Maria Sharapova will be forever known in tennis, as the woman who ended Flavia Penneta’s career. The Russian superstar was given the honour of facing Pennetta in what was potentially the Italian diva’s last ever WTA match. Maria was already assured of a place in the SFs, but Flavia knew she had to beat Sharapova and…
1. Nishikori fights back to win Washington Crown over John Isner. ATP Washington- Draw 2.Sloane Stephens finally gets over the hurdle to win 1st WTA Tour title, over Ana Pavlyuchenkova. WTA Washington- Draw 3. Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova again in Final, to win Stanford Title. Stanford -Draw 4. Andy Murray and Kim Sears expecting first…
The strawberries and cream are out, Pimms are being sipped, the glorious British Sunshine bathes over SW19- it can only mean one thing: Wimbledon. The Greatest Tennis show on earth is back for its 129th Championships and we can’t wait for some scorching play over the next 13 days. The anticipation is rife, with so…
On we go to the 2nd week on the Road To Wimbledon, with the players this week playing in Halle and Queens (London) for the men and Birmingham for the women. In the in the 1st rd in Halle, Roger Federer barely got past dangerous home hope Philipp Kohlschreiber. The record 7 times champion was two…
Andy Murray overcame a tough, stern test against Philipp Kohlschreiber, to eventually ease past the German in 3 sets. The British No1 lost his way in the 2nd set, but came alive again in the decider and crushed his opponent, dropping only 1 game en-route. Meanwhile in the women’s draw, Maria Sharapova emerged the winner…
The last tournament of the year has arrived: The Paris Masters, the final battleground of the year the warriors of the ATP Tour. The Final Masters series event of the year, will ultimately decide the last 4 places for the World Tour Finals in London. Murray, Nishikori, Berdych, Roanic, Ferrer and Dimitrov, are the 5 players…
The 4 main protagonists in the race for the World Tour Finals, all won their SF matches to set up 2 tantalising finals in Vienna and Stockholm. Andy Murray eased past Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in straight sets, whilst Ferrer struggled in a 3 set scarp with Philipp Kohlschreiber. Over in the Swedish capital, Tomas Berdych and…
1 player was going to exit Roland Garros feeling bitterly disappointed, after coming back the next day and losing the match. Unfortunately for Philipp Kohlschreiber, he was that unlucky person in his 3rd round match with Andy Murray. The German ultimately lost an epic 5 setter 12-10 in the fifth set, to the reigning Wimbledon Champion.…
Andy Murray and Philipp Kohlschreiber will have to wait till tomorrow to finish their match, as bad light suspended play at Roland Garros. The 3rd round encounter was literally teetering on the edge as Murray wasted a big lead in 4th set, to allow Kohlschreiber back into match and level at 2 sets all. With…
It seems heading into the French Open in just over a weeks time, Novak Djokovic for once will be a slight favourite over his main rival Rafael Nadal. That’s because for the 2nd time in 3 years, Djokovic got the better of his arch-nemesis in the final of the Rome Masters. What makes this win…
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 