Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams set up a blockbuster final in Madrid. In the semi-finals, Azarenka recorded her sixth win of the year against Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2 6-4. It was another disappointing performance from Radwanska who was given several chances by the world number one in the second set but failed to assert her authority…
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych in one of the best matches of the tournament so far with a 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3 victory. The first set went with serve, but Nadal did manage to play some of his best tennis to get out of a hole at 5-6, 0-40. The second set point…
Tomas Berdych was booed off Hisense Arena in an extraordinary ending to his 4th round match with Nicolas Almagro. Berdych managed to win a tight match, 4-6 7-6 7-6 7-6 but towards the end of the match, he took offence when Almagro launched a ball at him. Almagro was quick to apologise and you could…
I have gone into massive detail on my WTA preview of the Australian Open so here is a slightly shorter preview for the ATP! Novak Djokovic QUARTER 1 Novak Djokovic is the number one seed and opens his title defence against the Italian, Paolo Lorenzi. After an incredible year, Djokovic has an almighty task to…
Following on from my predictions for the top 10 in the WTA, here is my predictions for ATP top 10 at the end of 2012. I found this one much more difficult… The season-ending ATP top 10 of 2012 Novak Djokovic 1. Novak Djokovic – I’m going with Djokovic to stay at world number one…
Roger Federer beat David Ferrer, 7-5 6-3 to progress to the final of the ATP World Tour Finals. I found this a really enjoyable match to watch and there were some great rallies on show. The first set went on serve for the most part; Federer was not at his best and was making quite…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 7-6 4-6 6-3 victory over Rafael Nadal. It was one of the best matches of the week and although I thought the quality dipped at times, it was an intriguing encounter and very watchable. The first set saw no breaks of…
David Ferrer produced another strong performance to qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals as he comprehensively beat Novak Djokovic, 6-3 6-1. The match was finely poised at 3-3 in the first set and it looked set to be a tight and entertaining affair. However Djokovic started to make some uncharacteristic like…
Andy Murray pulled out of the ATP World Tour Finals today after a 6-4 7-5 loss to David Ferrer in the first match of Group B yesterday. Murray looked tense from the beginning and his injury became apparent midway through the first set. Murray went up an early break but was pegged back after a succession…
The top eight players will square off in the final tournament of the year at the ATP Tour Finals on Sunday. Group A consists of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer. Djokovic has had an incredible year, but has been showing the effects of it in the last couple of weeks. I…
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