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Australian Open 1999
It was one of the most open majors in the 90s: deprived of two best players in the world at the time (Pete Sampras, Marcelo Rios) with a defending champion completely out of form and accused of taking forbidden substances … Continue reading
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Toronto – final
(1)Novak Djokovic d. (14)Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 [1:01 h] Gasquet isn’t able to compete with the most reliable baseliners. After this final the Frenchman has lost the last 34 sets he played against the … Continue reading
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Toronto – semifinals
Six years waited Richard Gasquet [21] for his third ‘Masters 1000’ final, the previous one occurred also in Toronto. The first semifinal between him and John Isner [11] was pretty one-sided – the Frenchman won all his service games easily … Continue reading
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Toronto – round 3rd + QF’s
The heavy rain on Thursday didn’t allow to play a single point outdoors. The officials decided to appoint doubles matches on a humble indoor venue. Before it happened, the gold medalist from London, Andy Murray withdrew from his match against … Continue reading
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Toronto – round 1st + 2nd
The tournament was deprived of the best Spaniards (Nadal, Ferrer, Almagro, Verdasco, F.Lopez) and best Swiss players (Federer, Wawrinka), furthermore Roddick and Monfils didn’t appear at the Canadian Open. The Frenchman hasn’t played a tournament since May – last year … Continue reading
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London (Olympics) – finals
Singles Gold medal match: (3)Andy Murray [GBR] d. (1)Roger Federer [SUI] 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 [1:56 h] Déja vu at Wimbledon. Four weeks after Wimbledon’s final, Federer and Murray met again on Centre Court to play other … Continue reading
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London (Olympics) – semifinals
2nd semifinal: (3)Andy Murray d. (2)Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-5 [2:00 h] Murray was screaming, cursing, bleeding (left knee), spitting, fist-pumping, hitting his … Continue reading
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London (Olympics) – round 3rd + QF’s
Quarterfinals Andy Murray displayed brilliant service performance during his 59-minute 6-4 6-1 victory over Nicolas Almagro. The Brit fired 15 aces at 82% 1st serve in. The Spaniard was complaining the entire match on his right sore arm. Anyway it’s Almagro’s best … Continue reading
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London (Olympics) – round 1st + 2nd
First Olympic tennis event on grass, first at the Grand Slam venue and for the first time including a mixed doubles competition… It’s a unique opportunity to watch “the best of three” matches at Wimbledon, and players wearing national colors … Continue reading
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US Open 1991
It was the last successful major event of two great veterans: 31-year-old Ivan Lendl [3] and 39-year-old Jimmy Connors [174]. Both reached the semifinals overcoming an astonishing road to the last 4. The former, never a crowd-favorite, didn’t receive too … Continue reading
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