Novak Djokovic strolled to his 9th title of the season, with a crushing victory over Jo Wilfried-Tsonga. The Serbian Ironman underlined his undisputed status as the World No1, by easily beating the Frenchman in straight sets. Tsonga had stunned Rafael Nadal in a 3 set battle in the SFs, whilst Djokovic cruised past Andy Murray. However…
Jo Wilfried Tsonga dashed Rafa Nadal’s hopes of reaching back to back finals in China, with a thrilling 3 set victory. The Frenchman hadn’t reached a Masters 1000 Final, since winning his only title at that level, in Toronto last year. He also hadn’t beaten Nadal in nearly 4 years, but produced a barrage of over…
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…
Serena Williams emerged as the winner in her sisterly duel with Venus Williams, triumphing in 3 sets to remain on coarse for the Calendar Grand Slam’. The two legendary siblings were playing at the US Open for the 5th time in their careers and first since the 2008 QFs. Much was on the line however, with…
Stan the Man Wawrinka denied Jo Wilfried Tsonga the chance at making the final of his home Major, with a hard-fought 4 set victory. Wawrinka playing in his 1st Roland Garros SF, was the more solid player througjout the encounter. Tsonga managed to level the match at a set all, by winning the 2nd set…
Jo Wilfried Tsonga continued to delight his home Crowd, with a thrilling 5 set victory over Kei Nishikori. The French No1 was cruisng to the SFs when he led Nishikori by two sets to love. But the ever dangerous and dynamic Japanese Superstar, clawed his way back from 2 sets down to force a 5th…
Jo Wilfiried Tsonga delighted the home crowd with a stunning 4 set win over Tomas Berdych. The 2013 semi-finalist played a brilliant match to oust 4th seed Berdych and become the first out of a possible 5 Frenchman into the QFs. Meanwhiole in the Women’s darw, rising WTA star Elina Svitloina spoiled the French party,…
Former World No.1s Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki, both continued to impress in Auckland, posting straight sets wins over Kurumi Nara and Taylor Townsend. Over in Brisbane, Ana Ivanovic opened up her 2015 campaign in dominant style, by easing past Aussie Jarmila Gajdosova. Grgior Dimitrov meanwhile nearly lost his first match of the new season, eventually battling…
Roger Federer at last won one of the very few competitions to elude him, as Switzerland beat France 3-1, for their very first Davis Cup Crown. The Swiss had only once before reached the final of the so called ‘World Cup of Tennis’, back in 1992, when they lost to the United States. The 17 times…
All he had to do was win 2 matches at the Paris Masters and he’ll have qualified or the World Tour Finals. Well that’s precisely what Andy Murray achieved on Thursday as he beat fellow contender Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, to reach the QFs. Murray had played the last 6 weeks in a row,…
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 