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# In the picture Guillermo Vilas at the US Open 1977 and Rafael Nadal during the Monte Carlo final 2011 Rafael Nadal in 2006 overcame a record which belonged 29 years (!) to Guillermo Vilas of the most consecutive wins … Continue reading
(1)Rafael Nadal d. (4)David Ferrer 6-4, 7-5 (2:16 h) Just like in years 2008 and 2010, Nadal clinches his first title of the season at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, establishing an Open era record of the most … Continue reading
David “Pics” Ferrer [6] advanced to his second ‘Masters 1000’ final with a rather comfortable win over Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2. “Pics” took a revenge on Melzer [9] for two Parisian defeats last year (Roland Garros & Paris-Bercy) in 78 … Continue reading
…at the Challenger level. The 31-year-old American had won 23 consecutive Challenger matches in span of ten seasons (!), before lost tonight to fellow countryman Donald Young [122] 1-6, 6-1, 3-6 in Tallahassee. Blake [154] had won a Challenger at the … Continue reading
David Ferrer [6] has been in impressive form. After crashing a big-serving Milos Raonic, Ferrer easily beat another hard-hitter Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-3. The match was balanced until 3:3 in the 1st set, since then Ferrer won 8 out of … Continue reading
26-year-old qualifier Frederico Gil [82] has achieved the biggest success in his career advancing to the quarter-finals of a ‘Masters 1000’ tournament. The Portugese won an extremely long 1st set against Gael Monfils (1 hour 27 minutes) and quickly broke his … Continue reading
Rafael Nadal [1] began his quest for a record seventh straight Monte Carlo-Masters title with an easy win (2 & 2) over Jarkko Nieminen and improved to a 35-1 event record. Two out of the most probable Nadal’s opponents in the … Continue reading
The first out of three ‘Masters 1000’ tournaments on clay began without the hottest player on the tour Novak Djokovic. The Serb withdrew due to knee problems, but maybe it wasn’t the main reason. He is going to play in … Continue reading
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It is the first week of the clay-court season which is going to the end in June (after the Roland Garros final). In the meantime, there won’t be any tournament on a different surface than clay. In Casablanca unexpectedly triumphed … Continue reading
Rainer Schuettler [87], the oldest player in the Top 100 (almost 35 years) lost his first round match in Houston to a 15 years younger opponent – Grigor Dimitrov [70] 0-6, 2-6. It’s not the most lopsided defeat in career … Continue reading
