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. …
Alexander Zverev continued his fantastic recent form as he won his second ATP main draw match in Hamburg with a stunning 7-5 7-5 victory over the number five seed, Mikhail Youzhny. The 17-year-old will play Santiago Giraldo in the third round. It’s very refreshing to see new blood coming through on the ATP tour and…
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…
Hamburg is the only tournament on Tuesday that features second round matches. Dominic Thiem, Dustin Brown and Benoit Paire were among the winners on the first day of action in Germany. Brown defeated Pablo Carreno Busta, 7-6(5) 6-3 after losing to the Spaniard in straight sets in Bastad last week. I love watching Dustin play. …
It always takes me a few days to get over Wimbledon as it marks the end of my favourite stretch of the tennis calendar. It felt a good time to take a week off from blogging although I couldn’t help myself following the live scores! The two things I took away from last week; the…
Serena Williams All four finals took place on Sunday with Fabio Fognini, Serena Williams, Yvonne Meusburger and Ivo Karlovic in the winners circle. Fognini won his second title in two weeks as he completed the Stuttgart-Hamburg double with a come-from-behind win, which included saving three match points against Federico Delbonis, 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2. Both finalists…
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…
It was a mixed day of predictions today as my best two predictions (Pennetta and Verdasco) both came via retirements. Hamburg hasn’t been a great tournament for my predictions, but Bastad has been good and could be one of my best of 2013 so far if Flavia Pennetta can make the final and Mathilde Johansson…
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