Monthly Archives: October 2011

43rd WEEK

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] has found his best tennis in the second part of the season in Great Britain on grass. Afterwards he experienced very good American tour (outdoors), and has confirmed his ‘Masters’ aspirations collecting two consecutive titles which he … Continue reading

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42nd WEEK

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It’s the last stage of the battle for London. Two players, who collected titles this week, Gael Monfils [10] in Stockholm, and Janko Tipsarevic [14] in Moscow, increased their chances to qualify for the season-ending championships. Monfils, who captured his … Continue reading

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Troicki survives an epic (Moscow)

Viktor Troicki [16], known for his choking abilities, won today in Moscow as the defending champion, arguably the most dramatic match in his career. The Serb rallied from a *0:4 deficit in the 3rd set against the Moscow-born Alex Bogomolov … Continue reading

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End of Mannarino’s odd streak

I had already mentioned Mannarino’s winning streak of long tie-breaks during the last Wimbledon. The Frenchman didn’t play a tie-break with at least two changes of end since then until today – he was beaten by Ivan Dodig 6-7(5), 6-7(6) … Continue reading

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Shanghai – final

(2)Andy Murray d. (3)David Ferrer               7-5, 6-4        [1:45 h] Ferrer in his fourth big final, for the fourth time couldn’t even win a set. He led 5:4 in the 1st … Continue reading

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Shanghai – SF

Two days in a row, David Ferrer prevailed almost identical battles against big-servers. Just like yesterday against Andy Roddick, lost the 1st set against Feliciano Lopez today, despite an advantage in a crucial stage of a tie-break (yesterday 5:3*, today 5:4* … Continue reading

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Shanghai – QF

At the age of 30, Feliciano Lopez [28] has a chance for the biggest achievement in his professional life. The Spaniard repeated his best ‘Masters’ performance in Shanghai, but this time managed to do this in impressive style – faced only … Continue reading

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Shanghai – 3R

Juan Carlos Ferrero, who is mentioned on my blog in the “Match points” page as the biggest active specialist of winning matches from a match point down, lost today a third round encounter, squandering four match points (the most in … Continue reading

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Shanghai – 2R

To be honest, nothing particularly interested happened in the second round. The top two seeded players move through to the next round quickly, Nadal dropped only five games against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Murray received a walkover from Dmitry Tursunov. Santiago Giraldo … Continue reading

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Shanghai – 1R

Two out of three biggest stars of the tour, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer pulled out of the competition this week. Djokovic due to injury, Federer is tired and looks forward to finish the season well (it means on the … Continue reading

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