Top seed and world number 7 Na Li of China progressed to the semi finals in this tournament being held in southern China, at the expense of Bojana Jovanovski, the 8th seed and world number 56 from Serbia. Li had two very easy straight sets rounds to begin her challenge [...]
The first few tournaments of a new season usually throw up some surprises and on Thursday the Shenzhen Gemdale Open in China was no different. The Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli who is ranked at no 11 and seeded 2 in this tournament, was eliminated in the quarter finals by Klara Zakopalova [...]
Two of the favourites for the Chennai Open - Janko Tipsarevic and Stanislas Wawrinka faced little danger as they progressed to the quarter finals of the tournament. Tipsarevic needed just over an hour to dispose over Edouard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets 6-2 6-3. The Serb was never troubled on serve, not facing a single [...]
No.4 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine made his way into the Brisbane 2013 quarter-finals as his opponent Jarkko Nieminen of Finland was forced to retire due to migraine when trailing 6-2 4-1. After Dolgopolov racing to take the first set, Nieminen looked weak and his movement deteriorated quite a bit. [...]
Third seeded Gilles Simon of France started the season on a positive note as he eliminated Colombian Alejandro Falla in the second round of the 2013 Brisbane International tournament, prevailing 7-6 (5) 7-6 (5). After a hard fought first set, the Frenchman went up a break at the start of [...]
In the third big upset of the Brisbane International 2013 WTA tournament after Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur both lost their first round matches, Anastasia Pavlyuchenko of Russia, ranked at 36 took out the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, the WTA’s 8th ranked player and seeded at 6 for this tournament, [...]
The Qatar Open in Doha is one of three ATP 250 tournaments in this opening week of the 2013 tennis season. The tournament has seen recent winners such as Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roger Federer but this year the only top 5 representation comes from the current No.5 in David Ferrer. Rafael Nadal [...]
Out of all the four Majors that make up the “Grand Slam” in tennis, no event has endured more changes than the Australian Open. Despite shifting locales, different surfaces and a necessary move in its spot on the calendar, the event has survived becoming nearly irrelevant to now being not [...]
One of three tournaments in the opening week of the new season, the Chennai Open in India provides competitors with the opportunity for 250 ATP points and much needed match practice before the Australian Open later in the month. Surprisingly, last year’s champion Milos Raonic has declined the opportunity to defend his [...]
After weeks of exhibitions, the real tennis finally starts up again with three ATP 250 tournaments. The first we are focusing on is the Brisbane International. Last year’s winner Andy Murray returns to defend his title, with two more of the 2012 semi finalists in Gilles Simon and Alexandr Dolgopolov also appearing this [...]
A brand new tournament has been added to the WTA calendar for 2013, the Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open. Its position in the first week of the season automatically guarantees it attention as one of the Australian Open warm-up events, and even if the majority of the top ten have already [...]
The new tennis season will kick off in dramatic fashion this week, with eight of the world’s top ten female players entered into the Brisbane International. With such a strong field, the $1 million tournament is set to be the best indicator of who is in form ahead of the [...]
With 5 years of postponed Men’s Finals due to Rain at the US Open the USTA announced that the 2013 Men’s Final will take place on Monday with a decision about 2014 to come after the 2013 tournament. “The US Open tennis tournament is moving the Women’s Final to Sunday [...]
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