For full draw, please click here: ATP San Jose 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments this week, the SAP Open in San Jose is one of the oldest tournaments in the United States. Two times defending champion Milos Raonic heads the field for the ATP 250 event while [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Rotterdam 2013 Draw One of two indoor hard court tournaments, the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam boasts a fairly strong field for an ATP 500 tournament. The field is headed by 2005 and 2012 winner Roger Federer and contains three more top ten players [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Qatar Open (Doha) Draw 2013 This week’s tournament in Doha sees the top competitors in the women’s game play together for the first time since the Australian Open. One of the WTA’s Premier 5 events, the Qatar Total Open awards 900 ranking [...]
Alongside Vina del Mar and Zagreb this week is a third ATP 250 tournament in Montpellier. The Open Sud de France has existed for 25 years but the tournament is being hosted in Montpellier for only the second time after a run between 1987 and 2009 in Lyon. The indoor tournament [...]
After a week off for Davis Cup, the ATP Tour returns with the beginning of the ‘golden swing’ in Viña del Mar, Chile. The VTR Open has been hosted in a number of different venues in its 19 year life, with Santiago hosting the tournament previously in 2010 and 2011 and also [...]
Maria Kirilenko lost in the final of the 2012 Pattaya Open to Daniela Hantuchova in a marathon three and a quarter hour battle and she was determined not to let history repeat itself when she got to the final again in this year’s tournament. Playing 5th seed Sabine Lisicki, Kirilenko [...]
Sabine Lisicki of Germany, ranked at 52 and seeded 5th, had an easy 6-2 6-3 first round win over her compatriot Tatjana Malek. In the second round she faced off against 103rd ranked Alexandra Panova of Russia, who got the W next to her name after her first round opponent, [...]
The 2013 Australian Open is in the history books so it’s time to start handing out some final grades for the first Major of the year. Who passed? Who failed? Find out as we reveal the player’s report cards. Novak Djokovic – A+: The No. 1 seed entered as the [...]
The PTT Pattaya Open is an annual WTA International event played on hard courts in Pattaya City, Thailand. With total prize money of $235,000 and 280 ranking points awarded to the champion, the tournament offers an excellent opportunity for lower ranked players to build momentum following the Australian Open. The [...]
Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “At the end I was really, really close. For sure I’m really sad. It’s a big deception to lose that match. But I think there is more positive [...]
Novak Djokovic takes his third Melbourne title in a row after defeating Andy Murray in Australian Open 2013 final clash. Third seed Murray was playing his third Australian Open final at Rod Laver Arena tonight, whilst top-ranked Djokovic was chasing his fourth Melbourne trophy. In the first set the Scotsman [...]
Bob and Mike Bryan grab their sixth Australian Open title after seeing off Dutch pair Sijsling/Haase in men’s doubles final. Top-seeded Bryan twins were aiming at their thirteenth Grand Slam title after seeing off Italians Bolleli and Fognini in a three-set semifinal match. They progressed with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 [...]
With the 2013 Australian Open final approaching, Michael Hale looks back at last year’s classic between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal (final, 2012) 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7 (5), 7–5 Novak Djokovic’s 2011 season has gone down as one of the great seasons in tennis history [...]
