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Greatest Male Tennis Players Never To Have Won a Grand Slam
Looking back over the Grand Slam statistics since the advent of Open Tennis 45 years ago, most of those who would have been expected to have won a Grand Slam singles did so. It is hard to detect anyone unfairly deprived of such kudos. Many very good players have, indeed, [...] -
10 ATP Players to Watch in 2013
While it doesn’t look likely that Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will move out of the “Big Four” penthouse atop the ATP Tour rankings anytime soon, that doesn’t mean that they won’t face some worthy challengers during the new season. So let’s take a look at [...] -
Haas defeats Nalbandian in a marathon match in Cincy, plays Del Potro next
German player Tommy Haas was able to overcome Argentine David Nalbandian 6-7 (0) 7-6 (4) 6-3 in an epic match that lasted more than three hours to reach the second round of Cincinnati Masters. There were many ups and down in the performance of both players. Haas had the early [...] -
Tipsarevic, Cilic, Granollers through to the third round in Toronto
World number 8 Janko Tipsarevic is through to the third round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-6 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Both players played well in the first set, but it was the Serbian who broke first in the eleventh game to serve for the set at [...] -
Washington’s champion Dolgopolov out of Toronto Masters, Haas overcomes Nalbandian
Alexandr Dolgopolov, who just won the Citi Open title in Washington, fell in the first round of the Rogers Cup held in Toronto to Czech player Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-1. The world number 40 started the match strong, breaking the Ukrainian’s serve in the fourth game of the first set. Winning [...] -
Haase Overcomes Kohlschreiber to Take Second Consecutive Kitzbühel Title
Dutchman Robin Haase repeated history by winning his second consecutive Bet-at-Home Cup in Kitbühel, Austria. Haase was up against first seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber, who started out the match strong. In a tightly contested first set, the German won in a tiebreaker. Rain shortly followed which caused a brief delay to [...] -
Kitzbühel: Kohlschreiber Shakes off Slow Start to Reach Bet-at-Home Cup Finals
First seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and his opponent Filippo Volandri both played two matches yesterday after rained delays wreaked havoc in Kitzbühel. The world no. 99 Volandri, who played 4 sets compared to Kohlschreiber’s 3.5 sets on Thursday, got off to the better start. He served at 69% in the first [...] -
Kohlschreiber, Volandri through to Kitzbühel Semis
On a day that forced many players to two matches, first seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and Filippo Volandri made it through to the semifinals at the Bet-at-Home Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria. Kohlschreiber scored 13 aces in his quarterfinal match against Lukas Rosol in a tight three-set match.The German had the stronger [...] -
Nalbandian shock disqualification from Queen’s final against Cilic
The London crowd witnessed a shock disqualification of David Nalbandian in the AEGON Championships final against Marin Cilic, with a scoreline of 7-6 (3) 3-4 in the Argentine’s favour. It all happened in the second set when Nalbandian was trailing 4:3 (break down), having won the first set in a [...] -
Nalbandian and Querrey through to second round at Queen’s
Former Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian moved into the second round of this year’s AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club in London after overcoming Canadian Vasek Pospisil 4-6 6-2 6-2. He will now face Belgian qualifier Ruben Bemelmans, who defeated Tunisian Malek Jaziri 6-4 1-6 6-3. American Sam Querrey, winner of [...] -
Djokovic blasts Federer out of Roland Garros, sets up Nadal final
Novak Djokovic sets up a 2012 Roland Garros clash against the defending champion Rafael Nadal. The Serb demolished the former world no.1 Roger Federer in straight sets, winning 6-4 7-5 6-3. Set 1: Federer comes out strong to go a break up but he is immediately pegged back by the [...] -
Nadal vs Ferrer Roland Garros SF match report
Nadal d. Ferrer, 6-2 6-2 6-1 Although Ferrer put up a strong and very convincing fight against Nadal in Barcelona, where he lost 6-7(1) 5-7, and a slightly less convincing one fight in Rome (where he lost 6-7(6) 0-6), this Roland Garros semifinal was a quick, decisive rout in which [...] -
Nadal reaches Roland Garros final with convincing victory over Ferrer
Defending champion Rafael Nadal became the first finalist at the 2012 French Open with a straigh forward win over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Having pushed Nadal extremely close in Barcelona two weeks ago, many people were expecting a close contest, but the world no.2 was dominant from the start, winning [...]
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