2772 singles matches played in 2012 at the main level (ATP tournaments, Grand Slams, Olympics, Davis Cup, World Team Cup), the most of them unexpectedly won David Ferrer – 76. It was the first year since 2003 with four different … Continue reading
After three days, the tournament was already deprived of the best players of the 90s: Pete Sampras (his last reasonable chance to conquer Paris) and Andre Agassi. Former champion Thomas Muster wasn’t a serious threat on his beloved clay-courts anymore, it … Continue reading
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Prague (indoor-hard): Czech Republic – Spain 3:2 From left: Jaroslav Navratil (cpt.), R.Stepanek, T.Berdych, L.Rosol, I.Minar… Pavel Korda, Jan Kodes, Pavel Slozil, Tomas Smid & Ivan Lendl The Czechs become the first nation to win Hopman Cup, Fed … Continue reading
It was a breakthrough tournament for Stefan Edberg. The 22-year-old Swede had admittedly won Australian Open twice (less prestigious at the time than nowadays), but he was mainly recognized as an excellent doubles player prior to 1988, when he decided … Continue reading
Singles: (1)Novak Djokovic d. (2)Roger Federer 7-6(6), 7-5 [2:14 h] It was extremely prestigious final: the most successful player in the history of this tournament vs. the best player of the last two years. The level of the final … Continue reading
2nd semifinal: (2)Roger Federer d. (3)Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-2 [1:33 h] Their third meeting this year in London after Wimbledon (Federer won 3-1) and Olympics (Murray won 3-0)… The Scot, who got their last two matches easily (Olympics and Shanghai) … Continue reading
Group B – second round: Day 6 12. (4)David Ferrer d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 [2:06 h] No pressure at all, in fact some kind of an exhibition encounter, forgetting about 200 ATP points at stake (50 points more … Continue reading
Group B – second round: Day 4 8. (6)Juan Martin del Potro d. (8)Janko Tipsarevic 6-0, 6-4 [1:16 h] The Serb had some bizarre problems with his equipment, he broke strings in his four racquets (twice already during the … Continue reading
Group B – first round: Day 2 4. (4)David Ferrer d. (6)Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 [2:16 h] The hottest indoor players this season (Ferrer 12-1 record, Del Potro 18-2), which sounds funny given the fact Argentines … Continue reading
(4)David Ferrer d. (q)Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 6-3 [1:27 h] Beautiful dream of the 21-year-old Pole came to an end. It’s always tough to say whether one guy plays so poorly because the other is so … Continue reading
