MELBOURNE, AUTRALIA – World Number One Novak Djokovic out-lasted Scotland’s Andy Murray to win his fourth Australian Open title, Sunday 27 January. Murray won the first set tiebreak, and stayed with the Serb through the second, losing the tiebreak, but then it was all one way traffic. The match ended 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2. It [...]
Roger overwhelmed by Andy in Australia
January 25, 2013 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Roger Federer lost to Andy Murray in the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne Friday 25 January, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. The match was Federer’s chance to even his record with Murray, but it escaped him. It was also the first time that the number 2 Federer and number 3 Murray [...]
Sports, Australian Open tennis: Stan fights Djoko for five hours
January 20, 2013 by
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Swiss number two Stanislas Wawrinka battled for more than five hours and five sets before losing in the Australian Open to ATP number one, Novak Djokovic, 20 January. Stan took the first set 6-1 with his aggressive backhand destroying the Serb’s game, but Djokovic is probably the best defender in the world [...]
Sports, tennis: Djokovic beats Federer in thriller final
November 12, 2012 by
LONDON, ENGLAND – Novak Djokovic battled back to beat Roger Federer 7-6, 7-5 in the World Tour Finals, the lucrative end of season battle between the top eight players. Federer stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first set, winning the first two games before Djokovic scored a point. The Serb displayed his legendary fighting [...]
Sports, tennis: Federer is in the final against Djokovic!
November 11, 2012 by
LONDON, ENGLAND – Roger Federer set up a dream final against Novak Djokovic when he beat Andy Murray 7-6 6-2 in his semi-final of the ATP Masters World Tour Finals. The end of season tournament is the most lucrative of the year. The final will be played Monday 12 November. Djokovic beat Juan Martin Del [...]
Sports, tennis: Federer beats Djokovic again
August 19, 2012 by
CINCINATTI, OHIO – Roger Federer strengthened his position at the top of the ATP rankings with a convincing win over second placed Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2012 Cincinnati Masters, 19 August. The Swiss star crushed the Serb 6-0 in the first set and then held on in the more competitive second to [...]
Wimbledon Tennis: Federer to face Murray in historic final
July 6, 2012 by
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND – Roger Federer was back in form as he beat top seed Novak Djokovic in the first semi-final at Wimbledon, 6 July. The Swiss dominated the match to win 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 and the Serb was frequently struggling to keep up. If Federer wins the final on Sunday he will regain the [...]
Sports, Wimbledon tennis: Federer and Djokovic fight back
June 29, 2012 by
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic fought back from poor starts to avoid joining Rafa Nadal in the list of Wimbledon upsets, 29 June. Djokovic lost the first set in his match against 33 year old Czech Radek Stepanek 4-6. The ex companion of Martina Hingis was then crushed in the next three, [...]
Sports, tennis: Nadal wins 7th French Open, defeating Djokovic
June 11, 2012 by
Surfaces not quite right for Spanish PARIS, FRANCE – Rafa Nadal gave Spain its third bit of good news in as many days, winning the French Open at Roland Garros after play with Novak Djokovic was halted overnight by rain: 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5. Nadal overtook Bjorn Borg’s record for six Roland Garros wins. Nadal [...]
Sports, tennis: More records for Federer while Williams sisters crash out
May 31, 2012 by
ROLAND GARROS, PARIS, FRANCE – Roger Federer notched up another two records as he beat Adrian Ungar 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in the French Open, 30 May. He passed Jimmy Connors to a record 234th Grand Slam victory, and also became the first player to win 50 matches at each of the four Grand Slam [...]
