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Great Britain beats Slovakia in Davis Cup – Group 1
Great Britain moved one step closer to have a chance of a play-off for a place in the World Group of the Davis Cup. They beat Slovakia 3-2 in a very tight match played in Glasgow. World no. 276 Daniel Evans was the hero of the match, winning both his singles [...] -
Berdych beats Monfils and claims Open Sud title
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic captured the 7th career title with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 win over Gael Monfils in the Open Sud de France final in Montpellier. The match lasted just over two hours and both players produced some high quality tennis. Monfils was the defending champion, but this [...] -
Youzhny wins title in Zagreb
Mikhail Youzhny of Russia won the Zagreb Indoors title when beating Slovak’s Lukas Lacko 6-2 6-3 in the final. The Russian proved to be just a bit too strong for Lacko, who has had quite a good year so far. He qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third [...] -
Lacko meets Youzhny in Zagreb final
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia will play the first tour final of his career, when he meets Mikhail Youzhny in Zagreb on Sunday. Lacko upset Marcos Baghdatis in the semis, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-6 (3). The first set was decided in the 11th game, when Lacko broke Baghdatis’ [...] -
Monfils to face Berdych in Montpellier final
Defending champion Gael Monfils had to save a matchpoint to secure his place in the Open Sud Final in Montpellier. He beat his fellow countryman Gilles Simon 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-4. Monfils saved eight breakpoints in the second set and at 5-6 he had to save one match point too. [...] -
Youzhny and Lacko into Zagreb semis
Lukas Lacko of Slovakia beat Robin Haase of Holland 6-4 6-4 to book a slot in the Zagreb Indoor semis. He will now play Marcos Baghdatis or Ivan Dodig for a place in the final. In the other quarterfinal, Mikhail Youzhny of Russia fought hard to defeat Ivo Karlovic of [...] -
Berdych, Monfils and Simon reach semifinal in Montpellier
Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic stormed into the semifinals of the Open Sud tournament in Montpellier, defeating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-3 6-4. Also through are Gael Monfils of France, who dismissed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in two fairly easy sets 6-3 6-3. Nieminen was the one to win the [...] -
Djokovic wins Australian Open thriller final against Nadal
World no.1 Novak Djokovic captured the Australian Open title in quite possible the greatest tennis match ever played in history. He defeated the Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final in front of a jam packed Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne park 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 (5) 7-5 in 5 hours [...] -
Mattek-Sands/Tecau win Australian Open mixed doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecau captured the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title as they beat the Russian-Indian duo, Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes, in a three tough sets 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. The American-Romanian duo got off to a stronger start, breaking their opponents serve twice in the first set, [...] -
Paes/Stepanek beat Bryan Brothers in Australian Open final
The Bryan Brothers have been denied their 12th Grand Slam title as they lost to Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek in the 2012 Australian Open final 7-6 (1) 6-2. Had Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan won the final, they would have overtaken Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, who have 11 [...] -
Azarenka captures Australian Open title against Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title as she defeated Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Final 6-3 6-0. With this win, Azarenka will move to the top of the WTA rankings, overtaking Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. The 22 year old Belarussian was presented the trophy by Martina [...] -
Djokovic beats Murray in drama at the Australian Open
Novak Djokovic once more proved his amazing mental strenght and showed us his fighting spirit as he moved into the Australian Open final, defeating british no.1 Andy Murray in an epic match 6-3 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-1 7-5 at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park. The match lasted 4 [...] -
Kuznetsova and Zvonareva clinch 2012 Australian Open title
The unseeded Russian duo Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva won the 2012 Australian Open doubles title as they defeated Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani 5-7 6-4 6-3. This is their first title as a pair, although they both won Grand Slam titles before, but with different partners. Kuznetsova and Zvonareva, [...]
