When Roger Federer made the finals of the 2008 Wimbledon finals, he was going for a record sixth straight Wimbledon title, breaking Borg's five consecutive Wimbledons in the Open era. Could he surpass the amazing Swede? In the dusk of London, Rafael Nadal finally broke through, breaking Roger and holding to win his first Wimbledon.
Victor Hanescu had yet to drop a set at Roland Garros, but his opponent, Fernando Gonzalez had yet to drop a set either. Someone had to give, and that someone was Hanescu. Here's a telling stat. Hanescu had 16 winners to 8 unforced errors. A pretty tidy match for Hanescu. In a straight set blowout,
Federer is probably breathing a sigh of relief. Of course, he needs to handle his end of business, but to not have to face Djokovic means he doesn't have to deal with one rival that's given him a lot of problems recently.In a stunning upset, German, Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated fourth seed, Novak Djokovic, who most
Make sure you read the earlier post on Day 6 action!How often does this happen?You've played ATP World Team Championship with your fellow Serb, Viktor Troicki, and won this Davis Cup wannabe tournament on clay against Germany.You come into the French Open feeling pretty good about your form. You beat two guys that play well
As third round matches begin, there were a few folks that had to complete second round matches. In particular, up two sets to none against Russian, Sergiy Stahkovsky, Djokovic had to wait until today to complete the third set.The third set was merely a formality, taken 6-1 in merely 35 minutes of play. The final
Make sure to read the previous post for results from earlier in the day. Despite close matches with Czech Ivo Minar in the past and despite only getting to the 3rd round of Roland Garros once, Andy Roddick made quick work of his 25 year old opponent, serving 15 aces. Score was: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
Jose Acasuso, 45th ranked player from Argentina, can add his name to the list that includes Tomas Berdych and Janko Tipsarevic, men who gave Roger Federer a scare in a major.Acasuso was effectively trading groundstrokes with Federer, pressuring him off the ground, leaving Federer scrambling much like Andy Murray was scrambling.A day after Andy Murray
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Former world number 1's have been doing well. Juan Carlos Ferrero won his first round match over Ivan Ljubicic. Lleyton Hewitt beat Ivo Karlovic in the first round. Today, he had a nice victory of Kazakh, Andrey Golubev (age: 21, rank: 88), 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Hewitt's reward for this? A date with current world number
After a convincing first round victory over former top 20 player, Juan Ignacio Chela, it was fashionable to believe that Murray was starting to figure out this clay surface, and that a deep run might be possible. 27 year old Italian, Potito Starace, ranked 107 in the world (but in the top 30 only 2
