No.4 seed Spaniard David Ferrer came back from two sets down to defeat countryman Nicolas Almagro, winning 4-6 4-6 7-5 7-6 (4) 6-2 and advancing to the Australian Open 2013 semi-final. Almagro was literally one tiny step away from upsetting Ferrer, but he failed to serve out the match when [...]
As the quarter finals of the 2013 Australian Open approach, Michael Hale picks a great encounter from the same stage of a previous tournament. Pete Sampras vs. Jim Courier (quarter final, 1995) 6-7 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 In recent years the Australian Open seems to have accrued [...]
Week one of the Australian Open featured surprises, meltdowns (of both the vocal and mental kind) and perhaps the match of the decade. Here’s a look back at how the first week in Melbourne could impact the rest of the tennis season. The Rise and Fall of U.S. Tennis To [...]
Na Li v Agnieszka Radwanska This is a rematch from Sydney and has the potential to steal the show. Two wonderfully talented players, albeit with different styles, they could potentially combine to produce a classic. They played four times last year with Li Na winning three of them, although they [...]
Serena Williams has touted 19 year old Sloane Stephens as a future world number one and her talent was clearly on show on Monday in the Hisense Arena. The American 29th seed took on the other remaining youngster in the draw, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, who is ranked at 56. [...]
It is amazing to see that Svetlana Kuznetsova is ranked at 75, but this is because she was off the tour for the second half of the 2012 season with a right knee injury. On Day 8 of the Australian Open she faced off against Caroline Wozniacki, the 10th seed. [...]
Another outstanding triumph for Roger Federer in the fourth round of Australian Open 2013 as he threw out Milos Raonic in straight sets. He is to meet Jo-Wilfired Tsonga next. The last fourth round clash of this year’s Australian Open featured second seed Swiss Federer and his young challenger Milos [...]
Andy Murray outclasses Gilles Simon in straight sets to set up a QF clash against Jeremy Chardy at Australian Open 2013. 14th seed Frenchman Gilles Simon had to play an almost five-hour long tennis marathon against Monfils to meet British hero Murray in the fourth round, but this time he [...]
French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Jeremy Chardy won in four sets and progressed into quarterfinal of Australian Open 2013. French players Tsonga and Richard Gasquet were tied at 4-4 in their head-to-head matches before the fourth round of Australian Open. Ninth seed Gasquet struggled with his serving from the game [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “Love tennis commentary “be aggressive take cuts”. Then they miss…. ” he needs to be patient and work the point” Easy game right?” – Andy Roddick on [...]
Caroline Wozniacki v Svetlana Kuznetsova An intriguing rematch from Sydney, where a returning Svetlana Kuznetsova beat the Dane in three tough sets in the blazing heat. As with the majority of Wozniacki matches, the match will be on the racket of her opponent. If Kuznetsova can hit with power, and [...]
The past is a different country, as the sage once noted. Twenty-five years ago seems like a different universe. E-mail and the internet were the preserve of a small coterie of techie ‘insiders’ and twitter meant to mutter inconsequentially (one might ask has anything changed?!). Microsoft released its 2.1 version [...]
Novak Djokovic vs Tomas Berdych Live: Djokovic – Berdych Live Commentary Australian Open 2013 For the Djokovic vs Wawrinka Detailed Match Report, click here: Djokovic beats Wawrinka Australian Open 2013 Federer vs Raonic Game by Game Report: Federer beats Raonic Australian Open 2013 Novak Djokovic prevailed in a five-set [...]
