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24th week

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The first week of the short grass-court season brought many upsets. As early as in the opening match at Queens Club, the defending champion Andy Murray was ousted by a grass-court specialist Nicolas Mahut, 6-7 in the deciding set. Murray, … Continue reading

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21st week

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Serbia weakened by the lack of Novak Djokovic, for the second time in the last three years claimed World Team Cup. It was a perfect tournament for both singles players: Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki, who won all their 4 … Continue reading

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18th week

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Three tournaments this week, all of them with a 28-draw. I have to admit I’m not an advocate of tournaments of this type because they clearly handicap top seeded players. It’s really tough to expect that a tournament would win … Continue reading

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17th week

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Men’s clay-court tennis in Europe has been functioning in cycles for many years. Rafael Nadal [2] begins it with the Monte Carlo title, then fortifies his supremacy over all other clay-court specialists beating the best of them – David Ferrer … Continue reading

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15th week

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U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships have a long tradition, it’s been as long as the Open era (and even longer, the first championships took place in 1910). The event was held in different cities, since 2001 it’s been Houston. This … Continue reading

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Ljubicic’s farewell

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Ivan Ljubicic [41] lost today his last professional match to his compatriot Ivan Dodig, 0-6 3-6 at Monte Carlo (the opening match of the tournament)… The 33-year-old Croatian player announced retirement a few weeks ago before Indian Wells ’12 – … Continue reading

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14th Week – Davis Cup (QF)

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For the first time in the history of Davis Cup all four World Group quarterfinals have been played on clay which suits beautifully to the spring season of the year when all best players in the world after Indian Wells-Miami … Continue reading

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The most titles

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Because Novak Djokovic won his 30th singles title last Sunday, Leander Paes his 50th doubles title last Saturday, I guess it is a good time to make an entry considering the most titles won by particular players in the Open … Continue reading

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US Open 1999

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I assume it’s the newest major which will have been added to my site in two years… Before the tournament started there were three strong favorites to the title: Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi [2] and two-time defending champion Patrick Rafter. … Continue reading

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Roland Garros 1982

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The compilation prepared based on articles written for the New York Times. The first major title for Mats Wilander [18], a Swedish teenager at the time,  who hadn’t won a tournament prior to Roland Garros ’82, and it was his … Continue reading

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