After the masterly exhibition of Roger Federer it was the turn of his legendary rival Rafael Nadal to take center stage and launch a customary fightback as he ended the run of the 19 year old GenNext superstar Alexander Zverev of Germany 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 in four hours and five minutes on the…
Six time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia’s dream of a record breaking seventh title has come to a shocking and abrupt end as the second seed was beaten by wildcard entry Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6(8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in four hours and forty minutes on the Rod Laver Arena at Flinder’s Park in…
It was the first time in 12 years that they played on what is traditionally a rest day being the middle Sunday of the Championship. Barring a marathon five setter between the 12th seeded Frenchman Jo Wilfred Tsonga and the 18th seeded American John Isner which went up to 19-17 in Tsonga’s favour, most matches…
The longest number of years a country had to wait for a home champion at a slam used to be around the mid 70s. Andy Murray is very familiar with it. He was the one who had borne the brunt of that burden for the last decade, before he put it to rest with his…
After two five set matches in the first two rounds, Andy Murray has now beaten two of the most lethal servers in the men’s game back to back at the Roland Garros in Paris. On Sunday he overcame the American John Isner in straight sets, just two days after he beat the all time leader…
