Post Tagged with: "tennis news"
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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 [...] -
Berdych wins, Isner out of Rome
Madrid Open runner-up Tomas Berdych overcame Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 6-4 6-1 and booked his place in the third round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. The Czech came back from a break down in the first set after he managed to take his opponent’s serve in the 8th game [...] -
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 [...] -
Federer wins opening match in Rome
Roger Federer is through to round 3 at the International BNL d’Italia in Rome after beating Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-3 6-4. The Swiss, who won last week’s Madrid Masters, struck early in the first set, breaking the Argentine to love to take a 2-0 lead. Berlocq had a double chance [...] -
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal hit Forbes Top 100
These two players are used to making it to the top of the rankings for their tennis wins and achievements, but they were granted a new honour this week as they, and three of their fellow female tennis players, were featured in the 2012 Forbes’ Top 100 list of the [...] -
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 [...] -
Del Potro survives scare, beats Llodra in Rome
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overcame a first round scare at the International BNL d’Italia Masters in Rome as he needed three sets on his way to victory over Frenchman Michael Llodra, winning 7-5 3-6 6-4. 10th seed Del Potro, who has been playing some high quality clay court tennis [...] -
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 [...] -
Isner and Nalbandian through to second round in Rome
American John Isner turned around an almost lost match against the German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the Rome Tennis Masters, winning 2-6 7-6 (3) 6-2. 9th seeded Isner couldn’t find his rythm and after he lost the first set, Kohlschreiber had a big chance to serve out [...] -
Monfils beats Bogomolov in Rome, Baghdatis out
No.13 seed Gael Monfils won his first round match at the Rome Tennis Masters after he defeated Russia’s Alex Bogomolov Jr. in straight sets 6-4 6-1. In quite windy conditions, Bogomolov never really managed to put enough pressure on Monfils and force him to come up with some high quality [...]
