Roger Federer produced an impressive performance to defeat Andy Murray in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships, 7-5 6-4. It was a good, but not great match and Murray had his chances, particularly in the first set; however Federer was better on the big points and produced the more attacking tennis as he…
June is my favourite month of the year as it is the only opportunity I have to watch some live tennis! I am already planning ahead and have booked my first tickets for 2012 for the AEGON International in Eastbourne. This will be my third visit to Eastbourne and I will be going on the…
Andy Murray produced an excellent performance to defeat Novak Djokovic, 6-2 7-5 and inflict the first defeat of 2012 for the Serb. I managed to watch the highlights of the match, which was the first tennis I have managed to properly sit down and watch all week! I thought Murray played well, particularly on the…
Juan Martin Del Potro Juan Martin Del Potro‘s 2012 has really started to shine in recent weeks and things continued to come together for the Argentine on Thursday as he defeated a disappointing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-6 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals of Dubai. Tsonga has failed to bring his best tennis in 2012…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga The second round of the ATP 500 event in Dubai saw seven of the top seeds progress to a bumper line-up for the quarter-finals. The only seed to fall was Mardy Fish, which was not a surprise based on his recent form. He did manage to win his first round match against Andreas…
I was delighted to wake up to the news that Alisa Kleybanova will return to the WTA tour next month in Miami where she has been awarded a wildcard. Kleybanova, who was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma last year and has been out since May, announced via a message on the WTA website that recent tests…
Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic saved three match points as she survived a nail-biter to progress to the second round of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Jankovic beat Caroline Garcia, 7-6 4-6 7-6, who struggled to close out the Serb and must work on her mental game if she is to transform her game to…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic headline next week’s BMW Malaysian Open with both receiving late wildcards into the event. The quality of the draw is not particularly strong and it seems a shrewd move from both Radwanska and Jankovic to scoop easy ranking points. Radwanska opens up her campaign against Akgul Amanmuradova and based on…
Novak Djokovic Eight of the top ten in the ATP rankings are in Dubai to contest the Dubai Duty Free Championships this week. Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are the only two current top ten ranked players who are not playing in Dubai. Novak Djokovic will play his first match since defeating Rafael Nadal in…
Agnieszka Radwanska won her first title of the 2012 season with a hard fought 7-5 6-4 victory over Julia Goerges in the final of the Premier event in Dubai. Radwanska was the more solid player producing 12 winners, but only 6 unforced errors. Goerges went through good and bad patches as she offered up a…
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