By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in ATP, Australian Open, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis, WTA | 1 Comment
The first Grand Slam tournament of 2012 takes place from January 16 to 29 in Melbourne, Australia. The biggest names in ATP World Tour and WTA Tour are expected to participate at this prestigious event which recently announced record-breaking prize purse. The winners of the singles events will take home more than $2.2 million each. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in ATP, Brisbane International, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis, WTA | 1 Comment
The 2012 Brisbane International will take place from January 1 to 8 with top ATP and WTA players converging at the state capital of Queensland for this dual-gender event. This is a perfect setting for players who needed to warm-up for the first Grand Slam event of the year – the Australian Open – which [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in ATP, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Qatar Open, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
The Qatar ExxonMobil Open is celebrating its 20th year and is one of the three ATP World Tour tournaments that will take place during the first week of January. World number two Rafael Nadal leads the talented field including three-time champion Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The total financial commitment for the 2012 Qatar ExxonMobil [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis, WTA | 1 Comment
The 2012 ASB Classic, a WTA-only International event, takes place from January 3 to 8 in Auckland, New Zealand. This warm-up event to the Australian Open will be staged at the ASB Tennis Center with some of the world’s best female tennis players participating. Last year, Greta Arn earned her first WTA title in four [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in ATP, Chennai Open, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis | 2 Comments
India’s only ATP World Tour event, the Aircel Chennai Open, takes place from January 2 to 8, 2012. This is the first three tournaments which will be held during the opening week of the 2012 tennis season. The 2012 Aircel Chennai Open has a total financial commitment of $450,000. Last year’s winner Stanislas Wawrinka of [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in David Ferrer, Featured, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The Mubadala World Tennis Championship 2011 in Abu Dhabi is coming to a close tonight with top-ranked Novak Djokovic facing fifth-ranked David Ferrer in the final. Both players dispatched formidable semifinal opponents in straight sets on Friday. Djokovic eliminated third-ranked Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1 while Ferrer ousted two-time defending champion Rafael nadal 6-3, 6-2. “That [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 31, 2011 in Australian Open, Robin Soderling, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Former world number four Robin Soderling of Sweden has officially pulled out of the 2012 Australian Open as he continues to recover from mononucleosis, a condition that has kept him out of the tennis scene since July 2011. Prior to his break from tennis, Soderling won his 10th career title at the SkiStar Swedish Open. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 23, 2011 in Featured, Novak Djokovic, Tennis News | 7 Comments
Novak Djokovic feels he can further improve on a fantastic year and enjoy even more success in 2012, but says belief is the key. The world number one won three of the four Grand Slam events in 2011, as well as seven other ATP titles, and overtook Rafael Nadal at the top of the standings [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 14, 2011 in Australian Open, Featured | 7 Comments
The Bryan Brothers’ record at the Australian Open is one of the most impressive in tennis. The 11-time slam winners have featured in seven of the last eight finals at Melbourne, winning the title on five occasions. They are obviously the pair to beat, especially as they enjoyed one of their best years in 2011. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Dec 4, 2011 in Featured, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Venus Williams | 1 Comment
Multiple Grand Slam-winning sisters Venus and Serena Williams are all set to defend their Olympic tennis doubles titles in London next year. They won the event at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games. They were unable to defend the title at 2004 Athens Games because Serena had a knee injury. “We’re the defending champion [...]