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Wimbledon, 21-19 in the 3rd set!

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There was an amazing doubles battle on court No. 6 where Colombians, Juan Sebastian Cabal and  Robert Farah faced so-called “Indo-Pak express”, consisted of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (seeded No. 4). The Colombians served 15 times to stay in … Continue reading

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Wimbledon – Day 3 (1R/2R)

Today’s matches started more than three hours later than had been scheduled due to rain. Despite this inconvenience, only one match has been postponed to tomorrow (Del Potro-O.Rochus 6-7…) because all second round matches in the top half of the … Continue reading

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Wimbledon – Day 2 (1R)

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic began their title quest with straight sets victories. If they meet each other in the semifinal, they will make a first pair in the Open era to play in four consecutive majors! Federer has already … Continue reading

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Wimbledon – Day 1 (1R)

There was no rain at Wimbledon last year, just for the sixth time in history of the oldest tournament in tennis (it happened also in 1931, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1995), but the rain fell down as early as on the … Continue reading

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24th WEEK

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s’Hertogenbosch. I didn’t expect that Dmitry Tursunov [70] would win another tournament in his career. The 28-year-old Russian in a consequence of a severe left ankle injury, dropped at  No. 719 last year, and the last two seasons was drifting … Continue reading

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2011 summary (after 2nd quarter; half of the season)

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The first quarter of the season, which symbolically ended on April 4, was dominated by Novak Djokovic. The Serb maintained his extraordinary form in the second quarter, however, it was the quarter of Rafael Nadal too; Djokovic won two big … Continue reading

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23rd WEEK

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In the 44-year-old open history of the tournament at Queens Club, just for the third time the final was played on Monday due to bad weather (heavy rain); previously it happened in 1979 & 1987. A local favorite, Andy Murray … Continue reading

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Wimbledon page

It’s the end of the clay-court season, admittedly there will be another tournaments on clay (Bastad, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Gstaad, Umag, Kitzbuhel and Bucharest) but the best players in the world (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Murray) won’t participate in them. So it’s … Continue reading

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Roland Garros – Day 15 (final)

(1)Rafael Nadal d. (3)Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1  [3:40 h] Federer and Nadal have made the first pair in the Open era to play four finals at one Grand Slam tournament (beside them, three finals at one major played … Continue reading

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The end of Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak

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Roger Federer ousted Novak Đoković in the semifinal at Roland Garros in four sets yesterday, breaking an impressive streak of the Serb consisted of 43 matches won in a row. Due to loss, Djokovic didn’t secure himself the number 1 … Continue reading

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