The first match on Monday will feature Tomas Berdych and Stan Wawrinka, who kicked off the World Tour Finals in 2013. Paired together in the same group once again, Berdych and Wawrinka will meet for the 15th time in their career. Wawrinka has won their last four matches, but comes into London in a dire…
The first seed in action in Paris fell as Gilles Simon lost in a tight three setter against Fernando Verdasco. Wednesday features an impressive live-up with six singles matches across two courts. The line-up for the World Tour Finals will be finalised this week with all the contenders in action on Wednesday. I’ll be at…
Gael Monfils recovered from a mini-meltdown at the end of the second set to record another straight sets win, this time over Grigor Dimitrov, 7-5 7-6(6) 7-5. Dimitrov had set points in the second set tiebreak, but faltered on several key points. He then double faulted on match point. It was a disappointing performance from…
Nick Kyrgios produced the upset of the tournament and the upset of the entire year as he knocked out Rafael Nadal in four sets in a gripping Centre Court battle. After progressing through what looked liked a tricky first three rounds, it emerged that his fourth round match was the most dangerous! I really didn’t…
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez was always going to be a tricky match-up for Stan Wawrinka. It was the nature of this shock loss that was so stunning to watch. GGL produced a rock solid display to dispatch the Australian Open champion in four sets on Philippe Chatrier court, 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-0 in two hours and 23…
It’s been touching to see so many tennis players, both past and present, pay their respect to Elena Baltacha. You can keep donating to Rally4Bally HERE. The money is being donated 50:50 to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Elena’s tennis academy. I’m sure you will agree, both very worthy causes. The amount raised has…
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…
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…
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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