I had already mentioned Mannarino’s winning streak of long tie-breaks during the last Wimbledon. The Frenchman didn’t play a tie-break with at least two changes of end since then until today – he was beaten by Ivan Dodig 6-7(5), 6-7(6) … Continue reading
(2)Andy Murray d. (3)David Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 [1:45 h] Ferrer in his fourth big final, for the fourth time couldn’t even win a set. He led 5:4 in the 1st … Continue reading
Two days in a row, David Ferrer prevailed almost identical battles against big-servers. Just like yesterday against Andy Roddick, lost the 1st set against Feliciano Lopez today, despite an advantage in a crucial stage of a tie-break (yesterday 5:3*, today 5:4* … Continue reading
At the age of 30, Feliciano Lopez [28] has a chance for the biggest achievement in his professional life. The Spaniard repeated his best ‘Masters’ performance in Shanghai, but this time managed to do this in impressive style – faced only … Continue reading
Juan Carlos Ferrero, who is mentioned on my blog in the “Match points” page as the biggest active specialist of winning matches from a match point down, lost today a third round encounter, squandering four match points (the most in … Continue reading
To be honest, nothing particularly interested happened in the second round. The top two seeded players move through to the next round quickly, Nadal dropped only five games against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Murray received a walkover from Dmitry Tursunov. Santiago Giraldo … Continue reading
Two out of three biggest stars of the tour, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer pulled out of the competition this week. Djokovic due to injury, Federer is tired and looks forward to finish the season well (it means on the … Continue reading
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Before the Asian tour, Andy Murray [4] announced he would like to finish the season as No. 3 for the first time in career and he’s been confirming his aspirations winning back-to-back titles in Asia. In Tokyo he claimed his … Continue reading
18-year-old Jack Sock of the United States and his one year older compatriot Melanie Oudin, won the last US Open in mixed doubles. I’ve added today the last page to my blog in 2011: mixed doubles. “I feel like I … Continue reading
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This week two indoor Asian tournament began the Asian tour which will last three weeks. When Andy Murray [4] is seeded with No. 1 we can expect his triumph in a tournament. In Bangkok he needed four easy wins to … Continue reading
