Brisbane: Raonic Exacts Revenge over Federer, as Australian Open Seeds are set

Raonic reverses 2015 Final loss, beating Federer for the Brisbane International. Wawrinka goes 3 on the trot in Chennai, overcoming Borna Coric in straight sets. WTA’s wacky new year lingers on, as Brisbane runner-up Angelique Kerber, withdraws from Sydney.   2016 AO Seedings: Women- (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Simona Halep (ROU #2) (3)…

Hamza’s Daily Round-up: Zhuhai and Paris

1. David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori complete line-up for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. 2.  WTA Elite Trophy, 2015: Zhuhai, China Inaugural tournament replacing Tournament of Champions, consisting of the top 11 players ( plus 1 wildcard) who didn’t qualify for the WTA Finals, ranked between 9-19 (10-26, this year due to Serena Williams withdrawing from the…

Coric Stuns Murray in QFs, as Venus has Radwanska’s number once again

It was a day to forget for Andy Murray and a day to remember for 18 year old Borna Coric. The teenage sensation from Croatia is a rising star of the men’s game and he showed that in buckets by demolishing the British No.1, in straight sets. Over in Doha, Venus Williams yet again needed…

WTA Finals 2014: Serena wins Epic SF over Wozniacki, as Halep takes Radwanska to the cleaners. Plus Murray earns vital victory over Ferrer in Valencia

After getting a lifeline from Simona Halep on Friday, Serena Williams met great friend Caroline Wozniacki in the SFs and boy what a semi-final it was. This was the pairs 4th encounter this year  and in an epic 2 hour plus battle, their osth thrilling yet. In the end it was the two-time defending WTA Finals…

WTA Finals 2014: Sharapova survives Radwanska epic, but Wozniacki and Aga go through. Ivanovic beats Halep in 3, but Serena and Simona reach SFs. Plus Teenager Coric stuns Nadal in Basel, as Federer overcomes Dimitrov. Murray and Ferrer set up SF rematch in Valencia

It was a case of so near and yet so far, on  day 5 of the WTA Finals in Singapore. Maria Sharapova battled for more than 3 hours, to get past Agnieszka Radwanska, in 3 sets. But the result was all in vain, as Maria needed to win in straight sets and hope Petra Kvitova did…