Author Archives: Voo de Mar

US Open 1984

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Voo de Mar

1984… it was a year of John McEnroe‘s total dominance. The American prior to the US Open ’84 had lost just two matches of the season (!), and confirmed his supremacy over the tennis elite outplaying Ivan Lendl in the … Continue reading →

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Rome – final

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Voo de Mar

(2)Rafael Nadal d. (1)Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3                                    [ 2:20 h ] Last year due to persistent rain their Roman final was delayed over … Continue reading →

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Rome – semifinals

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Voo de Mar

2nd semifinal: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (3)Roger Federer          6-2, 7-6(4)                             [ 1:39 h ] Their first meeting since the 5-set thriller at the … Continue reading →

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Rome – round 3rd + QF’s

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Voo de Mar

Quarterfinals David Ferrer is one of the worst match-ups for Richard Gasquet. The Frenchman has just won 2 out of 17 sets he played against the Spaniard, 14 of those sets he lost, were pretty one-sided. Today they played a … Continue reading →

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Rome – round 1st + 2nd

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Voo de Mar

Back on red clay! Just like a week before without best American players of the previous decade: Mardy Fish, Andy Roddick and James Blake (the latter could enter only the qualifying rounds), but with Andy Murray and Juan Monaco, the … Continue reading →

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Wimbledon 1985

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Voo de Mar

There were three sensational under-age triumphs in Grand Slam tournaments in the Open era, all occurred in a span of seven years between 1982 and 1989. As I have recently mentioned in two Roland Garros stories, in Paris triumphed teenagers … Continue reading →

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Madrid – final

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Voo de Mar

(3)Roger Federer d. (6)Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5                                                        [ 2:38 ] Federer as usual began … Continue reading →

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Madrid – semifinals

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Voo de Mar

2nd semifinal: (3)Roger Federer d. (7)Janko Tipsarevic         6-2, 6-3                                 [ 1:07 h ] Tipsarevic made a huge progress in the … Continue reading →

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Madrid – round 3rd + QF’s

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Voo de Mar

Quarterfinals Three quarterfinals were scheduled on Manolo Santana (Centre) court, but the first match on Friday between a powerful Juan Martin del Potro [11] and a smart Alexandr Dolgopolov [20] was held on Stadium 3. Del Potro was very solid … Continue reading →

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Madrid – round 1st + 2nd

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Voo de Mar

It’s the first tournament in history held on a blue clay (!) which obviously creates some controversies. The all-time biggest specialist of clay, Rafael Nadal complained before the Mutua Madrileña Open kicked off: “Madrid is one of the best tournaments … Continue reading →

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