Category: US Open series
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ATP Cincinnati Final Preview Roger Federer Vs Novak Djokovic
Top seed Novak Djokovic and second seed Roger Federer will meet in the 2015 Cincinnati final in what will be a high stakes encounter. For Djokovic, a first Cincinnati title and the only missing title in his ATP 1000 collection is on the line while for Federer the US Open No.2 seeded position is…
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U.S Open Series and Montréal 5 Things We Want to See Gulbis Federer Nadal
Gulbis to have one of his streaks In 2014, Ernests Gulbis reached the Roland Garros semi-finals and looked to be finally reaching his potential, climbing to world no.10. Things quickly took a turn for the worse, however, for the Latvian as injury struck him and a slump, which has lasted a year now and seen…
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Roger Federer Wins Sixth Cincinnati title
Roger Federer won his sixth Cincinnati title at the weekend beating sixth seed David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. It is Federer’s third title and first ATP 1000 trophy of the year. It was also his 16th win over the Spaniard in a rivalry in which he has never lost a match. Federer did not…
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Cincinnati Men’s Final Preview: Numbers Favor Federer but a Few are for Ferrer
The numbers will look daunting for David Ferrer as he goes into his ATP 1000 Cincinnati final against Roger Federer. The Spaniard has never beaten Federer in their 15 meetings, and Federer has a clean 5-0 record in Cincinnati finals. And that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Federer’s superiority in numbers over…
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Novak Djokovic Tumbled out of Cincinnati by Tommy Robredo
Novak Djokovic has been tumbled out of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati by veteran Tommy Robredo 7-6, 7-5. The loss put an end to the world No.1’s quest to win the ATP Career Golden Masters Robredo got the first break of the first set at 2-2 with an inspired backhand winner of a…
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Novak Djokovic Rusty on Quest to Create ATP Career Golden Masters History
Photo courtesy of edition.cnn.com Novak Djokovic is trying to complete ATP history this week at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati. The world No.1 is aiming to become the first man in tennis history to win all the ATP 1000 events in their career. The ATP is calling this potential achievement the ‘Career…
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Cincinnati Day 3 ATP round up: Wawrinka and Djokovic struggle through
Day 3 of the ATP 1000 event the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati was a tough one for the big seeds in action with both Wawrinka and Djokovic pushed all the way while recent Toronto champ Tsonga was pushed out. Third seed Stanislas Wawrinka put in a patchy performance in his opening round 6-3,…
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Five reasons why Tsonga’s Toronto win was so impressive
Jo-Wilfried’s Tsonga win was impressive for many reasons. He was nowhere near the favorite and was not expected to get past his third round meeting with Novak Djokovic. The tennis review looks at five of the factors that made the Frenchman’s trophy-winning week so impressive. He beat Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, and on a hard…
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Rogers Cup Final Review: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Takes out Roger Federer in Two
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the ATP 1000 Rogers Cup trophy by beating second seeded Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6. The title was Tsonga’s second ATP 1000 win after his 2008 Paris Open success. Tsonga and Federer held serves deep into the first set. But with Federer serving to stay in the set at 5-6, the Swiss hit…
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Rogers Cup Semi-finals review: Federer and Tsonga cruise through to the final
Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both advanced to the final of the ATP 1000 event The Rogers Cup in Toronto dropping only 7 games each in their respective matches. Tsonga was up first, and broke Dimitrov 3 times in his 6-4, 6-3 win. Tsonga struggled with his first serve, making only 49 percent of them,…