The defending champion and third seed, Simona Halep of Romania kept her title hopes alive, after getting the better of Australia’s Samantha Stosur for the second year running, at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain today. Stosur, who mixed up … Continue reading
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Nadal, Kyrgios, Raonic and Nishikori through in Madrid
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In other second round action at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain today, the fourth seed and favourite, Rafael Nadal, sweated it out for 2 hours and 57 minutes against Italy’s Fabio Fognini to advance with a 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 … Continue reading
Solo flying Djokovic advances in Madrid
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Just days after splitting from his long-time coaching team of Marian Vajda (coach), Gebhard Phil Gritsch (fitness coach) and Miljan Amanovic (physiotherapist), the second seed, Novak Djokovic of Serbia battled his way past the Spaniard, Nicolas Almagro, 6-1 4-6 7-5 in the … Continue reading
Gutsy Bouchard finds her “Genie” against Sharapova
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There was a lot of hype leading up to yesterday’s second round match between Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and Maria Sharapova of Russia, at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. The hype came from the younger player, Bouchard, who has … Continue reading
Muguruza crashes out as Halep and Wozniacki advance in Madrid
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There were mixed results for the seeds in today’s action at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. The 5th seed and local favourite, Garbine Muguruza, crashed out after losing to the Swiss player, Timea Bacsinszky 6-1 6-3, while Elina Svitolina, … Continue reading
Kerber, Kuznetsova and Sharapova all advance in Madrid
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In the Round of 64 action at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain today, top seed, Angelique Kerber of Germany, sailed past Timea Babos of Hungary, 6-4 6-2. The current World No. 2, who is hungry to regain the top … Continue reading
Gilles Muller tops Kevin Anderson at the Estoril Open semis
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It’s been a tough road back for South Africa’s top tennis player, Kevin Anderson, who was sidelined with injury before returning to the ATP tour in February this year. The former No. 10 and now, 74th seeded Anderson, who has … Continue reading
Could 10 be Nadal’s lucky number in 2017?
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The current World No. 5 tennis player, Rafael Nadal of Spain, is looking in good nick for a possible tenth French Open title in June this year. Nadal, who last won a Grand Slam title in 2014, his ninth at … Continue reading
Tough draw awaits Sharapova in Madrid, possible wild card for Wimbledon
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Maria Sharapova will battle it today out against the in form Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. This is Sharapova’s second wild card entry, after she received one to the Porsche Open in … Continue reading