I see resemblance in tennis elite at the beginning of 1994 to that what happened ten years later. When the Australian Open ’94 started, there were three guys seemingly playing at very similar level (Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Michael … Continue reading
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The indoor season kicked off without notable names. The highest ranked player to participate in the Saint Petersburg tournament, Mikhail Youzhny is currently No. 29. There was a possibility for the first time in the Open era that none player … Continue reading
I am planing to begin adding Grand Slam tournaments of the XXI Century in the second half of 2013, but this year will be two exceptions of 2003, namely US Open and Roland Garros, as a part of farewell of … Continue reading
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World Group – semifinals Gijon (clay): Spain – USA 3:1 Rafael Nadal announced before the US Open that he would come back at this semifinal tie. He skipped it though, and it’s tough to say when he might play first … Continue reading
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He was the next big thing in American tennis after a decline of “golden generation” born in the early 70s. His emergence onto the tennis scene was thundering, as soon as he appeared in the ATP ranking (2000) he was … Continue reading
“Now they are starting at 15 and burnt out at 24” said Jimmy Connors on the upcoming generation of American players. It was a tournament marked by a tennis torch that passed from one generation to another: 16-year-old Michael Chang … Continue reading
(3)Andy Murray d. (2)Novak Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 [4:54 h] Fifth straight US Open final held on Monday was the most magnificent revenge for the Australian Open loss to Djokovic, Murray … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: Sunday (2)Novak Djokovic d. (4)David Ferrer 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 [2:32 h] Although the wind wasn’t as strong as in the first semifinal, Djokovic performed poorly in first twenty … Continue reading
This year’s US Open was extremely predictable until quarterfinals. All highest seeded players advanced to the last eight, except Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but attendance of former Top 10’er instead – Marin Cilic, who had won 24 out of 29 matches since … Continue reading
Bottom half of the draw (Wednesday) Due to rain the postponed fourth round matches were delayed almost two hours. Philipp Kohlschreiber [20] had overcome three tough rounds in the first week of the tournament, in contrary to Janko Tipsarevic [9], … Continue reading
