It was a day of lopsided matches #. In the most interesting straight setter, Alexandr Dolgopolov [17], who did not win a set in his four previous matches, sent packing Philipp Kohlschreiber on court No. 1. The Ukrainian led 5:3* … Continue reading
Ten first round encounters were played on Monday, another six on Tuesday. The last year’s semifinalist Michael Llodra upset the home crowd wasting five set points (including a triple s.p. in the tie-break) against Feliciano Lopez. The Spaniard won 7-6(7), … Continue reading
Perhaps it’s my favorite ‘Masters 100’ event because of its specific structure. It’s the only tournament of the series with the 48-draw. It means there aren’t accidental players in the main draw, it’s the most selective ‘Masters 1000’ event with … Continue reading
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The 37th edition of the Swiss Indoors was featured by change of color of the court, from maroon to blue, and one of the biggest surprises of the season as Kei Nishikori stunned Novak Djokovic 2-6, 7-6, 6-0 in the … Continue reading
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Only 11 days left to the end of the regular season, thus I thought it’s a time to begin a recap of the year 2011 🙂 I want to do this in three parts, today “descriptive summary”, after Paris I … Continue reading
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Thomas Muster [1,078], the former No. 1 in the world, for the second time finished his career last week in Vienna. The 44-year-old Austrian retired for the first time at Roland Garros in 1999, where he achieved his biggest success getting the … Continue reading
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] has found his best tennis in the second part of the season in Great Britain on grass. Afterwards he experienced very good American tour (outdoors), and has confirmed his ‘Masters’ aspirations collecting two consecutive titles which he … Continue reading
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It’s the last stage of the battle for London. Two players, who collected titles this week, Gael Monfils [10] in Stockholm, and Janko Tipsarevic [14] in Moscow, increased their chances to qualify for the season-ending championships. Monfils, who captured his … Continue reading
Viktor Troicki [16], known for his choking abilities, won today in Moscow as the defending champion, arguably the most dramatic match in his career. The Serb rallied from a *0:4 deficit in the 3rd set against the Moscow-born Alex Bogomolov … Continue reading
I had already mentioned Mannarino’s winning streak of long tie-breaks during the last Wimbledon. The Frenchman didn’t play a tie-break with at least two changes of end since then until today – he was beaten by Ivan Dodig 6-7(5), 6-7(6) … Continue reading
