The second semi final to be played on Thursday at the Texas Open Tennis tournament in Dallas will be between the Italian third seed, Roberta Vinci, who has been quietly making her way through the draw; and the unseeded wildcard, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia. Vinci took out the Taiwanese player, [...]
After Novak Djokovic’s excellent 2011 that saw him take three grand slams and five Masters 1000 titles, it definitely seemed like he was ready to hold the number one spot for a lengthy amount of time, possibly even years. However, with only three titles so far this year (Australian Open, [...]
Former world no.1 Andy Roddick fell short of reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 Winston-Salem Open as he went out to Steve Darcis in two tiebreaks, with the Belgian prevailing 7-6 (6) 7-6 (3) in one hour and 52 minutes. The no.5 seed American, who is currently ranked 21, failed [...]
In the final warm up before the start of the US Open this coming Monday, some of the WTA’s top players decided not to take a week off, but to keep competing in the hope of getting in some good match practice. This seems to have been a good strategy [...]
Bjorn Borg vs. John McEnroe (Final, 1980) 7–6(7-4), 6–1, 6–7(5-7), 5–7, 6–4 Over the summer of 1980 tennis regent Bjorn Borg and young pretender John McEnroe engaged each other in a pair of classic grand slam finals. The first, at Wimbledon, is one of the most feted matches of all-time [...]
ATP FINALS 2012 LONDON LIVE HERE: Federer vs Djokovic Live ATP World Tour Finals 2012 Federer – Djokovic 6-0 7-6 (7) 9-7 SET AND MATCH FEDERER! The Swiss legend wins his 5th Cincinnati title and his 21st Masters title alltogether. Superb performance from Federer, who clearly likes these [...]
For full draw, click Here In the final tournament before the US Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych headline a strong Winston Salem Open event with 250 points on offer for the winner and more importantly, much needed confidence for next week. Last years finalists Julien Benneteau and John Isner also compete here. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face either Marcos Baghdatis or Thomaz Bellucci in the [...]
Avenging his loss in the Olympic bronze medal match, Novak Djokovic handily defeated Juan Martin del Potro in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Saving 6 break points and striking 6 aces, the world no. 2 was the aggressor and broke del Potro’s serve 3 [...]
Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi (Quarter-final, 2001) 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 7-6(2), 7-6(5) Iconic American rivals Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras faced off 34 times during their ATP careers. Sampras generally held the upper hand with 20 wins overall and he also won four of the five grand slam finals [...]
Canadian player Milos Raonic was able to overcome Czech player and fifth seed Tomas Berdych to reach the quarterfinal of the Cincinnati Masters.Raonic needed three sets to win the match in 1 hour and 52 minutes with a 6-4 2-6 6-2 scoreline. The match began very tight from both players [...]
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro progressed to the last eight of the ATP Cincinnati Open after overcoming a tough opponent in the shape of Viktor Troicki of Serbia. In a close first set, neither player was able to make a significant break of serve. It was eventually settled via a [...]
When Petra Kvitova bombed down a final winning ace to seize the Wimbledon title over Maria Sharapova, it was clear a new tennis star was born even though the shy girl from Fulnek in the Czech Republic admitted afterwards she couldn’t understand why anyone, especially photographers, would be interested in [...]
In the first of a series building up to this year’s US Open by looking back at classic matches at the tournament, Jimmy Connors rolls back the years. Jimmy Connors vs. Aaron Krickstein (4th Round, 1991) 3–6, 7–6(10-8), 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(4) Aaron Krickstein makes for an unlikely combatant in [...]
Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova is becoming name to be feared on the WTA tour. Normally a doubles specialist, this year’s singles tour has seen her reach the quarter finals of the French Open and of course produce that now famous golden set against the much fancied Sara Errani at Wimbledon. Against [...]
