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s’Hertogenbosch. I didn’t expect that Dmitry Tursunov [70] would win another tournament in his career. The 28-year-old Russian in a consequence of a severe left ankle injury, dropped at No. 719 last year, and the last two seasons was drifting … Continue reading
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The first quarter of the season, which symbolically ended on April 4, was dominated by Novak Djokovic. The Serb maintained his extraordinary form in the second quarter, however, it was the quarter of Rafael Nadal too; Djokovic won two big … Continue reading
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In the 44-year-old open history of the tournament at Queens Club, just for the third time the final was played on Monday due to bad weather (heavy rain); previously it happened in 1979 & 1987. A local favorite, Andy Murray … Continue reading
It’s the end of the clay-court season, admittedly there will be another tournaments on clay (Bastad, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Gstaad, Umag, Kitzbuhel and Bucharest) but the best players in the world (Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Murray) won’t participate in them. So it’s … Continue reading
(1)Rafael Nadal d. (3)Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-1 [3:40 h] Federer and Nadal have made the first pair in the Open era to play four finals at one Grand Slam tournament (beside them, three finals at one major played … Continue reading
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Roger Federer ousted Novak Đoković in the semifinal at Roland Garros in four sets yesterday, breaking an impressive streak of the Serb consisted of 43 matches won in a row. Due to loss, Djokovic didn’t secure himself the number 1 … Continue reading
# Only for the fourth time in the Open era, top four seeded players met in the semifinals at Roland Garros (12th time overall in majors). The other interesting historical circumstances: Nadal and Murray joined a relatively modest group of … Continue reading
1st quarterfinal: (2)Novak Djokovic d. Fabio Fognini w/o Fognini [49] suffered an injury (left leg) during his epic win over Albert Montanes and decided to pull out of the quarter-final match against D’Joke. It’s the first case at Roland Garros … Continue reading
The highest ranked player born in the 70’s – Juan Ignacio Chela [34] prevailed in five sets against qualifier Alejandro Falla [120], who was trying to join Thierry Champion, Adrian Voinea, Filip Dewulf and Marcelo Filippini as the fifth player … Continue reading
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As 24-year-old Fabio Fognini [49] and seven years older Albert Montanes [38] stepped onto Suzanne Lenglen, a few minutes after 11 a.m. probably no-one thought it would be the most dramatic match of this year’s tournament. I’ve been watching tennis for … Continue reading
