Bucharest first-round previews: Troicki vs. Matosevic, Goffin vs. Ungur
Viktor Troicki and David Goffin will kick off their Bucharest campaigns on Monday. They are set for respective meetings with Marinko Matosevic and Adrian Ungur. (8) Viktor Troicki vs. Marinko Matosevic...
View ArticleBarcelona first-round previews: Gulbis vs. Stepanek, Berankis vs. Montanes
Radek Stepanek faces a tough Barcelona opener on Monday against Ernests Gulbis. Ricardas Berankis and Albert Montanes are also in action. Radek Stepanek vs. (Q) Ernests Gulbis Stepanek and Gulbis will...
View ArticleBarcelona and Bucharest previews and picks
The good news for Rafael Nadal—or bad, depending on his physical state—is that he won’t have long to rue a rare setback in Monte-Carlo. Nadal’s title defense and his subsequent bid for a ninth straight...
View ArticleBarcelona second-round previews and picks: Verdasco vs. Gulbis, Berdych vs....
Fernando Verdasco and Tomas Berdych will kick off their Barcelona campaigns on Tuesday. They are set for respective meetings with Ernests Gulbis and Nikolay Davydenko. (Q) Ernests Gulbis vs. (12)...
View ArticleBarcelona previews and picks: Dimitrov vs. Robredo, Monaco vs. Tomic
Grigor Dimitrov faces a potentially tough opener against Tommy Robredo on Wednesday. Juan Monaco and Bernard Tomic are also in action. (14) Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tommy Robredo Dimitrov will take the...
View ArticleBucharest previews and picks: Simon vs. Nieminen, Monfils vs. Brands
Gilles Simon will contest his Bucharest opener on Wednesday against Jarkko Nieminen. Another Frenchman, Gael Monfils, is aiming for a quarterfinal spot as he battles Daniel Brands. Jarkko Nieminen vs....
View ArticleBucharest second-round previews and picks: Tipsarevic vs. Giraldo, Mayer vs....
Janko Tipsarevic is hoping to emerge from a slump as he heads into his Bucharest opener on Thursday against Santiago Giraldo. Florian Mayer and David Goffin are also in action. (1) Janko Tipsarevic vs....
View ArticleOeiras and Munich previews and predictions
Four of the next six weeks will feature either a Masters 1000 event or a Grand Slam. This one, however, is the calm before the storm. The fields in Oeiras and Munich are decent by 250-point standards,...
View ArticleMunich first-round previews and picks: Nieminen vs. Gulbis, Youzhny vs. Stepanek
Two tough first-round matchups are on the Tuesday schedule in Munich. Jarkko Nieminen is going up against Ernests Gulbis and Mikhail Youzhny is facing Radek Stepanek. Ernests Gulbis vs. Jarkko Nieminen...
View ArticleNadal or Djokovic: Who’s the current favorite to win Roland Garros?
Rafael Nadal is currently a slight favorite to win the upcoming French Open ahead of Novak Djokovic. Everyone else, of course, is a huge longshot to capture the season’s second Grand Slam title. A...
View ArticleMonte-Carlo R3 previews and picks: Nadal vs. Seppi, Ferrer vs. Dimitrov
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are one round away from a potential all-Spanish quarterfinal clash in Monte-Carlo. They first have to get past Andreas Seppi and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively, on...
View ArticleMonte-Carlo third-round picks, including Ferrer vs. Dimitrov
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. (10) Fabio Fognini: Fognini in 2. Fognini is red hot; Tsonga is not. This outcome would likely be different on grass or a fast hard court, but the...
View ArticleNadal gets 300th clay-court win, Djokovic still dominant in Monte-Carlo
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer reach the Monte-Carlo quarterfinals with straight-set wins on Thursday. Next up for Djokovic is a red-hot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who upset Tomas...
View ArticleMonte-Carlo QF previews and picks: Federer vs. Tsonga, Wawrinka vs. Raonic
Fellow Swiss stars Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka are one round away from the Monte-Carlo semifinals. They are first set for respective showdowns on Friday against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos...
View ArticleMonte-Carlo QF previews and picks: Nadal vs. Ferrer, Djokovic vs. Garcia-Lopez
Friends and also familiar foes Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer will face each other in the Monte-Carlo quarterfinals on Friday. Novak Djokovic is also looking for a place in the last four as he goes up...
View ArticleNadal goes down in Monte-Carlo, Federer recovers from brink of defeat
For the first time since his first appearance in 2003, Rafael Nadal has lost prior to the title match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Nadal went down to Ferrer 7-6(1), 6-4 in a semifinal upset on...
View ArticleMonte-Carlo SF previews and picks: Djokovic vs. Federer, Wawrinka vs. Ferrer
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer survived to set up a blockbuster semifinal on Saturday in Monte-Carlo. Meanwhile, David Ferrer is back in action one day after upsetting Rafael Nadal as the Spaniard is...
View ArticleFederer, Wawrinka advance to all-Swiss final in Monte-Carlo
Roger Federer gets past a hobbled Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Saturday in Monte-Carlo. Next up for Federer is the title match against fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, who took out David Ferrer....
View ArticleMonte-Carlo final preview and pick: Wawrinka vs. Federer
It will be an all-Swiss final on Sunday in Monte-Carlo, with Stanislas Wawrinka going up against Roger Federer. Both men are looking for their first title at the event. Stanislas Wawrinka and Roger...
View ArticleBarcelona and Bucharest previews and picks
Last year, Rafael Nadal lost in Monte-Carlo then bounced back to win at another one of his stomping grounds in Barcelona. The world No. 1 is looking to do the same this time around after falling to...
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