Post Tagged with: "ATP Tennis"
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Nadal downs Ferrer for a place in Rome final
Rafael Nadal became the first player to reach the Rome Tennis Masters final after he defeated fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (6) 6-0. Today’s semifinal was a re-match of the Barcelona Open final, where Nadal prevailed in straight sets. Whenever these two players meet, it’s guaranteed that the crowd watching [...] -
Nadal defeats Berdych, sets up SF match against Ferrer in Rome
Rafael Nadal was at his very best in today’s match against Tomas Berdych at the Rome Masters, prevailing in straight sets 6-4 7-5 and booking his place in Saturday’s semifinal. The Spaniard moved extremely well and managed to come up with some unbelievable winners against the no.7 seed Czech. “I [...] -
Ferrer eliminates Gasquet for a place in Rome semis
6th seeded David Ferrer became the first semifinalist at the Rome Masters after beating Richard Gasquet of France 7-6 (4) 6-3. Before today’s match, Ferrer had a positive 6-1 head to head record against the Frenchman and their only previous meeting on clay went in the Spaniard’s favour. The first [...] -
Federer and Nadal through to Rome quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both won their third round matches and booked a spot in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters. Nadal was the first one of the two to reach the last 8 after he defeated fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-1. Although the scoreline looks very one [...] -
Gasquet beats Murray in the third round of Rome Masters
Richard Gasquet overcame a big hurdle on his way to the Rome Tennis Masters quarterfinals as he defeated no.4 seed Andy Murray in a three set battle, winning 6-7 (1) 6-3 6-2. It was Murray who was going into the match with a 5-3 head to head record against the [...] -
Djokovic overcomes battling Monaco in Rome
Novak Djokovic battled his way into the quarterfinal of the Rome Tennis Masters after he came back from a set down against Argentine Juan Monaco, winning 4-6 6-2 6-3. The Serbian was going into the match with a 5-0 head to head record against Monaco, having won their last encounter [...] -
Nadal advances into third round in Rome
Second seeded Rafael Nadal advanced into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters after defeating German Florian Mayer 6-1 7-5. There aren’t too many players out there with a positive head to head record against the Spaniard, but Mayer was one of them before the match, having beaten Nadal [...] -
Del Potro ousts Youzhny, sets up match against Tsonga
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro joined Federer in the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters with a 6-4 6-2 win over Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny. 10th seeded Del Potro started the first set in the best possible way as he broke Youzhny in the opening game. Both players held their [...] -
Djokovic trashes Tomic in Rome and moves into third round
World no.1 Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters as he beat Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-3. Djokovic, who didn’t manage to defend his Madrid Open title last week and was one of the top guys to complain about the surface change (a lot faster [...] -
Bday boy Murray beats Nalbandian in Rome
Bday boy Andy Murray celebrated this big day with a second round match 6-1 4-6 7-5 win over Argentine David Nalbandian and moved into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters. Nalbandian didn’t offer much resistance in the first set and 17 unforced errors helped Murray to a triple [...] -
Ferrero fights back in Rome to defeat Monfils
Former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero came back from two breaks down in the first to beat 13th seed Frenchman Gael Monfils in straight sets 7-5 6-3 and book his place in the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters. Monfils had the first set almost wrapped up after going [...] -
Ferrer defeats Verdasco in his opening match at Rome Masters
6th seed Spaniard David Ferrer won his opening match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome as he defeated his countryman Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-6 (3) and moved into the third round. Ferrer, who beat Verdasco in both of their previous matches this year (in Auckland semis and Acapulco final), dominated [...] -
Australian Underdog Smashes Serve Record
An Aussie underdog player, ranked 340th in the world, has set a brand new (but unofficially recognised) ATP record last week by smashing his way to a 263kph serve at a challenger event held in South Korea. Samuel Groth – perhaps best known for being the husband of former women’s [...]
