It will once again be No. 1 versus No. 2 in the finals of French Open. What seemed a foregone conclusion, even before the Grand Slam began. Yesterday’s semifinal wins for Nadal and Federer have confirmed that both of them will square off again in the finals at Roland Garros. The two top seeds of [...]
Justine Henin demolished Anna Ivanovic in the women’s finals at the Roland Garros on Saturday to win her third title in a row. Rafael Nadal, who handed defeat to Roger Federer on Sunday, matched her feat 24-hours later. Henin vs. Ivanovic – a mismatch of sorts Anna Ivanovic had a wonderful French Open. She had [...]
Andy Roddick should thank the man who developed Hawk-Eye and it was this replay technology which helped the American to reach the semifinal at the Queen’s Cup in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Roddick began rather poorly as his British opponent Alex Bogdanovic seized the first set 6-4. The American then crawled back into the game [...]
The world number 106th Nicolas Mahut of France packed down the Spaniard and World No 2, Rafael Nadal in the straight sets to book a semifinal clash with fellow countryman Arnaud Clement in the Artois Champinships at Queens Club. It wasn’t the same Nadal, that had outclassed the top ranked Roger Federer in the final [...]
As expected, Roger Federer and Justine Henin have been given the top seedings in the men’s and women’s singles respectively at this year’s Wimbledon tennis championship. Britain will have its hopes pinned on 20-year-old Andy Murray who has been seeded eighth in men’s singles. Murray’s participation, however, remains shrouded in a cloud of uncertainty as [...]
The French pair of Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Mahut was made to sweat in the middle as the duo overcame a dropped set to secure their passage to the quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. Pitted against Frank Dancevic, fourth seed Santoro found his back against the wall after losing the first set [...]
David Ferrer did not allow his friendship with Nicolas Almagro distract him as the Spaniard carved out a straight set win to lift the Swedish Open. The facile 6-1, 6-2 win against pal and compatriot Almagro earned Ferrer his fourth ATP title. As the score line reveals, it was a lop-sided match right from the [...]
King of clay Rafael Nadal celebrated his return to his favourite surface with a facile 6-1, 6-1 win against hapless German Alexander Waske at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. In what was his first match since the defeat in the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer, ‘Rafa’ looked in awesome form and the spunky Spaniard dropped [...]
Pitted against Stanislas Wawrinka, world number two Rafael Nadal was expected to bulldoze the unheralded Swiss and lift the Mercedes Cup. But in Stuttgart, Wawrinka put up a gutsy show as Nadal huffed and puffed his way to a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win in the final. Wawrinka had scant respect for his opponent’s reputation and [...]
This season, the North American hard courts have shown early doors to some prominent players. In recent developments, third seed Novak Djokovic, playing his first match since upsetting top-ranked Roger Federer in the Montreal Masters final, fell 6-4, 6-1 to Carlos Moya. The Serbian’s dramatic win last week, by upsetting world top three players in [...]
