Miami Masters 2014: Nadal battles to semi against a booming Berdych
Rafael Nadal may last year have put together one of the finest comebacks from injury ever made on a tennis court: He claimed 10 titles…
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Miami Masters preview: Can Murray make it three in the Florida Key?
The saturated colours of Miami’s Key Biscayne provide a glamorous backdrop for the tropical, high-octane Sony Open tennis tournament. Set in evergreen woodland, surrounded by…
Indian Wells 2014: Djokovic sees rivals Del Potro and Berdych head home
One of the big themes when the men’s draw for Indian Wells hit the news-stands was the imbalance between the two halves. At the top…
Dubai 2014: Roger Federer calls Czechmate against Tomas Berdych
As dignitaries, sponsors, media and—the beating heart of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships—the fans gathered around Centre Court for the final match of 2014,…
Dubai 2014: Berdych outguns classy Kohlschreiber for Federer face-off
Perhaps it was not surprising that Philipp Kohlschreiber, the world No25 and in Dubai after one of his best-ever seasons last year, did not sound…
Dubai 2014: Surging Tomas Berdych to face 300-man Kohlschreiber
It’s quarter-final day at the Dubai Duty Free championships and, with perfect timing, the temperature decided to celebrate with a rise to 30C. Perfect conditions,…
Dubai 2014: Wins for Berdych & Djokovic marred by del Potro misery
The opening day of tennis in Dubai began elegantly enough, and with just the right amount of star appeal to ease everyone into this high-power…
Burgeoning Tomas Berdych rides confidence to Rotterdam title
The first 500 tournament of the year in Rotterdam has boasted some of the greats among its champions in its 40-year history: From Bjorn Borg,…
Berdych surges, Del Potro downed in ‘battle of the big men’ in Rotterdam
Everything about the quarter-finals of the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam was big. The top three seeds were all in place: Juan Martin del Potro,…
Indoors or out, it’s hard courts all the way for Federer, Djokovic & Berdych
It does not take long to figure out why one of the busiest months on the tennis tour is also one that offers plenty of…
Australian Open 2014: ‘Stan the Man’ Wawrinka surges to first Major final
Ever since the draw for this year’s Australian Open was made almost two weeks ago, fingers and toes around the world had been crossed in…
Australian Open 2014: Third-time-lucky Wawrinka beats Djokovic at last
Even before Novak Djokovic began the defence of his title at Melbourne Park, the man who has been unbeaten at the Australian Open for the…
Davis Cup 2013: Berdych leads Czechs into Djokovic’s Serbian den
Defending champions the Czech Republic, despite entering the Serbian lion’s den of Belgrade this weekend, and despite seeing the formidable world No2 Novak Djokovic in…
ATP World Tour Finals 2013: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer in words & photos
Eight men, eight days, and more than a quarter of a million fans—and it all comes down in the end to the top two players…
ATP World Tour Finals: Fighting spirit sees Nadal, Wawrinka through
The round-robin format of the ATP World Tour Finals, featuring as it does the best eight tennis players in the world, is a delight for…
Basel 2013: Tomas Berdych joins WTF waiting list after Karlovic upset
The race to fill the last four places for the ATP World Tour Finals has been one of the most fiercely contested in living memory,…
Race to London: Ferrer, Berdych, Wawrinka, Tsonga pursue vital points
As the men’s tennis tour comes full circle back to where it began on the western Pacific seaboard in January, there is far more at…
Davis Cup 2013: Big guns Djokovic, Nadal, Murray, Berdych fly their flags
With the gates of Flushing Meadows closed on the 2013 US Open just a couple of days ago, all eyes turn to the biggest annual…
US Open 2013: Gasquet joins Nadal and Ferrer in first quarter-final
So the 128 were reduced to the final 16 by their target date of Labour Day in New York. Some big names were felled along…
ATP Tour summer schedule: who, when and where
8 July Bastad (clay): Berdych, Almagro, Monaco, Robredo, Dimitrov, Verdasco Stuttgart (clay): Haas, Kohlschreiber, Chardy, Paire, Mayer, Rosol Newport (grass): Querrey, Isner, Sijsling, Hewitt 15…
Wimbledon 2013: Bernard Tomic stuns Richard Gasquet
Wimbledon has tossed up another shock result as Australian Bernard Tomic stunned ninth seed Richard Gasquet to book his place in the last 16. Tomic,…