Andy Murray recorded his first win over Novak Djokovic in more than 2 years, to win the Rogers Cup for the third time. The new World No2 hadn’t beaten his arch-rival since the 2013 Wimbledon Final and had in fact lost the last 8 meetings against the Mighty Serbian. However the Olympic Champ survived a…
Teenage sensation Belinda Bencic caused the biggest shock of the week in Toronto, as she knocked out the World No1 Serena Williams, in a 3 set thriller. What’s even more impressive is that the rising Swiss star did it from a set down and survived a patented Williams comeback in the deciding set. It’s Bencic’s biggest…
Novak Djokovic and Jeremy Chardy were two very lucky men on Friday, as both fought back from the brink of defeat, to beat Ernests Gulbis and John Isner. World No1 Djokovic saved 2 match-points against Gulbis and extend his Masters 100 streak to 29 wins on the trot. Chardy meanwhile lived even more dangerously, saving…
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…
The Undisputed World No1s of tennis: Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, both got their US Open preparations under way, in differing circumstances. Serena chasing a calendar Grand Slam come New York, overcame a slow start against Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta, before easing past her in 3 sets. Djokovic on the other hand had things a…
Venus Williams was bundled out of Toronto in rapid style, crashing out to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki. The 35 year old was all over the place against the former Wimbledon runner-up, who trounced her illustrious rival for the loss of just 3 games. In the men’s tournament in Montreal, the top stars of the ATP Tour…
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…
All Things Tennis- from Hamza Shakeel 