The number 10 seed, Cirstea After a day of solid rain resulted in no play at Birmingham and Queens on Monday, things finally got underway today with the majority of round one matches completed. In Birmingham, three out of the four seeds in action were beaten. Most surprisingly, the young Brit Tara Moore destroyed Iveta…
Rafael Nadal The French Open finally wrapped up this afternoon with Rafael Nadal claiming a 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. One of them was to make history as a result of winning the title and it was Nadal who passed Bjorn Borg‘s six titles at Roland Garros in a rain delayed final. …
Francesca Schiavone The womens grass court season kicks off this week with the International event in Birmingham. I have tickets for Friday’s quarter-final play although the weather forecast is already looking horrendous so I have my fingers and toes crossed I get some play! There have been a number of withdrawals from the competition including…
Andy Murray This is the most exciting stage of the season as we have barely wrapped up on the clay (in fact we haven’t yet with the mens final carrying over into Monday with Nadal leading by two sets to one over Djokovic) and we are bulldozing our way into the short, but sweet grass…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova beat Sara Errani in the 2012 French Open final, 6-3 6-2 to claim her fourth and sweetest Grand Slam title following the trials and tribulations of her shoulder injury. It looked like it might be a very one-sided affair when Sharapova raced into a 4-0 first set lead, but Errani found…
Where the womens draw has bseen a host of shock results, the mens has been very predictable with the final that most predicted. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both produced convincing straight set wins in the semi-finals to set up their fourth consecutive Grand Slam final against one another. Nadal completely swept past David Ferrer,…
The French Open has thrown up a number of surprises in the women’s draw in previous years; who would have thought at the start of the 2010 championships, Francesca Schiavone would be the last woman standing and then nearly repeat her success one year later, only to be denied by another unfancied name in Li…
Rafael Nadal v David Ferrer The two semi-finals are a repeat of the two we witnessed in Rome and rightly feature the four best players on the clay. David Ferrer will be feeling jubilant at having reached his first ever semi-final at Roland Garros following a 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-2 victory over Andy Murray. However…
Sam Stosur v Sara Errani The first womens semi-final will see two players who both love the clay and use this surface to their ultimate advantage. Sam Stosur has had a remarkably consistent tournament so far having yet to drop a set in six matches. After Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of her section, she…
The womens quarters were a tad disappointing today, but the two mens quarters were both thrilling. Novak Djokovic saved four match points as he battled his way past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with some fearless play to record a 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6 6-1 victory. Tsonga probably played his best tennis of 2012 for the most part,…
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