1. ATP Paris Masters: Day 4 Thu, 3rd rd 1.1 Nadal fights back from the brink of defeat to oust Anderson in 3 sets. 1.2 Isner stuns Federer in 3 to end his hot-form. 2. WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai: Day 3 Thu, results Group A: Venus bt Saisai Zheng: 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Venus through to…
1. First Davis Cup SF since 1981, as Andy Murray seals historic win over France. 2. Australia’s Son Lleyton Hewitt turns back the years against Kazakhstan, to send Aussies into the semi’s. Davis Cup 2015: World Group, SF results. 3. Schmiedlova gains revenge over Eranni, to win Bucharest Title. Bucharest Draw 4. Larsson beats Barthel to…
3 Masters Series Events down, 3 MS events won. Yes that’s right Novak Djokovic made history on Sunday, winning his 2nd Monte Carlo title and thus becoming the first ever player to win the seasons first 3 Masters tournaments. Tomas Berdych was appearing in his 4th Masters Final and threatened the World No1 throughout the match,…
World Tennis News: Davis Cup-1st rd ties: 6th- 8th March 1. Bryan Brothers rescue USA, with victory over Inglot and Jamie Murray. 2. Djokovic leads Serbia into QFs, as France complete 3-0 win over Germany. 3. Belgium, Australia and Brazil lead after day 2. Day 2 standings, after Doubles rubber: GB vs USA: 2-1 FRA vs…
The trio of Roger Federer, Andy Murray and No.1 Novak Djokovic, all eased into the QFs of Dubai Championships. Federer the record 6 time winner, was slow to begin with against Fernando Verdasco. But once the Swiss Maestro found his groove, Verdsaco was no match for the 17 times Grand Slam champ. Andy Murray meanwhile…
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.
Day 9 saw the SFs of the bottom half of the women’s draw, and both well were over in a flash. Firstly Peng Shuai appearing in her maiden Grand Slam Quart-final, put an end to Belinda Bencic’s fairy-tale run in New York with an easy straight sets victory, then 2009 finalist Caroline Wozniacki absolutely thrashed…
The Women’s tournament at the US Open literally came alive on Friday, with a range of stunning upsets which sent shockwaves through the draw. Firstly former two-time champion Venus Williams lost an absolute bizarre topsy-turvy match with Sara Errani in 3 sets. Venus lost the opening set 6-0, then bagelled her opponent 6-0 in the…
Andy Murray survived yet another five set thriller to reach his 2nd French Open semi-final. The reigning Wimbledon champion went up against home favourite Gael Monfils, who had reached an unlikely grand slam quarter-final. The Frenchman has been dogged by injuries aplenty over the past few years, so was really glad to have made the…
Andy Murray appeared as fresh as a daisy on day 9 of Roland Garros, giving Fernando Verdasco a lesson in how to play precision tennis. The 7th seed was playing for the third day in a row, having only finished his epic 3rd round match with Philipp Kohlschreiber yesterday, going 12-10 in the fifth. Murray nevertheless didn’t…
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