Monthly Archives: January 2011

Australian Open – Day 14 (final)

(3)Novak Djokovic d. (5)Andy Murray        6-4, 6-2, 6-3            (2:39 h) British people still wait for a big triumph in prestigious disciplines (football & tennis) which originate from the United Kingdom. Murray didn’t … Continue reading

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The biggest “head to heads” at majors

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Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic met on tennis court in a professional match for the 20th time two days ago. The Swiss leads in their H2H confrontation 13-7, but only 4-3 at majors. With 7 matches played against each other, … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 11 + 12 (SF)

1st semifinal: (3)Novak Djokovic d. (2)Roger Federer 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-4        [3:00 h] Djokovic began the match in unusual style, serving two double faults in a row in the 1st game which gave Federer a break point – saved … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 9 + 10 (QF)

1st quarterfinal: (2)Roger Federer d. (19)Stanislas Wawrinka   6-1, 6-3, 6-3   (1:47 h) After impressive wins over Gael Monfils and Andy Roddick on Rod Laver Arena, Wawrinka disappointed totally on the same court playing against his compatriot Federer in the first all-Swiss … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 7 + 8 (4R)

So called “sweet sixteen” turned around into a “bitter sixteen”. That was pretty obvious that Nadal would beat Cilic and Federer would outplay Robredo without any problems, but we could expect much more from Verdasco, Almagro, Roddick and Melzer in … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 5 + 6 (3R)

Alexandr Dolgopolov [46] stands out not only by his feminine haircut but also by very hard, unorthodox forehand. “Dolgo” isn’t very young  – 22, but he is a new face on the main tour, two years ago (2008) finished the … Continue reading

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Federer’s record (57 wins at the Aussie Open)

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Xavier Malisse and Roger Federer met for the first time in a Davis Cup rubber in 1999. It was a quarterfinal tie, which Belgium won over Switzerland thanks to Malisse, who outplayed Federer in four sets. They both were prospective … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 4 (2R)

A young Canadian qualifier (was a set and a break down in his last qualifying match) of Montenegrin origin, 20-year-old Milos Raonic [152] is tall (6’5″ – 196 cm), possesses a huge serve and good nerves. Is he a material … Continue reading

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Australian Open – Day 3 (2R)

In the picture, Verdasco’s reaction after winning epic matches at the US Open ’10 & Australian Open ’11. As Fernando Verdasco [9] won amazing five-set match from two-sets-to-love against David Ferrer during the last US Open, we would have expected … Continue reading

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Match of the 1st round (Nalbandian vs. Hewitt)

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Lleyton Hewitt [54] and David Nalbandian [21] met on Rod Laver Arena for the second time after six years (but on the surface with a different color) and just like in 2005, they played a wonderful, dramatic match, without any … Continue reading

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