Post Tagged with: "ATP"
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Berdych and Tomic Breeze through 2nd Round in Cincy
Tomas Berdych eased past 74th-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu in his 2nd round match in Cincinnati. The 5th seed’s trademark powerful forehand was in full display on center court as he showed no mercy to Lu who was celebrating his 29th birthday. The 6’5” Czech traded a pair of early breaks with [...] -
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 [...] -
Lukas Rosol through in Hamburg
The surprise darling of Wimbledon after putting Rafael Nadal to the sword, Lukas Rosol provided another upset today, this time on the clay at Hamburg. Today’s scalp was that of eighth seeded Viktor Troicki who took the first set against Rosol 7-5 but felt the wrath of the 26-year-old in [...] -
Ivo Karlovic World Record Fastest Serve 156MPH
Ivo Karlović had the fastest serve at 156 mph in March 2011 – watch this video and learn how to serve a world record like Ivo. -
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 [...] -
More Drama at Madrid Masters as Psychedelic Balls are Considered
Most tournament organisers, when faced with a certain level of criticism from two of the world’s highest ranked men’s players including the current top-seeded player, would listen and eventually bow to the pressure. Not so Mr Ion Tiriac, the owner of the prestigious Madrid Masters tournament, who has unveiled plans [...] -
Rafael Nadal at the age of 16!
Nadal entertains the crowd playing one of his very first ATP tournaments. These were his first steps to a spectacular -
Nadal vs.Bemelman spectacular point
Amazing rally-you don’t get to see this every day
