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…
Andy Murray managed to come through a potentially tricky first round match with Nick Kyrgios, silencing the Australian in 4 sets. The brash young Aussie has been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, with his ill-fated comments about Stan Wawrinka and his girlfriend Donna Vekic, causing major controversy. He was unable however to…
Nick Kyrgios tumultuous time at the Rogers Cup ended in the 3rd rd, thanks to a straight sets loss to the in-form, John Isner. Kyrgios caused a firestorm in the previous round, when he insulted the apparent girlfriend of Stan Wawrinka. The ATP Tour later issued Kyrgios with two fines, with further punishment expected from the…
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray remained on-course for a blockbuster SF in Montreal, as both players came through 2nd rd tests. Nadal fresh off a victory in Hamburg, had to contend with a dogged Sergiy Stakhovsky, before seeing him in 2 sets. Murray on the other hand returned on Wednesday to finish off his delayed…
Rafael Nadal was sent crashing down to earth in the 1st round at Queens Club, falling in 3 sets to Alexandr Dolgopolov. Nadal returned to form with his triumph in Stuttgart, his first grass-court title in 5 years. But the ever-dangerous Dologopolov used his flat-hitting groundstrokes and crushing serve, to record his 2nd straight win…
Serena Williams was nearly sent packing from Roland Garros, but found her form just in time, to beat Voctoria Azarenka. The Belarusian former World No1 had Serena on the ropes up a set and a break in the 2nd, but Williams from 4-2 down won 4 games on the trot to take middle set. She…
2-time defending Champion Rafael Nadal, got his Madrid campaign off to the best possible start. After an early loss at his beloved Barcelona Open , Nadal arrived in his home Capital with a lot of uncertainty surrounding him. But the King of Clay put all that to rest, with a morale-boosting straight sets win over…
1. Federer ends clay-court title drought, with victory in Istanbul over Pablo Cuevas. 2. Svitolina wraps up Marrakech title, with hard-fought win against Timea Babos. 3. Pliskova victorious in all Czech Duel, in Prague Final. 4. Gasquet denies Kyrgios first ATP Crown in Estoril. 5. Murray beats Kohlschreiber in Munich epic, to seal first clay-court Crown.
At last, after 17 successive losses, Tomas Berdych has finally ended his Nadal voodoo. The 29 year old Czech had not beaten the legendary Spaniard since Madrid 2006, but was too solid and clinical for the 14 time Grand Slam Champion. Berdych’s crushing straight sets win, sees him set up a Semi-Final showdown with Andy…
Day 7 saw the first 4 QFs of the Men’s and Women’s draws set, with no big shocks to report of at all. Andy Murray came through an epic 4 setter over the hugely talented Grigor Dimitrov and reach the last 8 in Melbourne for the 6th year running. Nick Kyrgios became the first home…
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