Two best players in the world get a milestone in their astonishing rivalry: for the first time in the Open era two guys played against each other in three straight major finals (following the championship matches in London and New … Continue reading
For the third time in the last four majors, the top four players advanced to the semifinals, however, in Paris and New York there was a different configuration than this year in Melbourne – Djokovic faced Federer with the balanced outcome whilst … Continue reading
4th quarterfinal: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (5)David Ferrer 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-1 [2:44 h] Ferrer is one of the toughest match-ups for Djokovic, not in the majors though. Their … Continue reading
A naturalized citizen of Kazakhstan, Mikhail Kukushkin [92] became the biggest sensation of the tournament after winning two 5-set matches over the seeded players and advancing to the last 16 (he had never passed beyond the second round in majors … Continue reading
Before the tournament withdrew three players who would have been seeded: Florian Mayer, Marin Cilic and Robin Soderling. The last one has been suffering an injury since July 2011. It’s been a good tournament so far for the local fans. … Continue reading
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Although he never reached the Top 20, Julien Benneteau [39] in my opinion deserves to win an ATP title. The Frenchman has beaten in the last few years Federer, Tsonga and Ferrer, he played equal matches against Djokovic, Murray and … Continue reading
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Doha and Andy Murray in Brisbane won their titles, respectively 8th and 22nd in similar style. Both players struggled in the first two rounds with much more inferior opponents, especially Murray, who began the tournament losing the … Continue reading
I do not publish a new version of my project Big 3S (Stories, Stats, Scorelines) for the time being, however, I prepared for myself a special, more colorful version of Stories. What’s the main difference between an “old” and a … Continue reading
I will not keeping the blog in a way I did it throughout the year 2011. Perhaps I will post some statistical/analytical stuff from time to time next year in a style I proposed in the last month. I have … Continue reading
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When you hear Andre Agassi you automatically know he is one of 10 best players of the Open era. Is he 3rd, 5th or 7th? It depends which criteria we adopt, if the fact he won “golden slam” (4 majors … Continue reading
