Group B – second round: Day 4 8. (6)Juan Martin del Potro d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic 6-0, 6-4 [1:16 h] The Serb had some bizarre problems with his equipment, he broke strings in his four racquets (twice already during the … Continue reading
Group B – first round: Day 2 4. (4)David Ferrer d. (6)Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 [2:16 h] The hottest indoor players this season (Ferrer 12-1 record, Del Potro 18-2), which sounds funny given the fact Argentines … Continue reading
(4)David Ferrer d. (q)Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 6-3 [1:27 h] Beautiful dream of the 21-year-old Pole came to an end. It’s always tough to say whether one guy plays so poorly because the other is so … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (4)David Ferrer d. (WC)Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3 [1:50 h] It would have been completely different match if Llodra had converted 1 of 10 break points in the 1st … Continue reading
Quarterfinals It might have been a great day for the Frenchmen. There were three French guys in quarterfinals and each of them had a reasonable chance to move through to the last 4, however, “only” two of them fulfilled expectations; … Continue reading
Defending champion Roger Federer after losing in his hometown Basel to Juan Martin del Potro, didn’t catch an optimistic mood and withdrew from the last 1000 event of the year to rest and prepare for the ATP World Tour Finals … Continue reading
1995, it was a year of amazing dominance of three players: Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Thomas Muster. When the Australian Open ’96 kicked off, it seemed almost impossible that the trophy would lift someone else than one of these … Continue reading
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Six of seven contenders for the last spot in London disappointed this week, only Richard Gasquet thanks to reaching semifinal increased his chances. Admittedly Jo-Wilfried Tsonga isn’t confirmed officially yet, but his point-advantage over the next player in the ranking … Continue reading
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As early as Ferrero [161] notched a rookie season (1999, the time of Sampras/Agassi’s decline), they said this slim Spaniard with blond-dyed hair would be a new world number 1. He showed signs of being someone special in the first … Continue reading
Improbable finalists featured twenty years of Roland Garros: after Wilander, Pernfors, Chang, Berasategui and Kuerten, Martin Verkerk was a man who stunned everyone during the fortnight. Similarly to Pernfors and Berasategui, the long-necked Dutchman couldn’t do anything in the final … Continue reading
