Jo- Wilfried Tsonga and Agnieszka Radwanska both capped off a brilliant week of tennis, to lift the Rogers Cup titles in Toronto and Montreal. For Tsonga it was especially the more sweeter, given he had beaten 3 top ten players in Djokovic, Murray and Dimitrov- enroute to final. Well now the beast from France can add…
Its taken her 5 and half long years, but finally Venus Williams got the better of little sister Serena. In what was the two sisters milestone 25th meeting, it was Venus who eventually came through a gripping 2 hour, 3 set battle. Over in Toronto, Roger Federer cruised into the final with a straight sets…
For the 25th time in their legendary careers, Venus and Serena Williams will face of against each other on Saturday. The two sisters somehow managed to get the better off Carla Suarez Navarro and Caroline Wozniacki in 2 hard-fought, thrilling 3 setters. Meanwhile with the men inToronto, Jo Wilfried Tsonga continued his giant killing week,…
There were shocks aplenty at the Rogers Cup, both in Montreal and Toronto. World No.1 Novak Djokovic suffered a stunning straight sets loss at the hands of 2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whilst Roger Federer came through a huge scare to progress to the QFs. In Montreal, Maria Sharapova was another big name casualty…
It was another busy day in Canada, as the top seeds came into action at Montreal and Toronto. In Montreal the Williams Sisters were both in action and both made light work of their opponents in Sam Stosur and Yulia Putintseva . However in Toronto it was a right humdinger of a match for World No.1…
The first big event of the North American Hard-court season rolled up, as the men took to the courts of Toronto whilst their female colleagues were up in Montreal for the 2014 Rogers Cup. In Montreal Venus Williams recorded a major first in 20 years on the tour- she won her very first match ever…
Serena Williams rebounded from her painful Wimbledon experience in typical Serena style , with a fabulous and hard-fought votary over Angelique Kerber. Meanwhile over in Washington, Canada’s Milos Raonic and Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova shared the spoils with wins over Vasek Pospisil and Kurumi Nara respectively.
Whilst Andrea Petkovic got the better of one sister in the QF’s, it proved to be a bit too much getting the better of the other in the SF’s. A day after she beat Venus Williams in a 3 set classic, Petkovic went down to her little sister in straight sets. She certainly started brightly,…
Alas it was not to be a dream all Williams SF clash in Stanford as one sis prevailed, the other exited the tournament. Serena Williams rallied from a first set blowout to record a comeback victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Stanford Classic QF’s. Her big sister Venus however wasn’t so lucky. Germany’s Andrea Petkovic…
Venus Williams produced a typically gritty performance to beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and extend her unbeaten record against the former World No.1 to 4-0.
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 