Seven years after an astonishing triumph of 17-year-old Mats Wilander, the Parisian crowd witnessed another miracle fortnight with a 17-year-old boy as a main protagonist. A short USA-citizen of Chinese origin (170 cm, he grew 5 cm later on), Michael … Continue reading
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For the first time in the history of Davis Cup all four World Group quarterfinals have been played on clay which suits beautifully to the spring season of the year when all best players in the world after Indian Wells-Miami … Continue reading
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Because Novak Djokovic won his 30th singles title last Sunday, Leander Paes his 50th doubles title last Saturday, I guess it is a good time to make an entry considering the most titles won by particular players in the Open … Continue reading
Since today I will be posting old majors every Tuesday or Wednesday, usually in order adequate to the four Grand Slam tournaments, next week Roland Garros ’89. I have recently installed “drop-down menu” to my blog, so you can go … Continue reading
(1)Novak Djokovic d. (4)Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6(4) [2:17 h] Miami is the only ‘1000’ tournament which separates semifinals from the final by one day … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (21)Juan Monaco 6-0, 7-6(5) [2:03 h] Monaco notched impressive wins over American boys in the last two … Continue reading
Thursday. All four previous matches between Mardy Fish and Juan Monaco had a dramatic conclusion. Monaco – celebrating his 28th birthday – has broken this pattern. He was playing a perfect match supported by loud Argentinian colony chanting “Ole, ole-ole-ole, … Continue reading
Fourth round Mardy Fish [8] had to work very hard in his fourth round match to achieve the best result of the season. The American squandered a 4:2 lead in the 2nd set, and was forced to save break points … Continue reading
Great draw this year in Miami – 28 best players of the world presented their skills (Wawrinka and Youzhny withdrew, Soderling still off the tour)… After 12 years of participating in the biggest tournaments, Fernando Gonzalez [221] played his last … Continue reading
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I assume it’s the newest major which will have been added to my site in two years… Before the tournament started there were three strong favorites to the title: Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi [2] and two-time defending champion Patrick Rafter. … Continue reading
