The tournament kicked off without three Top 20 players: Mardy Fish, Gael Monfils and Kei Nishikori, but it’s tough to expect they could play important roles during the fortnight, especially the American, who has been out of form since last Autumn. … Continue reading
It was wide open tournament, the long-time No. 1 in the world – Ivan Lendl was gradually declining, and withdrew from the competition in Paris for the first time since his debut in 1978, Chang’s second miracle in a row … Continue reading
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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
1984… it was a year of John McEnroe‘s total dominance. The American prior to the US Open ’84 had lost just two matches of the season (!), and confirmed his supremacy over the tennis elite outplaying Ivan Lendl in the … Continue reading
(2)Rafael Nadal d. (1)Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 [ 2:20 h ] Last year due to persistent rain their Roman final was delayed over … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (3)Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6(4) [ 1:39 h ] Their first meeting since the 5-set thriller at the … Continue reading
Quarterfinals David Ferrer is one of the worst match-ups for Richard Gasquet. The Frenchman has just won 2 out of 17 sets he played against the Spaniard, 14 of those sets he lost, were pretty one-sided. Today they played a … Continue reading
Back on red clay! Just like a week before without best American players of the previous decade: Mardy Fish, Andy Roddick and James Blake (the latter could enter only the qualifying rounds), but with Andy Murray and Juan Monaco, the … Continue reading
There were three sensational under-age triumphs in Grand Slam tournaments in the Open era, all occurred in a span of seven years between 1982 and 1989. As I have recently mentioned in two Roland Garros stories, in Paris triumphed teenagers … Continue reading
(3)Roger Federer d. (6)Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 [ 2:38 ] Federer as usual began … Continue reading
