This gallery contains 1 photo.
I consider myself as a tennis historian and statistician focused on the Open era, but the transition between eras is important in every field of history, therefore I recommend a book of a player, who passed away two years ago – … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
37-year-old Swede, Simon Aspelin went into retirement today after losing a doubles final in Bastad. Aspelin was a player devoted almost only to doubles, in singles he played just two matches at the main level (both dead Davis Cup rubbers), … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Bastad is a tournament the closest to Robin Soderling‘s heart. The Swede [5] played there his first ever match against a famous player (qualifying match against Richard Fromberg in 2001), he’s been playing there every year since 2002, has won … Continue reading
This gallery contains 3 photos.
It’s a good time to deliver such a stats because there won’t be another 5-set match until the US Open 2011, so nothing changes in the the next seven weeks. Here are 50 active players, almost the same guys whom … Continue reading
This gallery contains 3 photos.
Halmstad (indoor-hard): Sweden – Serbia 1:4 — If Swedes had appointed a team, which won the first round clash with Russia, they would have defeated Serbia deprived a slightly injured Djokovic (played only doubles). Unfortunately for the Scandinavians, “Pim-Pim” Johansson … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
In a perverse Davis Cup rubber (Group II, Europe/Africa zone, Great Britain vs. Luxembourg in Glasgow), the fourth player in the world, Andy Murray outplayed yesterday a completely unknown Laurent Bram, winning all 18 games of the match. It was Bram’s … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Admittedly he reached No. 1 in men’s tennis on Friday (July 1) after beating Tsonga in Wimbledon semifinal, but officially he begins the leadership of the ATP ranking on July 4, 2011. The new leader says: “It’s definitely one of … Continue reading
(2)Novak Djokovic d. (1)Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 [2:28 h] There is no better place to confirm one’s supremacy over the biggest rival than the final in the temple of tennis – on Centre Court … Continue reading
Today’s semifinals repeated last year’s matches at the same stage of the tournament with one significant difference – Jo-Wilfired Tsonga participated in them instead of Tomas Berdych; both players born in 1985, defeated Roger Federer in quarter-finals, Berdych in four … Continue reading
Eliding from economical arguments of the organizers, the Wimbledon quarterfinals are the toughest to follow among all four majors. I don’t see any problem that in contrary to other majors, quarterfinals in London are played within one day, but the … Continue reading
