34-year-old Mark Philippoussis won his second successive title in ATP Champions Tour beating two years older Tim Henman in straight sets in the final of the BNP Paribas Zurich Open. The semi-retired Australian, two weeks ago triumphed in Delray Beach … Continue reading
The 25th edition of ‘BNP Paribas Open’ at Indian Wells started on Thursday, for the seventh straight year with a 96 draw (’56 draw’ in the years 1987-1999 and ’64 draw’ in the years 2000-2003). This year’s draw is excellent, … Continue reading
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Three nations (Sweden, Argentina & Spain -> Rafael Nadal’s first matches [straight sets victories] since Australian Open) secured their quarter-finals berth after the first two days of the weekend. Perhaps easy win Sweden over Russia is a bit surprising if … Continue reading
Zagreb. Ivo Karlovic established today a new record in the fastest serve, delivering a 251 kph serve in a Davis Cup doubles match between Croatia and Germany. Karlovic along with Ivan Dodig, lost to the German pair, Christopher Kas and … Continue reading
26-year-old Mario Ancic, former No. 7 in the world, lost his biennial battle with mononucleosis and chronic back problem – announced retirement from professional tennis. The Croat due to his illness played only seven tournaments in 2009 and nine tournaments … Continue reading
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In the initial period of the 2011 season, three players are in the form of their lives: Novak Djokovic, Robin Soderling and Nicolas Almagro. Djokovic [3] elevated by the triumph in the Davis Cup final ’10, followed that success with … Continue reading
34-year-old Mark Philippoussis won yesterday his first Champions Tour title beating nine years older Aaron Krickstein without troubles in the Delray Beach final. “Everything came together for me tonight,” said Philippoussis. “I actually used to live in Delray Beach a … Continue reading
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It was another very interesting week – all title winners of the 6th week, advanced to the finals again! Two of them (Soderling & Almagro), clinched their second titles in the fortnight… Andy Roddick [8] captured his 30th career title … Continue reading
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Milos Raonic‘s [59] fairytale continues… The young Canadian after winning a tournament in San Jose, went to Memphis where in the first round played with his San Jose’s final opponent – Fernando Verdasco. Raonic won again, this time in three … Continue reading
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It was a very good week for the sensations of this year’s Australian Open – Milos Raonic & Alexandr Dolgopolov – both young players reached their first ATP finals… In the biggest tournament of the week (Rotterdam), Robin Soderling [4] … Continue reading
