Post Tagged with: "Kevin Anderson"
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Tsonga crashes out of Queen’s
Last year’s finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out of this year’s AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club as he lost to Croat Ivan Dodig in today’s third round. Dodig prevailed in three hard fought sets, winning 7-6 (3) 3-6 7-6 (5) in 2 and a half hours. Both players had a [...] -
Roddick and Simon lose their second round matches at Queen’s
Former world no.1 Andy Roddick crashed out of the AEGON Championships, losing to the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round of the tournament. Roger-Vasselin surprisingly defeated the 7th seeded American and four times Queen’s Club champion in three sets, winning 6-4 4-6 7-5. Roddick had a big chance to [...] -
Karlovic eliminates Hewitt from the AEGON Championships
The former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt has been struggling with his form so far this year and today’s match against Ivo Karlovic of Croatia didn’t change anything on that fact. Karlovic dominated the match from the very beginning till the end thanks to his serve and outclassed Hewitt in both [...] -
Berdych fights back against Anderson, Tsonga cruises in Paris
No.7 seed Tomas Berdych was pushed to the limit by the South African Kevin Anderson in the third round on the French Open, finally prevailing 6-4 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4 in 3 hours and 52 minutes. These two players have met twice before today’s encounter, Berdych winning on both [...] -
Federer beats Ungur and sets superb Grand Slam record
16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer set another unbelievable record after beating Romanian Adrian Ungur 6-3 6-2 6-7 (6) 6-3 and booking a place in the third round of the 2012 Roland Garros. The Swiss surpassed Jimmy Connors’ record of 233 Grand Slam match wins and he will surely [...] -
Del Potro struggles but wins, Berdych cruises in Paris
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro had to fight hard for his place in the third round of this year’s French Open. The 2009 US Open winner came back from a set down to defeat Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, winning 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3) 6-4 6-4. No.9 seed Del Potro, who [...] -
Raonic out of Rome Masters, loses to Mayer
German Florian Mayer surprisingly beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (5) 6-4 in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters that started today. This is a shock defeat for the Canadian, who seemed to be on top form recently, narrowly losing to Federer at this week’s Madrid Masters. Raonic struggled [...] -
Tsonga and Ferrer through to third round at the Madrid Masters
4th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated American Ryan Harrison in straight sets 6-2 7-6 (4) and moved into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open. Tsonga got an early break in the third game of the first set and after he took Harrison’s serve once more to go [...] -
Del Potro cruises into 2nd round in Madrid, beats Mayer
Last week’s Estoril Open champion Juan Martin del Potro booked his place in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open as he eliminated Florian Mayer of Germany 6-4 6-2. After the first set loss, Mayer started to look a bit erratic and too many unforced errors allowed the 10th [...] -
Nadal to play Tipsarevic in Barcelona quarterfinals
World no.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain is aiming to lift his seventh trophy at the Barcelona Open this year. And he has got just one step closer after he improved his match record at this tournament to 31-1 as he beat the Colombian qualifier Robert Farah 6-2 6-3. Nadal’s next [...] -
Ferrer, Lopez advance at Barcelona Open
3rd seed David Ferrer of Spain didn’t waste too much time on his way to victory over the Serbian wild card holder Filip Krajinovic as he dismissed him 6-0 6-3. Ferrer will now play his countryman Albert Montanes, who defeated Australian Bernard Tomic 6-0 5-7 7-5. Feliciano Lopez joined Ferrer [...] -
Murray cruises past Troicki into third round in Monte Carlo
Third seed Andy Murray became the first tennis player to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters as he eliminated the Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-0 6-3. The Brit took control of the match from the beginning and didn´t allow his opponent a single game in set 1. [...] -
Russell faces Monaco in Houston semis
In a match between two wild card holders, the Argentine Juan Monaco came out as a winner as he defeated Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-6 (4) 7-5 and booked his place in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship semifinal. This is the third semifinal for Monaco this year and [...]
