Dan Martin on Tennis, Life and Occassionally Other Sports
Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Benoit Paire will continue his Paris campaign on Tuesday against another Frenchman–Gilles Simon–after staging a hard-to-believe comeback against Gael Monfils. Meanwhile, first-round action is continuing with Fernando Verdasco vs. Borna Coric. Benoit Paire vs. (14) Gilles Simon How Paire is still alive at the BNP Paribas Masters in order to…
How spine-tingling is it to think Federer was actually a ball-kid at this tournament? #ATPBasel #Federer #Conners pic.twitter.com/zazLmJ4ves — ClutchOn&Win (@AllCourter) November 1, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Agnieszka Radwanska claimed her first title of 2015 with style by claiming the WTA Finals in Singapore with a 3 set victory over Petra Kvitova. Aga’s year openned in an odd…
Predicted Winners in BOLD Two of these matches are already in the books. Sorry for my late posting. Dominic Thiem (AUT) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 62 57 62 Bernard Tomic (AUS) def Fabio Fognini (ITA) 63 62 [WC] Nicolas Mahut (FRA) vs. [Q] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) H2H Gael Monfils (FRA) vs. Benoit Paire (FRA) H2H – Hometown…
Originally posted on The Grandstand:
This is a rare occasion in which the elite eight-man field at the World Tour Finals is already set a stone before the Paris Masters even begins. As such, the upcoming week can be all about this tournament, itself. All eight year-end championship participants can go after a coveted Masters…
Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal for the first time in their last six meetings and in doing so defended his Swiss Indoors Basel title. Federer prevailed 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 after two hours and two minutes for his seventh Basel triumph. With a 10-23 lifetime record against his nemesis and playing…
Originally posted on Moo's Tennis Blog:
Agnieszka Radwanska won her biggest title to date, defeating Petra Kvitova, 6-2 4-6 6-3, in an entertaining finale in Singapore. Radwanska was absolutely rock solid, producing just one unforced error through the first two sets and five throughout the entire match. Kvitova was… well, Peak-Error-Petra in the first…
Originally posted on The Grandstand:
Spain’s own Roberto Bautista Agut will enjoy home-court advantage in Sunday’s Valencia final against Joao Sousa. Bautista Agut saved a whopping six match points in a semifinal win over Steve Johnson. Taking place simultaneously with the Basel title match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it will be final that…
Originally posted on The Grandstand:
It will be the the 34th meeting between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal when two friendly rivals battle for the Basel title on Sunday. They have not faced each other at a tournament this small since Dubai in 2006. On the day after Halloween, fans at the Swiss Indoors Basel…
Rafael Nadal vs. Roger Federer ICYMI, see how #Federer edged @Kohlschreiber in @_Swiss_Indoors Thursday highlights. Watch: https://t.co/rWG9AvqP1e pic.twitter.com/rSri4djcia — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) October 30, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The fact these two are still contesting finals in 2015 when they met in their first tournament final in 2005 is impressive. Rafael Nadal owns a distinct head-to-head…
Tennis Abides: Dan Martin on Tennis and Life 