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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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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
I have added today a new page to the blog considering Roland Garros. I will add similar pages about Wimbledon and the US Open later on. You can find on those pages tie-breaks which aren’t available neither ATP nor ITF … 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
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
