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…
The 3rd round of the Australian Open saw the first real mini-tests for Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych and Andy Murray. Federer- a 4time champion at the Happy Slam got past the man some call ‘Baby Fed’ Grigor Dimitrov in 4 sets, with Berdych also advancing in 4 against future Aussie star Nick Kyrgios. Murray meanwhile beat a…
The Williams Sisters set up a blockbuster sibling clash in the QFs, after both legendary Divas stormed through the 4th rd. Serena chasing an historic Calendar Grand Slam’ cruised past dangerous big hitter and compatriot Madison Keys in straight sets. Venus on the other hand eased past Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit for the loss opf…
1. Slovakia’s Martin Klizan claims 3rd career title in Casablanca, with straight sets win over Daniel Gimeno-Traver. 2. Rising American star Jack Sock, wins maiden singles title in Houston. 3. Angelique Kerber back in the big time, after Charleston triumph. Kerber overcoming rising sensation, Madison Keys in a tough 3 setter. 4. Anna Schmiedlova denies Camila…
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova both saw off SF opponents Madison Keys and Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets, to set up a repeat of the 2007 Final. Sharapova was utterly dismissive off her comptratiot, as she kept up her unbeaten record over Makarova. Serena meanwhile overcame a stern test in the first set breaker, before…
Madison Keys stunned her childhood idol Venus Williams in 3 sets, to reach her maiden Grand Slam SF and prevent an all-Williams Sisters Showdown. The 19 year old power-player twice came from a break down in the 3rd set, to deny the 5 times Wimbledon Champion a first Major SF in 5 years. In the Semi-Finals,…
Venus and Serena Williams continued to march on course for a SF showdown, after both legendary sisters recorded 3 set comeback victories. Serena was edged out by rising star Elina Svitolina in the first set, before dropping only 2 games afterwards in progressing to round 4. Venus had things a little tougher, as she also…
Just 2 days after their stunning runs to the finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and Montreal, Jo Wilfried Tsonga and Venus Williams ran out of gas and fell at the first stop at the Cincinnati Masters. Venus lost a tight 3 setter to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, whilst Tsonga was left…
In the final week for the Championships at Wimbledon, the top WTA and ATP Tour players fine- tuned their games in the joint Men’s and Women’s events in Eastbourne and Hertogenbosch. Let’s see what happened in both tournaments.
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 