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34-year-old Mark Philippoussis won his third straight ATP Champions Tour event, overcoming his peer Carlos Moya, for whom it was a debut in the series (the Spaniard retired from professional tennis last year), after a tight final battle in Bogota. … Continue reading
Roland Garros is the only major which starts on Sunday, it’s a relatively fresh tradition (since 2006). Among most notable players we can’t see in Paris Andy Roddick [11] and David Nalbandian [22]. Also former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, his … Continue reading
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Hosts (Germans), among all teams, treated in the most serious manner the 34th edition of the World Team Cup – # designated their two best singles players (Florian Mayer, Philipp Kohlschreiber) and their best doubles player (Philipp Petzschner). The most … Continue reading
(2)Novak Djokovic d. (1)Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 (2:12 h) For the first time in the 21-year-old history of the ‘Masters 1000’ tournaments, two players met in the final four times within … Continue reading
It was the best clay-court match of the season and the toughest one in Novak Djokovic‘s amazing streak. Andy Murray couldn’t do too much in the very first game (Djokovic hit four winners) but the Brit was playing very well … Continue reading
Eight consecutive defeats from Rafael Nadal‘s hands suffered Richard Gasquet, so he knew that only mixing things up would give him some chances to beat “the Spanish bull”. Gasquet implemented great tactics in the 1st set, diversified ground-strokes and serves, was … Continue reading
Unexpectedly in the first quarterfinal, Florian Mayer totally outplayed Andy Murray in the initial phase of the match. The Brit changed his tactics at the beginning of the 2nd set, was playing more aggressively from the baseline and restored his … Continue reading
27-year-old unorthodox Florian Mayer [28] – the best German player at the moment – had never won a match in Rome prior to this week. Today he advanced for the first time in life to the quarter-finals of a ‘Masters 1000’ … Continue reading
Probably vast majority of spectators expected that 29-year-old qualifier Paolo Lorenzi (only six ATP wins in career) would win four games at a push against Rafael Nadal. It’s always tough to say whether the Italian was playing match of his … Continue reading
Andy Roddick [12] playing his 200th tournament at the main level, suffered an early exit being ousted in straight sets (3-6, 3-6) by Gilles Simon [19], who finished the match with forehand passing-shot and high backhand volley. It is fourth … Continue reading
