Feliciano Lopez ranked outside the top hundred, needed a wildcard to play at the Queen’s Club event and the Spaniard made the best use possible of that gift. Not only did he capture his second Queen’s Club title in singles, but he won the doubles title as well with Andy Murray. This was Murray’s first…
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[3] Roger Federer (SUI) defeated [33] David Goffin (BEL) in straight sets to claim his tenth title in Halle. It probably came as no surprise as Federer owns their head-to-head 7:1; however, Goffin put quite a fight in the first set, forcing it to a tiebreaker. Unfortunately, the Belgium ran out of steam, did not…
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Fever-Tree Championships, Great Britain Five months post his second hip surgery, Andy Murray made a winning return to tennis in doubles. Murray teamed up with his good friend, Feliciano Lopez and the duo defeated the number one seeds from Colombia. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, the number five ranked doubles team on the both…
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ROLAND GARROS, FRANCE [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) got to his twelfth French Open final today; however, going into this match, Nadal had lost the last five matches to his opponent, [3] Roger Federer (SUI). This would be their thirty-ninth meeting and despite their recent record, Nadal had never lost to Federer at Roland Garros. Their…
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ROLAND GARROS, FRANCE [8] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) will play teenager, [38] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE). There were almost two teenagers in the final at Roland Garros; [51] Amanda Anisimova (USA) won the first set and had a 3-1 lead in the second set before the wheels came off. If you ever doubt that pressure can affect…
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ROLAND GARROS, FRANCE BOTTOM HALF: Women’s Semifinalists [31] Petra Martic (CRO) was feeling a little under the weather yesterday and that was perhaps the slight dip in level that [38] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) needed. Martic served for the first set 5-3 up but could not close it out. They traded two breaks each in the…
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