Spain’s Rafael Nadal sent a clear message to both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic ahead of the upcoming French Open with a resounding victory in the Rome Masters final beating the world number one 7-5, 6-3. It was sweet revenge for a straight sets loss to the Serb in last year’s final and the win […]
Five-time champion Rafa Nadal wore down David Ferrer 7-6, 6-0 on Saturday to reach the final of the Rome Masters. The second seed came from 3-1 down to win the first set and then ran away with the second, to set up a final against either world No 1 Novak Djokovic or No 2 Roger […]
World No 1 Novak Djokovic beat Britain’s Andy Murray 6-1 7-6 to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the second consecutive year on Sunday. Djokovic’s victory was his third at Miami, avenged his 2009 loss to Murray here and confirmed his status as the top player in the men’s game. “I thought I played a […]
South Africa’s 36th ranked Kevin Anderson beat Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic 6-4 7-6 (2) on Sunday to win the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships for his second career ATP title. “It’s fantastic,” said Anderson, who now lives in the Chicago area. “First title in the United States which is great. Apart from South Africa this […]
Andy Murray’s hopes of starting 2012 on a high by beating former world number one Roger Federer were dashed in Dubai on Saturday when the Swiss took home the fifth Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title of his career, beating Murray in straight sets 7-5 6-4. In the first set, Murray broke serve in the sixth game […]
Briton Andy Murray put paid to any chance of Novak Djokovic repeating his incredible 2011 run after he beat the Serb world number one 6-2 7-5 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Friday. Last year the Serb had kicked off the year with an incredible 41-match winning streak, during which he won seven titles, that was […]
World number one Novak Djokovic beat fellow-Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-1 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday to set up a meeting with Andy Murray in the last four. Murray, who wasted six match points and overcame a knee injury to beat Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5, faces Djokovic for the first time […]
Roger Federer has bowed out of the Qatar Open with back spasms, giving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga a walkover in the semifinals. It is only the second time Federer has had to withdraw from a match in this manner in his career. World number two Rafael Nadal was dumped 6-3 6-4 by 16th-ranked Gael Monfils, dashing expectations […]
Roger Federer says he is “very excited” about his prospects for next year after winning the ATP Finals in London beating Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 3-6 in a match that lasted 2hours and 17 minutes. It was his sixth ATP Finals victory and his 100th title in a long and illustrious career. The Swiss […]
Defending Champion Roger Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the ATP World Tour Final in London on Sunday after Tsonga despatched Tomas Berdych and Federer sent Ferrer packing. In the early match on Saturday, Spaniard David Ferrer took on the Swiss former World No1 in the semi-finals and went down 7-5, 6-3. It will be […]