courts. In a matchup of two unseeded players, the 76th ranked Slovak veteran, Daniela Hantuchova, took on the up and coming 17th [...]
For the full draw, please click here: WTA Madrid 2013 Draw The biggest clay court event of the year so far is already underway in Madrid, and the star-studded field rivals that of any Grand Slam tournament. All of the world’s top 16 players will be in action in [...]
Janko Tipsarevic cruised into BMW Open 2013 QFs, Tommy Haas and Florian Mayer also advanced in Munich. Top seed Tipsarevic had little problems taking out unseeded Slovenian Grega Zemlja in the second round of the Munich ATP World Tour 250 tournament. While 53rd-ranked Zemlja prevented his rival confirming the first [...]
Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic current head to head: 19-15 The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal that now dominates the world of men’s tennis didn’t look like it might amount to much when it first began in 2006. But despite an inauspicious beginning at Roland Garros, seven years [...]
