In six previous meetings against Rafael Nadal [2], Mardy Fish [7] had won just two sets. Nevertheless, this time Nadal wasn’t an overwhelming favorite due to problems with right-hand fingers and tiredness after a marathon with Verdasco a day before. … Continue reading
Two years ago, Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco made the longest match at the Australian Open, this time the left-handed Spaniards created the longest match in the history of the Cincinnati tournament, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 in 3 hours 38 minutes … Continue reading
This season delivered some good results from players born in the 90s, unfortunately the youngsters are too weak to consider them as a serious threat in the next 2-3 years in my opinion. In the Cincinnati second round, I watched … Continue reading
Earlier this year I mentioned that Philipp Kohlschreiber and Robin Soderling made the 2nd pair among active players to notch three matches against each other with a final set tie-break. Michael Llodra [32] and Mikhail Youzhny [17] joined them today… They played … Continue reading
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The 24-year-old Kazakh [101] has finally won an ATP match beating Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 (there was 4:4 in the 2nd set). Thanks to this win, Golubev will avoid overcoming Vincent Spadea‘s shameful record obtained in years 1999-00 – … Continue reading
Historically, the Canadian Open-Cincinnati combo is tougher to win than the Indian Wells-Miami combo. It’s very interesting whether Novak Djokovic will be the first man to win both combos within a season. Obviously there’s a reminiscence in his 2011 season … Continue reading
(1)Novak Djokovic d. (6)Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 (2:23 h) Traditionally, Fish lost a final of a big tournament in the final set (four ‘1-2’ defeats in ‘Masters 1000’ events and one ‘2-3’ at the Olympics). It seemed … Continue reading
Mardy Fish [8], a huge favorite of the first semifinal, delivered a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over Janko Tipsarevic [24] to get the third final in the last four weeks. The American No. 1 implemented a different tactics than in … Continue reading
In the first quarterfinal, Mardy Fish ousted Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7, 6-0 after an unusual encounter consisted of 15 (!) breaks of serve. Fish wasted two match points in the tie-break #, but quickly recovered breaking Wawrinka twice (to ’30’ … Continue reading
Viktor Troicki [15] just like Nadal yesterday, lost a match in which had opportunities to win both losing sets; taking into account the progress of his match with Gael Monfils [7], I’m prone to say that his loss is more … Continue reading
