The top 4 on Day 11 Maria Sharapova 1. Maria Sharapova v Kaia Kanepi Maria Sharapova suffered a major struggle in the fourth round as she battled for over three hours to overcome Klara Zakopalova, 6-4 6-7 6-2. In difficult conditions, Sharapova served 12 double faults and was broken on nine occasions, but showed she…
ATP Final – Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal Djokovic progressed to the final with an excellent performance to dispatch Roger Federer in the semi-finals, 6-2 7-6. Despite some stern resistance at the end of the second set, it was a flat display from Federer; however I think he has had the perfect preparation for Roland…
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…
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…
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…
Novak Djokovic The Australian Open finished off with a truly extraordinary mens final as Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal in 5 sets, 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5. The final, which lasted a staggering five hours and 53 minutes broke several records; not only was it the longest ever match at the Australian Open, but it…
Rafael Nadal The final match of the Australian Open will see Novak Djokovic take on Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s mens final. Both players have had terrific tournaments so far; Djokovic strolled through the opening rounds before being tested by Lleyton Hewitt and David Ferrer in the 4th round and quarter-finals respectively, and then surviving a…
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…
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