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Halmstad (indoor-hard): Sweden – Serbia 1:4 — If Swedes had appointed a team, which won the first round clash with Russia, they would have defeated Serbia deprived a slightly injured Djokovic (played only doubles). Unfortunately for the Scandinavians, “Pim-Pim” Johansson … Continue reading
(2)Novak Djokovic d. (1)Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 [2:28 h] There is no better place to confirm one’s supremacy over the biggest rival than the final in the temple of tennis – on Centre Court … Continue reading
Today’s semifinals repeated last year’s matches at the same stage of the tournament with one significant difference – Jo-Wilfired Tsonga participated in them instead of Tomas Berdych; both players born in 1985, defeated Roger Federer in quarter-finals, Berdych in four … Continue reading
Eliding from economical arguments of the organizers, the Wimbledon quarterfinals are the toughest to follow among all four majors. I don’t see any problem that in contrary to other majors, quarterfinals in London are played within one day, but the … Continue reading
Wimbledon distinguishes itself from other majors, inter alia as the only event, in which the 4th round is played during one day, it happens due to day-off on the first Sunday of the tournament. Amazing match, and very untypical for … Continue reading
Unfortunately rain again reminded itself on Friday, three second-round matches were concluded, but 5 out of 8 three-round encounters were suspended to Saturday… Two youngest players on the tour, Ryan Harrison [122] and Bernard Tomic [158] played five-setters (2nd round) … Continue reading
Rain interrupted matches a couple times. One of the rain-breaks helped Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [19] to avoid a 5-set match against Grigor Dimitrov [62]. When the match was resumed in the 4th set, Tsonga saved a break point at 0:3 and … Continue reading
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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
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
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
