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The compilation prepared based on articles written for the New York Times. The first major title for Mats Wilander [18], a Swedish teenager at the time, who hadn’t won a tournament prior to Roland Garros ’82, and it was his … Continue reading
(3)Roger Federer d. (11)John Isner 7-6(7), 6-3 [1:21 h] – In the 1st set the weather was ugly again, the wind was blowing and raindrops forced players to halt the final after the first … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (3)Roger Federer d. (2)Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 [1:31 h] The match was delayed because of rain, although started at … Continue reading
Friday. It happens rarely that the first game of the match makes a decisive impact on the final outcome. It happened in the third quarterfinal between Roger Federer [3] and Juan Martin del Potro [9]. In a very long first … Continue reading
Matthew Ebden [91] has notched the second big result in a ‘1000’ event as a qualifier. Last year in Shanghai he advanced to the quarter-finals, this week at Indian Wells after two wins in qualifying rounds, overcame again three hurdles … Continue reading
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In the Internet space we can drift in different directions of time, so I decided to add once per week descriptions of the biggest tennis events of the 80s and 90s. There won’t be any chronology in that, just when … Continue reading
Very strong field this year at Indian Wells, all Top 20 guys appeared in the sunny American city, unfortunately Gael Monfils [14] withdrew from his 2nd round match due to sickness (food poisoning) as well as his doubles partner Philipp … Continue reading
Usually players stick to one or two brands during the entire career. There were players who used three brands though (e.g. Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi), but I found only two players to change the mark four times: Henri Leconte and … Continue reading
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The almost 32-year-old Chilean announced his retirement a month ago after Vina del Mar. “I made the decision a couple of weeks ago to end my career at Miami. It’s 100 per cent personal. I realized I don’t have the … Continue reading
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Three weeks ago I posted an entry considering all Top 20 singles players in the Open era in regard of their countries. Today the second part of this theme – doubles specialists, but restricted to the Top 10. Just like … Continue reading
