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 15, 2012 in ATP, Sydney International, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Jarkko Nieminen won his second career ATP World Tour title on Sunday after beating Julien Benneteau 6-2, 7-5 at the Apia International Sydney tournament, a significant warm-up tournament to the Australian Open 2012 which begins on January 16. “I tried to focus and win every point I could. I think I managed to do that [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 15, 2012 in ATP, David Ferrer, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number five David Ferrer overwhelmed Belgian opponent Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the 2012 Heineken Open on Saturday, successfully defending the title he’s won a year ago. “It was a pretty tough match,” said Ferrer. “I think in the second set, we played good tennis. I think the key was the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 15, 2012 in Li Na, Sydney International, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, Victoria Azarenka, WTA | 0 Comments
World number three Victoria Azarenka won her fifth Premier event title at the Apia International Sydney 2012 tournament after beating defending champion Li Na of China in three sets 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. There was so much talk about the possibility of Petra Kvitova taking over the number one ranking this week that Azarenka was overlooked [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 15, 2012 in Hobart International, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
German qualifier Mona Barthel won her first career WTA title after beating top-seeded Yanina Wickmayer at the Moorilla Hobart International tournament on Saturday. Barthel completed her surprising run in the tournament, having to go through qualifying rounds and overpowering three seeded players to reach the final. The German’s performance against Wickmayer was impressive, posting a [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jan 14, 2012 in Australian Open, Tennis Feature, tennis results | 0 Comments
Andrea Petkovic’s Australian Open dreams were dashed this week after scans revealed the German had suffered a stress fracture to her lower-back, ruling her out of action for up to eight weeks. Petkovic would have gone into the year’s opening Grand Slam as the 10th seed – a position that will now be filled by [...]
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