The Australian Open rolled into the 4th rd and boy what a 4th round it was. Defending men’s champ Novak Djokovic overcame a mighty scare in beating plucky Frechman Gilles Simon in 5 sets, with his women’s counterpart Serena Williams swatting aside another young Russian in Magarita Gasparyan in under an hour. 4-time winner Roger…
1. Tsonga beats Simon wins in all French Final, to capture Metz Title. Draw 2. Raonic rallies past Sousa to claim St Petersburg Crown. Draw 3. Radwanska storms past Bencic to win 2nd Pan Pacific Title in Tokyo. Draw 4. Irina Camelia-Begu eases past rising star Aliaksandra Sasnovich and win Korea Open title. Draw 5. Jankovic powers…
The irrepressible Roger Federer moved into his 10th Halle Final, courtesy of a dogged straight sets win over Ivo Karlovic. Karlovic who hit a record 45 aces in his QF match with Tomas Berdych, typically engaged in his two favourite past-times- Aces and tie-breaks. Unfortunately for the Croatian giant, he lost both tie-breaks handily to…
David Ferrer halted Fabio Fognini’s great run in Rio, with a crushing straight sets victory. The Italian No1 made history in the SFs, when he beat Rafael Nadal- the first man in 12 years to achieve such a feat on clay. But he was no match for the ‘Roadrunner’, who remained undefeated against Fognini.
Tomas Berdych remained on course to defend his Rotterdam crown, with a straight sets demolition of Gilles Simon. The Frenchman was in buoyant mood, after cruising past Andy Murray in the QFs. However he was unable to handle the raw power of the 6ft 5 inch Czech. Berdych will now face Swiss powerhouse Stan Wawrinka…
Andy Murray crashed out of the Rotterdam Open in disappointing style, falling badly to an inspired Gilles Simon. The wily Frenchman was in sublime form, breaking Murray on multiple occasions. Simon in the end cruised past a hap-hazard Andy in straight sets, for only his 2nd ever victory over the reigning Olympic Champion. Over in Antwerp,…
Roger Federer ended a brilliant week, by winning his first ever Shanghai Masters title over Frenchman, Gilles Simon. The new World No.2 battled back from a 5-3 deficit in the first set, to go on and eventually win in two tie-break sets.
Roger Federer turned back the years to halt Novak Djokovic’s love affair with China, with victory in the SFs of Shanghai. Djokovic had won the last 2 years in the Chinese city as well as the last 3 years in Beijing. But the Swiss Maestro produced a vintage performance and reach Sunday’s Final. There the…
Defending champ Novak Djokovic produced a master-class, to stroll past David Ferrer in the Shanghai QFs. The World No.1 has won the tournament for the past 2 years and was imperious against the Spaniard, who’s looking to qualify for the Tour Finals in London. Meanwhile in the shock of the day, Frenchman Gilles Simon stunned…
Recently returned Rafael Nadal suffered another set-back in his comeback, as he was stunned in straight sets by his compatriot Feliciano Lopez. Nadal had revealed earlier in the tournament, that he had been diagnosed with appendicitis, but chose to play on in Shanghai despite being in pain. At the end of the day however, his…
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