Monthly Archives: March 2012

Miami – semifinals

 2nd semifinal: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (21)Juan Monaco             6-0, 7-6(5)                         [2:03 h] Monaco notched impressive wins over American boys in the last two … Continue reading

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Miami – quarterfinals

Thursday. All four previous matches between Mardy Fish and Juan Monaco  had a dramatic conclusion. Monaco – celebrating his 28th birthday – has broken this pattern. He was playing a perfect match supported by loud Argentinian colony chanting “Ole, ole-ole-ole, … Continue reading

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Miami – Round 3rd + 4th

Fourth round Mardy Fish [8] had to work very hard in his fourth round match to achieve the best result of the season. The American squandered a 4:2 lead in the 2nd set, and was forced to save break points … Continue reading

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Miami – Round 1st + 2nd

Great draw this year in Miami –  28 best players of the world presented their skills (Wawrinka and Youzhny withdrew, Soderling still off the tour)… After 12 years of participating in the biggest tournaments, Fernando Gonzalez [221] played his last … 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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Indian Wells – final

(3)Roger Federer d. (11)John Isner          7-6(7), 6-3     [1:21 h] – In the 1st set the weather was ugly again, the wind was blowing and raindrops forced players to halt the final after the first … Continue reading

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Indian Wells – semifinals

2nd semifinal: (3)Roger Federer d. (2)Rafael Nadal             6-3, 6-4                            [1:31 h] The match was delayed because of rain, although started at … Continue reading

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Indian Wells – quarterfinals

Friday. It happens rarely that the first game of the match makes a decisive impact on the final outcome. It happened in the third quarterfinal between Roger Federer [3] and Juan Martin del Potro [9]. In a very long first … Continue reading

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Indian Wells – Round 3rd + 4th

Matthew Ebden [91] has notched the second big result in a ‘1000’ event as a qualifier. Last year in Shanghai he advanced to the quarter-finals, this week at Indian Wells after two wins in qualifying rounds, overcame again three hurdles … Continue reading

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