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Novak Djokovic broke yesterday Rafael Nadal‘s 37-match winning streak on clay (including 13 consecutive wins) in the Mutua Madrid Open final. It is Nadal’s second longest winning streak on clay and the sixth longest in the Open era on this … Continue reading
(2)Novak Djokovic d. (1)Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-4 (2:17 h) — Expectations were tremendous because on the same court two years ago they played the longest 3-setter in history and one amazing streak must have been finished in this … Continue reading
Rafael Nadal for the second time this year overcame Roger Federer in the semifinal of a “Masters 1000′ event (previously in Miami). The Spaniard raced to a 4:2 lead, but Federer broke back and saved a triple break point at … Continue reading
In the first quarterfinal between two players with the same initials (T.B.) Thomaz Bellucci upset Thomas Berdych 7-6(2), 6-3 avenging three consecutive defeats against the Czech player. There was only one break point, converted by Bellucci at 4:3 in the … Continue reading
Unpredictable Michael Llodra [27] at the age of 31, not only achieved arguably the biggest clay-court success in his career, but also very likely will reach the highest singles position next Monday. The left-handed Frenchman, one of very few serve-and-volley … Continue reading
Roger Federer [3] raced to a 5:3 lead against Feliciano Lopez in the last match of the second round, and having beaten the Spaniard in all seven previous encounters, would have expected a standard 6-3, 6-4 win. Lopez somehow saved … Continue reading
Three best American players (Mardy Fish, Andy Roddick and Sam Querrey) suffered an early exit from the Mutua Madrid Open. Roddick [12] lost his third consecutive match, all of them in ‘Masters 1000’ events. His conqueror, qualifier Flavio Cippola [160], … Continue reading
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Two former Top 10 players made their comebacks after long injury breaks. Tommy Haas (former No. 2) played in Munich (only in doubles) his first tournament for 14 months. It’s his second such a long break (did not play a … Continue reading
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Rafael Nadal won his match No. 500 two days ago, defeating in the Barcelona semifinal Ivan Dodig 6-3, 6-2. The Spaniard has joined the elite group of 36 players (Nadal is 37th) to win at least 500 singles matches in … Continue reading
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Only one tournament this week, but a big one, in Barcelona. The Monte Carlo champion and No. 1 in the world, Rafael Nadal [1] came back to the tournament after a one year absence. The Spaniard won the tournament in … Continue reading
