Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes that came from players, coaches and more from the world of tennis. “I think I just played in the sweatiest WTA final of the year,” Laura Robson on Twitter after playing in the Guangzhou final. “My season has [...]
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 [...]
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki advanced into the Korea Open 2012 quarterfinals after beating Czech Klara Zakopalova in straight sets 6-2 6-3. Zakopalova, who reached the final here in 2010, never looked like a threat to the Dane, who is now going to face Ekaterina Makarova of Russia for a place [...]
27 year old Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain, ranked 92 on the ATP’s rankings list, took on 30 year old Lukasz Kubot of Poland, ranked at 76, in the second round of the St Petersburg Open on Thursday and came out on top, with a hard fought, one and three quarter [...]
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 [...]
Bernard Tomic added another bad publicity moment to his year this past weekend when video surfaced of him getting berated on the sidelines by Australian tennis great Tony Roche. Roche, dismayed at Tomic’s losing performance in straight sets to Germany’s Florian Mayer, gave young Tomic a verbal tongue lashing while [...]
Tennis shoes are probably the most important part of the tennis equipment together with the tennis racquet. Today we will take a closer look at some of the Adidas tennis shoes, but you can also search for various types of tennis racquets here: Tennis Rackets Reviews Adidas is known for [...]
The ATP World Tour returns to Europe after the US Open, this time to the French indoor hard courts of Metz. Since Metz returned to the tennis circuit in 2003 winners have included world no. 2 Novak Djokovic and Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga heads the field [...]
See here for full draw. After the excitement of the US Open, the ATP Tour switches back to Europe and indoor hard courts, with St Petersburg in Russia being home to one of the tournaments this week. Mikhail Youzhny heads the draw in his home country here and will face [...]
Barely a week after the US Open climaxed in a thrilling final between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the WTA juggernaut moves onto the first phase of its Asian swing. This week, there are International-level tournaments taking place in Guangzhou, China and Seoul, South Korea. Both events offer an opportunity [...]
Kirsten Flipkens caps off a tournament of her career with defeating Lucie Hradecka in 2012 Challenge Bell final in Quebec. Unseeded Belgian had a fairy-tale week in Quebec. Sending home top seed Cibulkova in the first round indicated that Flipkens might just be the most prepared player of the tournament. [...]
