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There were four players to claim a title in their debut at the main level, five others won maiden tournament not having won a match before, Juan Ignacio Chela [176] is one of them (along with Butch Walts, Karel Novacek, … Continue reading
The best Americans born in the 50s (John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors) wasted their last reasonable chances to win in Paris. It was a tournament that seemed to be fully controlled by Ivan Lendl – the Czechoslovak had been winning during … Continue reading
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Australian Open 2003 – it’s a tournament which defines Rainer Schuettler’s [845] status in tennis history. The German unexpectedly reached the final; Marat Safin helped him a bit withdrawing from their third round encounter, but it would be unfair to … Continue reading
2772 singles matches played in 2012 at the main level (ATP tournaments, Grand Slams, Olympics, Davis Cup, World Team Cup), the most of them unexpectedly won David Ferrer – 76. It was the first year since 2003 with four different … Continue reading
After three days, the tournament was already deprived of the best players of the 90s: Pete Sampras (his last reasonable chance to conquer Paris) and Andre Agassi. Former champion Thomas Muster wasn’t a serious threat on his beloved clay-courts anymore, it … Continue reading
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Prague (indoor-hard): Czech Republic – Spain 3:2 From left: Jaroslav Navratil (cpt.), R.Stepanek, T.Berdych, L.Rosol, I.Minar… Pavel Korda, Jan Kodes, Pavel Slozil, Tomas Smid & Ivan Lendl The Czechs become the first nation to win Hopman Cup, Fed … Continue reading
It was a breakthrough tournament for Stefan Edberg. The 22-year-old Swede had admittedly won Australian Open twice (less prestigious at the time than nowadays), but he was mainly recognized as an excellent doubles player prior to 1988, when he decided … Continue reading
Singles: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (2)Roger Federer 7-6(6), 7-5 [2:14 h] It was extremely prestigious final: the most successful player in the history of this tournament vs. the best player of the last two years. The level of the final … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (2)Roger Federer d. (3)Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-2 [1:33 h] Their third meeting this year in London after Wimbledon (Federer won 3-1) and Olympics (Murray won 3-0)… The Scot, who got their last two matches easily (Olympics and Shanghai) … Continue reading
Group B – second round: Day 6 12. (4)David Ferrer d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 [2:06 h] No pressure at all, in fact some kind of an exhibition encounter, forgetting about 200 ATP points at stake (50 points more … Continue reading
