Mona Barthel reached her first final of 2014 with a gutsy three set victory over Silvia Soler-Espinosa, 6-2 4-6 7-5 in Bastad. I’ve watched many Mona matches this year and they almost always end in disappointment for Mona fans. This time round, the German world number 61 held her nerves and produced some surprisingly positive…
Another set of tournaments is already on the horizon for next week. On the WTA side, there is just one International event in Baku, meanwhile the ATP has three tournaments. The US Open Series kicks off in Atlanta and two more clay court events will take place in Gstaad, Switzerland and Umag, Croatia. It’s now…
Alexander Zverev reached his first ATP main draw quarter-fnal with another fabulous win, this time defeating Santiago Giraldo, 6-4 7-6(6). According to the ATP website, Zverev is the first 17 year old to reach the quarter-finals of an ATP 500 event since Rafael Nadal advanced to this stage of the tournament in Dubai in 2004. …
There were a handful of notable results on Tuesday. In yesterday’s previewed match, Dominic Thiem came from 5-2 down in the deciding set and saved a match point to defeat Marcel Granollers and advance into the third round of the bet-at-home Open (what a name) in Hamburg. Another promising up-and-comer, Alexander Zverev enjoyed his first…
The tennis tour keeps ticking along although interest (at least on my part) will generally remain muted until the week beginning the 28th of July. In that week, the women will be in Stanford and Washington meanwhile the men will compete in an ATP 500 in D.C. All three draws will be strong. This week, the…
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…
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…
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…
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