“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting; what they don’t reveal is essential!” — Anonymous When Andy Murray routed Roger Federer for the Olympic gold medal, he turned the Big 3 into the Big 4. But Murray still hasn’t won a Grand Slam title, while Federer has [...]
Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt proceed to second round of 2012 Cincinnati Masters while sixteenth seed Andy Roddick drops out. Querrey, Istomin, Troicki, and Chardy are also through. German veteran Haas has been in a great form recently as he won the Halle tournament in June and played some superb [...]
Rarely in the history of tennis has the top of the men’s game been so dominated by four players as at the present. In the 1960’s, we had the era of Laver/Newcombe/Roche, in the 1970’s/80’s we had Borg/McEnroe/Connors, followed by the eras of Becker/Edberg/Cash and of Sampras/Agassi – groups of [...]
Click Here for Cincinnati Main Draw At the time of writing, the Cincinnati draw has not been hit as much as Toronto, with only Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the absentees from the top ten. However, it would be very surprising if there were no more before the [...]
Not really known for being a hotbed of tennis talent, Slovenia is experiencing somewhat of an upturn in the men’s game. Slovenian has always been better known for their female players, Katarina Srebotnik is a former No. 1 in doubles, while Polona Hercog is a two time WTA Tour title [...]
At the French Open, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic contested their fourth major final in a row, seemingly set to battle each other for supremacy for some time to come. Fast forward two months and not only is Roger Federer Wimbledon champion and number one, but Andy Murray has an [...]
Before the eagerly awaited final between Wimbledon champion Serena Williams and French Open champion Maria Sharapova, NBC analyst Rennae Stubbs said, “It’s hard to believe Serena’s form here is even better than at Wimbledon. It’s been flawless.” Who could argue? After trouncing Australian Open titlist and No. 1-ranked [...]
Viktor Troicki, Flavio Cipolla, Pablo Andujar, and Matthew Ebden are through to the second round of 2012 Toronoto ATP tournament. World No. 33 Serb Troicki faced 58th-ranked Russian Alexander Bogomolov Jr.. The latter made it to the second round of Toronto in 2011, but got eliminated straight away this year. [...]
Bernard Tomic of Australia was able to overcome qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round of Toronto Masters. The 19 years old needed three sets and just over two hours to get through to the next round, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3. Tomic saved 5 out of 6 break points on [...]
After Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final four weeks ago, he empathized with Murray, who faced immense pressure from the British media and public to win a Grand Slam title. “I could understand what he was going through,” said Federer. “I know. I’ve been there. But I [...]
Djokovic beats Murray Australian Open 2013 final: For full match report, Click Here Murray beats Djokovic in 2012 US Open Final: Game by Game Report Here DJOKOVIC vs MURRAY 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7 MATCH MURRAY! Djokovic drops his serve to love and Murray gets the crowd into complete [...]
In a March 2011 Tennis magazine article, Tom Perrotta asserted, “In tennis, technique is vastly overrated.” That will go down as the six most foolish words ever written in tennis history. They will also prove the most damaging to any inexperienced players who believe them. Technique alone does not make [...]
Djokovic v Tsonga 6-1 7-5 FINAL Tsonga probably won’t be watching any replays of that second set but it was a very efficient display from the Serbian who looks to have raised his level for the latter stages of this competition. Too many errors in all from the Frenchman but [...]
In a surprisingly straightforward match, Petra Kvitova defeated Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, 6-3 6-0 to reach the QFs, where she will face Maria Kirilenko of Russia. Kvitova won the first set by going up an early break. The former Wimbledon Champion and 2011′s WTA Player of the Year has a hard-hitting [...]
