By Tennis Guru on Aug 15, 2011 in Rogers Cup, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
In just her fourth tournament of the season, Serena Williams was the last woman standing among a strong field of contenders at the 2011 Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto, beating Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2. Two weeks ago, williams won the Stanford tournament. With the victory on Sunday, she strongly positioned herself as the strongest [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 15, 2011 in ATP, Kei Nishikori, Malaysian Open, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori has confirmed his participation in next month’s ATP Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur 2011 tournament. He also took part in the event last year but lost in the first round. “It is a wonderful opportunity to be able to welcome a player from Asia to the Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, and [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 15, 2011 in ATP, Featured, Mardy Fish, Novak Djokovic, Rogers Cup, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, tennis results | 0 Comments
World number one Novak Djokovic became the first player to win five ATP Masters 1000 titles in a single season after beating Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the Rogers Cup final in Montreal on Sunday. The Montreal Masters event was Djokovic’s first tournament since he became world number in July after winning the Wimbledon [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 8, 2011 in Rogers Cup, Tennis News, Venus Williams, WTA | 0 Comments
Venus Williams remains winless at the Rogers Cup. The former world number one has reportedly withdrawn from this week’s Rogers Cup due to illness. Williams arrived late last week to take part at the prestigious hardcourt tournament, to be held this year at Toronto. On Sunday, the 7-time Grand Slam champion went to see a [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 8, 2011 in Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Unseeded Czech player Radek Stepanek produced some of his best tennis moves on Sunday to upset top-seeded Gael Monfils of France and win the 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Stepanek became the oldest titlist of this tournament since Jimmy Connors in 1988 (at 35). “We are like a wine: The older we are getting, the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 8, 2011 in Mercury Insurance Open, Tennis News, tennis results | 0 Comments
The title drought ended for Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska on Sunday after she won the 2011 Mercury Insurance Open title. The third-seeded player beat top-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-4 to secure the title. It’s been more than three years since she won a title. “I was playing very wel. I really wanted to win this tournament. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 7, 2011 in ATP, Tennis News, tennis results | 0 Comments
World number 53 Robin Haase of The Netherlands won his first career ATP World Tour title after he beat Spain’s Albert Montanes to emerge as the last man standing at the 2011 Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbühel tournament. The 24-year old star became the 8th first-time titlist this season. He gained 250 ranking points and €72,600 in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 7, 2011 in ATP, Novak Djokovic, Rogers Cup, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Watch 2011 Montreal Masters – Rogers Cup Live Online Video Stream Novak Djokovic of Serbia makes his debut as the top-ranked player in the world at the 2011 Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal, Canada which begins by August 8. This serves as his first tournament since his victory at the 2011 Wimbledon tournament. The Serbian [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 2, 2011 in Rafael Nadal, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The moment has come! World number two Rafael Nadal finally has his own (and official) twitter account. You can now follow Nadal on Twitter via this link (http://www.twitter.com/RafaelNadal). In less than 2 hours he has already attracted 36,000+ followers. Rafael posted his first two tweets today, one is in Spanish and one in English: RafaelNadal [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 2, 2011 in Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
After winning her first title of the season, Serena Williams’ ranking rose 90 places from 169th to 79th on Monday. The 13-time Grand Slam champion won the 2011 Bank of the West Classic title after beating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. Williams was sidelined for nearly a year after injuring her foot after winning the 2010 Wimbledon [...]