The womens quarters were a tad disappointing today, but the two mens quarters were both thrilling. Novak Djokovic saved four match points as he battled his way past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga with some fearless play to record a 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6 6-1 victory. Tsonga probably played his best tennis of 2012 for the most part,…
Rafael Nadal (2) v David Ferrer (6) Nadal was back to his best on Friday as he fended off a stern test from the in-form, Tomas Berdych, 6-4 7-5. Ferrer also made it through in straight sets as he overcome a tight first set to beat Richard Gasquet, 7-6 6-3. Nadal has always held an…
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…
Roger Federer produced an impressive performance to defeat Andy Murray in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships, 7-5 6-4. It was a good, but not great match and Murray had his chances, particularly in the first set; however Federer was better on the big points and produced the more attacking tennis as he…
Andy Murray produced an excellent performance to defeat Novak Djokovic, 6-2 7-5 and inflict the first defeat of 2012 for the Serb. I managed to watch the highlights of the match, which was the first tennis I have managed to properly sit down and watch all week! I thought Murray played well, particularly on the…
Novak Djokovic Eight of the top ten in the ATP rankings are in Dubai to contest the Dubai Duty Free Championships this week. Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are the only two current top ten ranked players who are not playing in Dubai. Novak Djokovic will play his first match since defeating Rafael Nadal in…
Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal recovered from the loss of the first set to defeat Roger Federer in a fantastic semi-final match, 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-4. At the beginning of the match, you would have been hard pressed to predict the actual outcome of this match as Federer came out on fire displaying incredible variety with…
The Australian Open has failed to deliver any truly memorable matches so far but this could all change with a sensational semi-final line-up for both the men and women. The mens is rather predictable, but incredibly exciting at the same time with Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray ready to do battle…
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…
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