The eight-week North American swing gets underway with a tournament in Atlanta. Next week Los Angeles, afterwards Washington, Montreal, Cincinnati, Winston Salem and a two-week tournament in New York, thus I prepared a new page about the fourth Grand Slam … Continue reading
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37-year-old Swede, Simon Aspelin went into retirement today after losing a doubles final in Bastad. Aspelin was a player devoted almost only to doubles, in singles he played just two matches at the main level (both dead Davis Cup rubbers), … Continue reading
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It’s a good time to deliver such a stats because there won’t be another 5-set match until the US Open 2011, so nothing changes in the the next seven weeks. Here are 50 active players, almost the same guys whom … Continue reading
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In a perverse Davis Cup rubber (Group II, Europe/Africa zone, Great Britain vs. Luxembourg in Glasgow), the fourth player in the world, Andy Murray outplayed yesterday a completely unknown Laurent Bram, winning all 18 games of the match. It was Bram’s … Continue reading
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Admittedly he reached No. 1 in men’s tennis on Friday (July 1) after beating Tsonga in Wimbledon semifinal, but officially he begins the leadership of the ATP ranking on July 4, 2011. The new leader says: “It’s definitely one of … Continue reading
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The first quarter of the season, which symbolically ended on April 4, was dominated by Novak Djokovic. The Serb maintained his extraordinary form in the second quarter, however, it was the quarter of Rafael Nadal too; Djokovic won two big … Continue reading
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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
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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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25-year-old Nicolas Almagro beat Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(2), 6-3 today in Barcelona (third round). Davydenko led 5:2* in the 1st set, but was able to win only two points in the following three games. Almagro thanks to this win advances to … Continue reading
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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
