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Murray triple bagels

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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

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Djokovic – 25th No. 1 in the Open Era

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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

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Wimbledon, 21-19 in the 3rd set!

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There was an amazing doubles battle on court No. 6 where Colombians, Juan Sebastian Cabal and  Robert Farah faced so-called “Indo-Pak express”, consisted of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (seeded No. 4). The Colombians served 15 times to stay in … Continue reading

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24th WEEK

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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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2011 summary (after 2nd quarter; half of the season)

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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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23rd WEEK

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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

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The end of Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak

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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

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RG, 4R: Foggy comedy (against all odds)

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As 24-year-old Fabio Fognini [49] and seven years older Albert Montanes [38] a few minutes after 11 a.m. stepped into the Court Suzanne Lenglen, probably no-one thought it would be the most dramatic match of this year’s tournament. I’ve been watching … Continue reading

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Philippoussis still unbeaten

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34-year-old Mark Philippoussis won his third straight ATP Champions Tour event, overcoming his peer Carlos Moya, for whom it was a debut in the series (the Spaniard retired from professional tennis last year), after a tight final battle in Bogota. … Continue reading

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20th WEEK

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Hosts (Germans), among all teams, treated in the most serious manner the 34th edition of the World Team Cup – # designated their two best singles players (Florian Mayer, Philipp Kohlschreiber) and their best doubles player (Philipp Petzschner). The most … Continue reading

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