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The 24-year-old Kazakh [101] has finally won an ATP match beating Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 (there was 4:4 in the 2nd set). Thanks to this win, Golubev will avoid overcoming Vincent Spadea‘s shameful record obtained in years 1999-00 – … Continue reading
Historically, the Canadian Open-Cincinnati combo is tougher to win than the Indian Wells-Miami combo. It’s very interesting whether Novak Djokovic will be the first man to win both combos within a season. Obviously there’s a reminiscence in his 2011 season … Continue reading
(1)Novak Djokovic d. (6)Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 (2:23 h) Traditionally, Fish lost a final of a big tournament in the final set (four ‘1-2’ defeats in ‘Masters 1000’ events and one ‘2-3’ at the Olympics). It seemed … Continue reading
Mardy Fish [8], a huge favorite of the first semifinal, delivered a routine 6-3, 6-4 win over Janko Tipsarevic [24] to get the third final in the last four weeks. The American No. 1 implemented a different tactics than in … Continue reading
In the first quarterfinal, Mardy Fish ousted Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7, 6-0 after an unusual encounter consisted of 15 (!) breaks of serve. Fish wasted two match points in the tie-break #, but quickly recovered breaking Wawrinka twice (to ’30’ … Continue reading
Viktor Troicki [15] just like Nadal yesterday, lost a match in which had opportunities to win both losing sets; taking into account the progress of his match with Gael Monfils [7], I’m prone to say that his loss is more … Continue reading
Three players had to play two matches on Wednesday because their first round encounters were interrupted by rain: Fernando Verdasco (1-1, *2:2 with Kamke), Feliciano Lopez (1-1, *2:3 with Stepanek) and John Isner (6-3, *1:2 with Baghdatis). Neither of them … Continue reading
After five weeks of boredom, another tournament (the Canadian Open) with the best players kicked off. Traditionally, the three best players in the world (Djokovic, Nadal, Federer) skipped all tournaments which were held in the meantime. Two top 10’ers, Robin … Continue reading
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Two and a half years ago, when Radek Stepanek [54] won a tournament in Brisbane, John Alexander asked him more or less “What do you do to be so fit at the end of the career?“, Stepanek answered: “It’s not the … Continue reading
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The 34-year-old Austrian, announced his retirement a few months ago but has presumably played his last professional match this week in Kitzbuhel, along with Thassilo Haun lost in the first round to D.Bracciali/S.Gonzalez. I had an opportunity to follow his … Continue reading
