For the full draw, please click here: ATP Bucharest 2013 Draw The BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy is an ATP World Tour 250 event based in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament is named after the legendary Romanian player Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac - the controversial owner of this tournament who is more known for [...]
From relative obscurity, Gustavo Kuerten burst onto the tennis scene in 1997 by winning the French Open and then went onto become one of the sport’s most popular champions. As we enter into this year’s clay court season, let’s take a look back at the remarkable achievements of the man [...]
For the full draw of this year’s tournament, please click here: WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2013 Draw In 2012, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix marked the start of Maria Sharapova’s greatest ever clay court season. The Russian powered past arch-rival Victoria Azarenka in the Stuttgart final twelve months [...]
France F9 Grasse, France April 22-28, 2013 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 32 $15,000 Singles Seeds: 1. David Guez (FRA) 2. Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 3. Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) 4. Tim Puetz (GER) 5. Nikola Ciric (SRB) 6. Laurent Recouderc (FRA) 7. Daniel Smethurst (GBR) 8. Augustin Gensse (FRA) First Round (1)(WC)David [...]
Novak Djokovic turns around his third round match to set up a Monte Carlo 2013 quarterfinal clash against Jarkko Nieminen. Just like in the previous round, top seed Djokovic went a set down, yet he bounced back to reach Monte Carlo quarterfinals. His third round opponent Juan Monaco got off [...]
John Isner surprised many when won his first ever clay court title in Houston last week, including the big man himself who entered the event in an early season slump. But after beating two top 20 players, Juan Monaco and Nicolas Almagro, who are known for their skills on the [...]
Where does Serena Williams, one of the best tennis players ever, come from? The answer to this question is the city of Saginaw, Michigan first gained world renown in the 1960’s Simon and Garfunkel hit ‘America’. In that song, it took ‘four days to hitch hike from…’, elevating the city [...]
Follow the final live here: Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic Live Monte Carlo 2013 final For the full draw of this year’s tournament, please click here: ATP Monte Carlo Masters 2013 Draw The first clay Masters 1000 of the year kicks off in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The Monte-Carlo Rolex [...]
Seeded players Nicolas Almagro, John Isner and Juan Monaco are through to the semifinals at Houston 2013 clay-court ATP tournament. Top seed Spaniard Almagro defeated seventh-seeded Paolo Lorenzi of Italy. He escaped a double break ball threat in the third game of the opener and then pounced on the Italian [...]
The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters occupies a unique place within the ATP Tour calendar. For many, it is still the kick-off event for the European clay court season. Add in the tournament’s long history, the glamorous back drop of its host city and that stunning view of the Mediterranean Sea [...]
Petra Kvitova, the BNP Paridbas Katowice Open’s top seed, was first up against Petra Martic of Croatia, ranked at 91, in the night session on Friday which wrapped up the quarter finals of this new destination on the WTA tour calendar. Playing on clay indoors, Kvitova had straight sets wins [...]
The BNP Paribas Katowice Open being played this week in Poland is a new destination on the WTA tour and marks the first of the clay court tournaments in Europe which lead up to the French Open which starts at the end of May. First up on Friday afternoon was [...]
For full draw, please click here: ATP Houston 2013 Draw After a weekend of Davis Cup action, it’s a return to the clay for the men with the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston one of two ATP 250 events this week. As expected, the Americans always go well here [...]
For full draw, please click here: WTA Katowice 2013 Draw A brand new International tournament makes its debut on the WTA Tour this week. The Katowice Open, an indoor clay court event, sees the return of women’s tennis to Poland for the first time since the Warsaw Open was [...]
