Dmitry Tursunov was the only seed to fall on Day 3 of the ATP Dubai Duty Free Championships. Roger Federer was given a pretty healthy scare by Radek Stepanek, who won a set and had multiple game points to lead the deciding set, 3-0. Federer won a flurry of games and although he was unable…
After an awful day of predictions for Saturday, I correctly predicted the winners in both finals from Doha and Rotterdam! Simona Halep won the Doha title beating Angelique Kerber, meanwhile Tomas Berdych was triumphant in Rotterdam. It is worth noting that there were ATP events in Memphis and Buenos Aires this week, but with the…
One of Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka will make the 2014 Australian Open men’s final. This tournament has been rather peculiar in that all the upsets are occurring at the business end. This is a huge, huge match for both players with fantastic chances for both to make the final. Here are my thoughts. Stanislas…
Rafael Nadal is through to the semi-finals, but the second place from group A is still up for grabs with Stanislas Wawrinka and Tomas Berdych still in contention. 1. David Ferrer v Stanislas Wawrinka David Ferrer Stanislas Wawrinka came close, but still came out of an excellent round robin match against Rafael Nadal without…
1. Rafael Nadal v Stanislas Wawrinka (Group A) Stanislas Wawrinka The two winners from the first matches in Group A, Rafael Nadal and Stanislas Wawrinka will square off in Wednesday afternoon’s match at the O2. Wawrinka won his first ever match at the ATP World Tour Finals with a competent 6-3 6-7(0) 6-3 victory over…
Monday wrapped up my year of live tennis as I had tickets for the O2 afternoon session for the first matches of the 2013 ATP World Tour Finals. Over the past three years, I have made a conscious decision to avoid going. The main reason has been the extorionate prices; I went to the final…
The World Tour Finals get underway tomorrow with the four Paris semi-finalists all given the day off and the two groups being split for the first time ever at the O2 with a group A and a group B match on day 1. I am intrigued to see whether they continue like this for the…
1. Petra Kvitova v Jelena Jankovic Petra Kvitova Another three setter and another victory for Petra Kvitova, who has now won her last 8 matches and her last 9 three set matches. Kvitova beat Li Na for the best win of them all as she recovered from losing the first set and fought off a…
Tomorrow is quarter-final day and there are some potentially, terrific matches on the schedule. So far, it has been a pretty good week of predictions although there haven’t been a great deal of upsets. I am eager to watch some highlights of today’s match between Lucie Safarova and Andrea Petkovic, which apparently was a belting…
I really thought there was an error with the US Open app when I saw a tick next to Tommy Robredo‘s name this morning. I know Federer has been struggling all year, but to lose in straight sets to Robredo, a player he has a 10-0 head-to-head record against was a real upset. Richard Gasquet…
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