The third day of action at the World Tour Finals in London will see the second set of matches from group B with Roger Federer against Kei Nishikori at not before 2pm and Andy Murray against Milos Raonic at not before 8pm. After a day of breadsticks, it would be nice to see a competitive…
The World Tour Finals are in town and being just one hour away from London, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity of live tennis! Here’s my recap of the action from Monday evening including some of my photos. I didn’t take my big lens so the pictures aren’t great. I’ve posted the whole album and…
The night match on Sunday starting at not before 8pm in the UK will feature a Paris rematch between Milos Raonic and Roger Federer. I’m excited because I have tickets for this match :-). The pair played in the quarter-finals of Bercy with Raonic snapping a six match losing streak to stun Federer in straight…
Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic in straight sets to set up a surprise final with Gilles Simon in Shanghai. Federer produced a marvellous performance to beat Djokovic, 6-4 6-4. Right from the start, Federer was ultra-aggressive; he only won 9/19 net points in the first set, but he was in control of the majority of…
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet in the semi-finals of Shanghai on Saturday (starting at 1pm UK time) for the fifth time this year and the 36th time in their career. A win for Djokovic would see him level the H2H at 18 all. Djokovic was first of the pair into the last four…
In the biggest match of the day on Thursday, David Ferrer came from a set down to defeat Andy Murray, 2-6 6-1 6-2. It was a surprising result with only 22% in the pre-match poll going for Ferrer. It was a huge match for the Race to London, which gives Ferrer a boost after two…
Roger Federer came from two sets down and two match points down to defeat Gael Monfils in a fantastic quarter-final, 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2. You can see the highlights from the two match points that Federer saved here… Video by Gustavo Lemos This was a huge result for Federer, who had been tipped by…
I’m covering Women’s Tennis Blog for a few days so you can check out my recap of the women’s quarter-final between Ekaterina Makarova and Victoria Azarenka HERE. It was a stunning performance from Makarova, who finally broke into a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time in her career. She will play Serena Williams or…
The top half in Cincy has been ravaged with upsets and on Friday, Julien Benneteau upset Stan Wawrinka, 1-6 6-1 6-2. It was a puzzling performance from Stan. I thought (and to be honest, kind of hope) he was struggling with an injury. He seemed to check out in the third set, meanwhile Benneteau played…
For the second consecutive week, Novak Djokovic fell in the third round of a tournament and this time, to Tommy Robredo. TOMMY ROBREDO. The Spaniard has had a brilliant week, winning all his matches in straight sets. Despite these rather surprising losses, I’d still take Djokovic as the favourite to win the US Open. I…
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