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 [...]
Debates over who was the best female tennis player of all time abound. In the men’s game, it is generally recognised that Federer has surpassed all others in the history of the game.In the women’s game, it is not quite so straightforward.If it were a simple matter of career statistics, [...]
Dmitry Tursunov stunned top seed Ferrer in the second round of Barcelona 2013, Juan Monaco, Nicolas Almagro and Philipp Kohlschreiber also through to 3rd round. Last year’s runner-up David Ferrer – he has played four Barcelona finals in last five years – stumbled at his first hurdle in 2013. In [...]
For the full draw of this year’s tournament, please click here: WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2013 Draw In 2012, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix marked the start of Maria Sharapova’s greatest ever clay court season. The Russian powered past arch-rival Victoria Azarenka in the Stuttgart final twelve months [...]
Check out the Monte Carlo final live commentary here: Nadal vs Djokovic Monte Carlo 2013 Live World no.1 Novak Djokovic will play Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s 2013 Monte Carlo Masters final, with many tennis fans eagerly awaiting this dream encounter. Djokovic booked his place in the final with a [...]
Hoping to make it nine Monte Carlo titles in a row, Rafael Nadal made light work of Marinko Matosevic in his opening match with a 6-1 6-2 defeat over the Australian in just under an hour. Nadal was quick out of the blocks, breaking twice for a 4-0 lead and dropping just two points [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Charleston 2013 Draw The first major clay court event of the season gets underway in South Carolina this week, as Charleston once again hosts the Family Circle Cup. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, the Premier tournament is a firm favourite [...]
As in the history of the men’s game, there have also been many outstanding women’s doubles pairings. From Lenglen and Ryan in the 1920’s to the Williams sisters, women’s doubles has thrown up many examples of great talent. In the current era, one of the factors that has distinguished the [...]
Defending champ Novak Djokovic dropped only one game in second round of Sony Open Tennis, Dolgopolov, Haas and Simon also through to the third round. Top seed Djokovic started the defense of Miami title in an exquisite fashion as he gave his second round opponent Lukas Rosol of Slovakia absolutely [...]
World number 1 and top seed Serena Williams made her way with ease into the third round at the Miami Open when she totally overpowered Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-1 6-1 in just over an hour and a quarter. Her sister, 19th seed Venus, had a much harder battle on [...]
Bernard Tomic and Viktor Troicki reach round of 64 at Miami Masters, Jarkko Nieminen eliminates Nalbandian. 45th-ranked Australian Tomic found himself one break down twice in the opening set of his first round match against 35-year-old Marcel Gicquel of France, but prevented the latter to serve out the opener at [...]
Lleyton Hewitt, Nikolay Davydenko and James Blake were successful in their first round matches at Sony Open Tennis in Miami. While seeded players were given a bye in the first round, former No. 1 Australian Hewitt started his Miami 2013 campaign with a two-set triumph against Portuguese Joao Sousa, ranked [...]
