A Christmas present was all it took for eight-year-old Sam Stosur to be placed firmly on the road to future tennis success. Parents Dianne and Tony certainly don’t regret booking Sammy coaching lessons. For it was their foresight together with the wisdom of older brother Daniel, that led to her [...]
Nadia Petrova pulled off a complete comeback against Sara Errani in today’s quarterfinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open 2012. She will challenge Sam Stosur for a place in 2012 Tokyo final. 17th seed Petrova and 7th-seeded Errani have met for the second time in their careers, with Errani defeating [...]
Sam Stosur entered today’s quarter-final at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo with a 1-10 losing record against her opponent, Maria Sharapova. There was even a figurative asterisk next to that lone victory, as it came towards the end of last year when Sharapova was suffering from an ankle injury. [...]
Young Canadian Vasek Pospisil has reached his first quarterfinals of the ATP Tour by defeating veteran American Michael Yani in straight sets 6-3 7-5 today at the Malaysian Open. The Canadian survived 5 breakpoints in the match and fired 9 aces on his way to a superb victory. He managed to [...]
Grigor Dimitrov narrowly avoided a disappointing first round exit after saving a match point on his way to defeating Tsung-Hua Yang 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7). It stopped Yang from earning his first main draw win at ATP level. Serve was dominant throughout this 2 hour and 15 minutes encounter with just five [...]
Seventh seeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau defeated Argentinian Carlos Berlocq in straight sets this Tuesday at the Malaysian Open 2012. The opening set was very tight as both players struggled to keep their serves with a low rate of 2nd serve points won. Thus they gave away two serves each and [...]
Stevegtennis looks at the Federer v Murray head to head and analyses various aspects of their game. Last week, we looked at the history of the rivalry between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, analysing the most significant moments in their career head-to-head. You can check it out here: Federer vs [...]
During her professional career, Anna Kournikova never won a singles WTA title. Teaming with Martina Hingis, they won the doubles title at the 1999 and 2002 Australian Open. She won the European Championships and Italian Open Juniors at the age of 14. She was the youngest player to win a [...]
The current Azarenka vs Sharapova head to head stands at 7-5, with their last encounter being in the WTA Championships 2012 semi-final, where the Russian prevailed in two sets. The countries and continents may change, but the participants remain the same. With the absence of Serena Williams, the most likely [...]
For the Full Draw, please click here: ATP Malaysia Open 2012 (Kuala Lumpur) Singles Draw Alongside Bangkok, the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur is one of two ATP 250 indoor hard court tournaments this week. Started in 2009, the tournament is in its fourth edition this year and has Mikhail Youzhny, [...]
For the full draw, please click here: ATP Thailand Open 2012 (Bangkok) Singles Draw One of two ATP 250 indoor hard court tournaments in Asia this week, the PTT Thailand Open is a fairly new tournament but can count Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga amongst past champions in the [...]
The first major tournament of the Asian Swing is already underway. The Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo offers a hefty 900 ranking points for the winner, as well as a total prize money pot of over $2million. Most important for fans though, is the opportunity to see the WTA’s [...]
After hearing all the hype that a hotshot high school senior had the game to become America’s future star, I eagerly watched all of Andy Roddick’s matches at the 1999 Orange Bowl World Junior Championships. He lived up to expectations in more ways than one. Not only did Roddick perform [...]
Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic current Head to Head: 16-13 (Djokovic winning the last encounter in the final of the ATP World Tour Finals 2012 in London with a 7-6 (6) 7-5 scoreline). If you are interested in the Federer – Murray H2H analysis, please click here: Federer vs Murray [...]
