By Tennis Guru on Feb 7, 2012 in Featured, FED Cup, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
Great Britain set up a Fed Cup play-off against Austria by thrashing Israel 3-0 in their final Europe/Africa Group I pool match in Eilat. Judy Murray’s team finished top in their pool after beating Portugal and the Netherlands earlier in the competition. British number two Anne Keothavong got the day off to the perfect start [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 29, 2012 in Australian Open, Featured, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Novak Djokovic successfully defends the Australian Open title with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 win against Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Australian Open Men’s Singles Final on Sunday. This is Djokovic’s third Australian Open title after his win in 2008 and last year. He has already earned 5 Grand slam titles. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 28, 2012 in Australian Open, Featured, Maria Sharapova, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, tennis results, Victoria Azarenka | 0 Comments
Belarussian Victoria Azarenka won the biggest match of her career so far by winning the 2012 Australian Open Women’s Singles title on Saturday, beating former champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0. Azarenka played her first Grand Slam final and won. With the win, she also become the new world number one. “First I want to congratulate [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 26, 2012 in Australian Open, Bernard Tomic, Featured, Tennis Feature, Wimbledon | 1 Comment
Rising Australian star Bernard Tomic believes he can one day mix it with the best in men’s tennis and hopes to eventually regularly challenge for Grand Slam titles – and maybe win the biggest of all – at Wimbledon. The 19-year-old is regarded as his country’s best hope for the future and again showed signs [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 20, 2012 in Australian Open, Featured, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
Although the hard court surface of Australia, combined with the time difference down under, means that the Australian Open has only a select hardcore tennis fan following here in the UK, the coverage we have been able to observe has been enough to highlight the gaping failures and inadequacies that are still hampering the progress [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 9, 2012 in Andy Murray, ATP, Australian Open, Brisbane International, Featured, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number four Andy Murray earned his 22nd ATP World Tour title on Sunday by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-1, 6-3 at the Brisbane International tournament. Murray received $74,370 plus 250 ranking points for winning the title while Dolgopolov got $39,165 and 150 ranking points. “I served pretty well again. It got close in [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 6, 2012 in Australian Open, Featured, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is a favorite to win the Australian Open 2012 title, which begins on January 16. However, her participation at the first major tournament of the season is in doubt after she sprained her left ankle at the Brisbane International tournament this week. Williams went on to win her second [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 1, 2012 in ATP, Australian Open, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number two Rafael Nadal announced his plans to take several weeks off after the Australian Open 2012 tournament which begins on January 16 in order to recover from a nagging shoulder injury. At an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, Nadal said that he’s been recuperating from the injury even before the year-end ATP World [...]
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 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 [...]