1. Federer out for a month due to knee injury. 2. Juan Martin Del Potro to make long-awaited comeback at Delray Beach. 3. Simona Halep changes mind about Fed Cup, Dubai and Doha after delaying nose surgery. 4. Rafael Nadal takes wildcard to defend Buenos Aires title. 5. Returnee Gasquet wins all French Final over…
The Quarter-Finals of the ‘Happy Slam’ saw the Game’s 3 dominant superstars ease into the last 4, with a British pair making history. Yes that’s right, the supreme No1s in Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic were both in stellar form. Williams for the 18h time in a row, crushed Maria Sharapova, whilst Djokovic obliterated Japan’s…
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…
ATP Sydney- Troicki defends Sydney Crown in Epic 3 set battle over Dimitrov. WTA Sydney- Kuznetsova sweeps aside Puig for her biggest title in 6.5 years. ATP Auckland- Roberto Bautista Agut claims ASB Classic after Sock retires from virus. WTA Hobart- Cornet eases to Hobart Crown, beating Bouchard in straight sets. 2016 Australian Open…
1. ATP Paris Masters: Day 5 Fri, SFs 1.1 Murray battles past Gasquet in 3 set thriller to reach SFs. 1.2 Wawrinka edges Nadal in straight sets in late-night dog-fight. 2. WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai: Day 4 Fri, results Group B: Svitolina bt Saurez-Navarro: 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-3. Svitolina through to SFs to face…
Agniszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova turned the tables in the SFs, shocking Garbine Muguruza and Maria Sharapova. Both Muguruza and Sharapova went a perfect 3-0 in the round-robin and were favourites to advance to the Final. However Radwanska after losing all of her previous 4 meetings in 2015 to Muguruza, came back from a set…
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…
Rafael Nadal produced arguably his best performance of 2015, with a demolition of Roland Garros Champion: Stan Wawrinka. A day after scoring his first victory over a top 10 player since May, Rafa was ruthlessly efficient against Wawrinka. Stan had beaten Nadal in their last 2 meetings, including at the Rome Masters this year. However the…
Novak Djokovic reigned supreme in Beijing for the 4th year in a row and 6th overall, as he handily beat long-time, arch-rival Rafael Nadal in straight sets. The blockbuster clash between the two behemoths of men’s tennis was their first in a Final, since the 2014 Roland Garros Showdown. Djokovic however showed why he’s won 6 of the…
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