Rafael Nadal was in typically bruising form today as he sailed past Mikhail Kukushkin, 6-1 6-1 to advance to another Monte-Carlo quarter-final. Nadal was impressive, but not tested by the Kazakh player who did not have the patience to live with the Spaniard from the baseline. He will play Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarters, who…
Andy Murray made a fine start to his clay court season with a 6-0 6-3 thumping of Viktor Troicki. Murray recorded his fifth straight victory over Troicki, who has had an uninspiring year so far. Murray will play the winner of Julien Benneteau and Jurgen Melzer in the third round. Juan Monaco, who was coming…
Novak Djokovic Unfortunately I have not had enough time to provide updates throughout this week for the ATP draw although if you looked at my preview and predictions, you will have noticed it wasn’t a great week for me! The big upset of the week came in the third round where Andy Roddick recorded only…
Caroline Wozniacki Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki were the top two seeds in action on Day 4 of the BNP Paribas Open and they showed that they meant business as both reached the third round with comprehensive victories. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-0 and broke the Russian player’s serve on seven occasions as…
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…
Jelena Jankovic Jelena Jankovic saved three match points as she survived a nail-biter to progress to the second round of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Jankovic beat Caroline Garcia, 7-6 4-6 7-6, who struggled to close out the Serb and must work on her mental game if she is to transform her game to…
Novak Djokovic I didn’t think it was possible that the first semi-final in which Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in 4 sets could be topped; however Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray served up a quite astonishing match on Friday night with Djokovic pulling off the tightest of victories with a 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-1 7-5…
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…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova beat Ekaterina Makarova, 6-2 6-3 on day 10 of the Australian Open to progress to the semi-finals. It was a relatively routine victory for Sharapova who hit 26 winners through the course of the match and was more solid on serve than her previous match with Lisicki losing just one service…
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