ritain’s Andy Murray delighted the home crowd on Sunday after he became the first British man to win an Olympic singles gold medal in 104 years at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon after defeating world No.1 and 7-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in just under two hours at the [...]
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Roland Garros, Paris – The King of Clay has taken yet another step further to cement that crown en-route to the final of Roland Garros as the six-time defending champion ruthlessly ousted his friend and compatriot David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 under blustery and damp conditions on the red dirt of Philippe Chatrier in [...]
By Lisa-Marie Burrows orld No.3 and 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is appearing in his 13th appearance this week at Roland Garros and has already added yet another milestone to his illustrious career this week as he won his 233rd match at a Grand Slam, equalling the Open era record set by Jimmy Connors. [...]
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL D’Italia, Rome – Out on Campo Centrale this afternoon the crowd were treated to a battle between the Spanish No.1 and the Spanish No.2 under the late afternoon sun, which started as an exciting spectacle but unfortunately for David Ferrer was not sustained against Rafael Nadal. The King of Clay has [...]
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL D’Italia, Rome – World No.1 Novak Djokovic found himself embroiled in another battle on a packed Campo Centrale today against tricky Argentine Juan Mónaco and had to fight back from a set and a break down to close out the match and progress to the quarter finals with a 4-6, 6-2, [...]
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam – Roger Federer was in sublime form once again during the finals at Rotterdam and set up the dream final at the event beating Argentine Juan Martín Del Potro in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 in front of a delighted crowd. t was the first time the tennis hero had played [...]