Nervous breakdown
BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg Women’s Final: [CR31] Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs. [CR60] Annika Beck (GER) Overwhelmed by nerves, Strycova barely held serve and her game was dominated…
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Slow start
Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Russia [CR74] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) got off to an extremely slow start in his match against [CR27] Mikhail Youzhny (RUS). Maybe it was uncertainty…
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BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg I saw [CR145] Denisa Allertova (CZE) play for the first time yesterday when she played against [CR25] Sabine Lisicki (GER), and I was impressed by…
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If Stockholm Open, Sweden [CR7] Tomas Berdych (CZE) only needed two breaks to win the match against [CR92] Dustin Brown (GER); however, he had to work very hard to get the first…
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If Stockholm Open, Sweden [CR51] Jack Sock (USA) was in total control of this match against [CR58] Andrey Golubev (KAZ), until a slight lapse in concentration saw him lose the second…
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If Stockholm Open, Sweden [CR10] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) got off to a nervous start today trying to defend his title, but so did his opponent, [CR59] Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS). Dimitrov…
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