Three of the four quarter final matches in the Tashkent Open this week went to three sets, with Eva Birnerova taking out the fifth seed, Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-3 4-6 6-2 in just over two hours and Croatian newcomer to the tennis scene, Donna Vekic, getting the better of [...]
Some tennis fans may be surprised to know that Davis Cup was considered more prestigious than Wimbledon. Times have changed but it is still one of the longest running sporting competitions in the world. Nations play against each other in elimination rounds called “ties” with the individual singles and doubles [...]
Kirsten Flipkens, Anna Tatishvili, Mona Barthel, and 2011 title holder Barbora Zahlavova Strycova make it to the quarterfinal of Challenge Bell WTA tournament in Quebec. Unseeded Belgian Flipkens continues to perform well in Quebec. She eliminated top seed Cibulkova in the first round and was matched up against Croat Mirjana [...]
Current head to head record between Federer vs Nadal stands at 10-20. Rafa won their last meeting in the 2013 Rome Masters final in straight sets 6-1 6-3. As we will look at the Federer – Nadal H2H, we also bring you the analysis of another great tennis rivalry, the [...]
Andy Murray’s U.S. Open title not only changed his life but also completed a rather remarkable trend this season that saw the top four men each win at least one of the Grand Slams. Does this mean we should expect more of the same next year or will one man [...]
Spain’s French Open 2003 champion and former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero has confirmed that he will retire shortly after competing at his home event in October. Ferrero, whose 2012 tennis season has been beset by injuries, spoke during a news conference presenting the Valencia Open 500 event and [...]
Flushing Meadows may have been evacuated but the venue couldn’t escape the presence of a Scottish Tornado as Andy Murray finally lived the dream. Novak Djokovic was hardly blown aside in five hours of the most enthralling tennis, but his game was certainly driven off course by the courage and [...]
For Andy Murray, yesterday was a just reward for years of hard work he has put in for the sport he loves. The five set victory over defending champion Novak Djokovic finally saw him end his grand slam hoodoo but it was so close to the heartbreak he has felt [...]
Even before a ball had been struck, Andy Murray’s match against Novak Djokovic in the US Open final was full of significance. Not only would victory represent a first grand slam title for the Scot, eliminating the spectre of four successive defeats in major finals; it would also be the [...]
A Grand Slam Title is a dream of every single competitor on the ATP Tour. But that dream starts many years before entering the world of professional tennis. Many junior tennis players have got only one desire – to win a Grand Slam final lifting the coveted trophy above their [...]
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have been playing each other for almost half their lives; first as talented teenagers in the juniors, then as young hopefuls starting out on the tour and now for the biggest prizes as elite superstars. Murray is by one week the elder of the two [...]
You do not have to search for very long to come across articles bemoaning the state of women’s tennis. “Wacky”, “crazy”, “unpredictable” – all of these words have been brandished in an attempt to describe how the WTA tour has played out recently. Fingers are pointed at the recent flux [...]
Head-to-Head: The rivalry began when they were 11 ½. Andy Murray, a week older, prevailed. As pros, though, Novak Djokovic holds a narrow 8-6 advantage. This year they’ve split four matches, with the Serb taking their epic Australia Open semifinal and the Scot grabbing their Olympic semifinal. Djokovic leads 6-5 [...]
The match stats told much of the story: 22 unforced errors; 4 winners. Caroline Wozniacki limped out of the US Open in the first round, losing to the unheralded Irina-Cameila Begu, 6-2, 6-2. She looked devastated as she shook hands with her Romanian opponent, but, professional as ever, endured the [...]
