1. Tomas Berdych v Gael Monfils (Monte-Carlo, SF) Either Tomas Berdych or Gael Monfils will compete in their first Monte-Carlo final after both were on court on Friday for less than an hour. Monfils defeated Roger Federer in the third round, 6-4 7-6(5) and backed that up with another convincing performance against Grigor Dimitrov, winning 6-1 6-3.…
In case you missed it, episode 100 of the No Challenges Remaining Podcast finally emerged last night… it’s an absolute cracker as it has interviews with Jelena Jankovic, Ernests Gulbis and Andrea Petkovic. The opening will be enough to send you into a fit of giggles. Also, Petra Kvitova’s blog with BBC Sport was very…
Monte-Carlo is always one of my favourite ATP events of the year. I love the setting and once again, it has attracted a stellar line-up. Originally I said that I would write previews for Monte-Carlo this week but i’m having second thoughts! I’m looking forward to at least watching some ATP tennis this week although it’s…
Stanislas Wawrinka continued his remarkable year with a first Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo, coming from a set down to beat Roger Federer, 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2. This was a pretty significant win because Wawrinka had only beaten Federer once before in 14 previous clashes. Oddly, that also came in Monte-Carlo. I only saw the third…
I’m excited. Sunday will see an all-Swiss final between Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the conclusion of the 2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. The winner of this sure-to-be absorbing finale will take the Swiss number one spot. The polls for the semi-final matches saw 65% correctly go for Wawrinka to beat Ferrer and a third…
Quarter-finals day in Monte-Carlo was a long one with Milos Raonic and Stanislas Wawrinka kicking off the first quarter-final at 10.30am local time and Novak Djokovic and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez finishing off Good Friday’s proceedings at gone 8pm. I can’t remember ever seeing a match in Monte-Carlo being played under the lights. Their schedule starts early,…
Stanislas Wawrinka produced another fine performance in Monte-Carlo as he defeated Milos Raonic, 7-6(5) 6-2 to move into the last four. There was nothing to call between the pair in the first set with no break point opportunities. Raonic led in the first set tiebreak, 3-0 and 5-3, but it was Wawrinka who managed to…
Seven of the top eight seeds have reached the quarter-finals in Monte-Carlo, which should finish with a flurry. It is safe to say that the last two days have failed to produce any gripping matches. The four day Easter weekend starts tomorrow and I am very much looking forward to watching some of the action…
A fantastic slate of third round matches in Monte-Carlo for Thursday requires the full SWEEP of matches in today’s preview. The action on Thursday features the world’s top six players with Nadal, Djokovic and Federer highlighting Court Central. In other news, BBC Sport continues to wind me up with their poor coverage of tennis. They…
There were no major upsets on day 3 of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as Novak Djokovic sailed through to the third round with a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Albert Montanes in just 45 minutes. Three seeds fell as Jerzy Janowicz, Mikhail Youzhny and Kevin Anderson all lost in the first round. Janowicz continues to labour…
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