Here goes a quick round-up of the draws for next week’s ATP tournaments in Gstaad (Switzerland), Umag (Croatia) and Atlanta (USA). ATP Gstaad Roger Federer The best draw of the week comes from Gstaad where the top two Swiss players, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka headline their home event. Federer had a tough week in…
Serena Williams All four finals took place on Sunday with Fabio Fognini, Serena Williams, Yvonne Meusburger and Ivo Karlovic in the winners circle. Fognini won his second title in two weeks as he completed the Stuttgart-Hamburg double with a come-from-behind win, which included saving three match points against Federico Delbonis, 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2. Both finalists…
Busy weekend so just a quick preview of tomorrow’s finals… Fabio Fognini v Federico Delbonis (Hamburg, F) Fabio Fognini It certainly came as a major surprise to see Roger Federer and his new racquet bundled out of the Hamburg semi-finals by the qualifier, Federico Delbonis. In the final, he takes on the in-form, Fabio Fognini,…
The US hard court season kicks into gear next week with the women in Stanford and the men in Atlanta along with three other tournaments. Before then, we have semi-finals and finals to wrap up on this week’s clay court tournaments. Nicolas Almagro v Fabio Fognini (Hamburg, SF) Nicolas Almagro Fabio Fognini is enjoying a…
It was a mixed day of predictions today as my best two predictions (Pennetta and Verdasco) both came via retirements. Hamburg hasn’t been a great tournament for my predictions, but Bastad has been good and could be one of my best of 2013 so far if Flavia Pennetta can make the final and Mathilde Johansson…
Fernando Verdasco v Jerzy Janowicz (Hamburg, R3) Fernando Verdasco A showdown between two in-form players will be the one to watch in Hamburg as Fernando Verdasco takes on Jerzy Janowicz. Verdasco pushed Andy Murray all the way in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and he built on that with a final appearance in Bastad last week. …
1. Roger Federer v Daniel Brands (Hamburg, R2) Roger Federer There are no particularly enthralling matches for either of the WTA tournaments tomorrow so it comes down to Hamburg where the remainder of the 2nd round matches will be completed including Roger Federer‘s first match, up against Daniel Brands. This is the first time since…
The ATP tour heads to Hamburg (Germany) and Bogota (Columbia) this week with much of the attention focused in Hamburg where Roger Federer is in action. ATP Hamburg Roger Federer Following an early exit from Wimbledon to Sergey Stakhovsky, Roger Federer has made the bold move to play Hamburg and Gstaad, both on clay. I…
I am always quite sad after Wimbledon as it concludes my favourite part of the tennis season through the European clay court season, Roland Garros and the grass court lead-up events to SW19. It has been nice though to have a week off from tennis and the blog to recharge my batteries. I have actually…
As promised, here is the final write-up from my experiences of the 2013 grass court season. I spent a few days down by the seaside in Eastbourne to watch some tennis at the AEGON International. For those who missed my first write-up from the Monday, you can read it HERE. I woke up to glorious…
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