The 2013 tennis season is beginning but not for Rafael Nadal. After the knee problems that kept Nadal out of the courts in the last semester of 2012, now, just while he was scheduled to start competing, a stomach virus defeated all hope for him to play the first Grand Slam of the year. Currently at number…
Djokovic will end 2012 as Number 1 in the ATP ranking – while 2013 promises further excitement!
Since Roger Federer announced that he wouldn’t compete in Paris Masters 1000 (where he won last year adding up 1000 points to his ranking) Novak Djokovic became the virtual end of the year number one of the ATP Ranking of 2012. Even if Federer manages to win every game in the ATP World Tour Final…
Frederico Silva Wins 2012 Junior US Open Doubles Final – First Grand Slam with Portuguese flavor
For the first time a Portuguese tennis player won a tennis Grand Slam event. More specifically Frederico Silva (a.k.a. Kiko Silva, Portuguese) and Kyle Edmund (United Kingdom) won the US Open Junior Doubles Final played against the Australian double composed by Jordan Thompson and Nick Kyrgios. The game was won in three sets with the partials of…