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Wozniacki, Radwanska, Bartoli out of the Rome Open

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL D’Italia, Rome – It was all about the women’s matches out on the red courts of Rome today. There were some exciting line-ups, fantastic rallies and staggering losses. Many of the matches were scheduled around the same time, so with a lot of running, camera ready and comfy shoes here [...]

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Sharapova discusses her wedding, traits and Italian words after victory at the Rome Open

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome – Maria Sharapova survived a stern test on Campo Centrale as she faced Christina McHale to open up play in Rome and eventually came up trumps with a 7-5, 7-5 victory. The match was closer than the score line intended but Sharapova was pleased with her early challenge [...]

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Verdasco and Lopez ousted in an all-Spanish affair at the Rome Open

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows By Lisa-Marie Burrows Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome – The orange courts of Rome served up some high quality tennis this afternoon with two matches containing two same-country battles. Fernando Verdasco was vying to knock out another higher-ranked compatriot this week after his defeat over Spanish No.1 Rafael Nadal in Madrid, whilst on [...]

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Serena Williams crowned champion at the Madrid Open

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – The new world No.6 Serena Williams stormed to victory against world No.1 Victoria Azarenka with a dominating 6-1, 6-3 victory that lasted only 64 minutes to win yet another title to add to her collection of 41. Azarenka and Williams stepped out on court under the blazing [...]

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Azarenka and Williams set up final clash at the Madrid Open

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – World No.1 Victoria Azarenka recorded her sixth victory this year against Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 to progress to her sixth final this year where she will meet Serena Williams after she defeated qualifier Lucie Hradecka 7-6, 6-0. The Belarusian has reached the final for the second year [...]

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Novak Djokovic loses at the Madrid Open and says ‘no blue clay’

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – It was evident when walking into the press room that Novak Djokovic was not a happy man. He clearly felt that his loss was due to the courts, claiming he ‘wants to forget this week as soon as possible and move onto the real claycourts.’ When the [...]

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Happiness for Serena Williams and disappointment for Fernando Verdasco at the Madrid Open

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – It was a tale of two different halves in Madrid today, as without a shadow of a doubt, the prize for best press conference this week has to go to the enigmatic Serena Williams who defeated Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 and the saddest of the day so [...]

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Del Potro downs Dolgopolov for a place in the semis at the Madrid Open

May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – Juan Martin Del Potro had a straightforward day out on Stadium 3 today against Alexandr Dolgopolov recording a 6-3, 6-4 victory in front of a full crowd. The Argentine fired his serves and hit weighty forehands to pull the Ukrainian from side to side throughout their encounter, but after the [...]

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Fernando Verdasco stuns Rafael Nadal at the Madrid Open

May 10, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows MADRID, Spain – Today was the day when Fernando Verdasco finally defeated compatriot Rafael Nadal after fourteen attempts in front of a packed and shocked Manolo Santana court.  Nadal had two opportunities to serve out the match but failed to do so on two occasions allowing his opponent back into the match. [...]

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Rafael Nadal: If I lose it’s not because of the courts

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid – Popstars draw people into their concerts, football teams have supporters cheering them on and Rafael Nadal draws in the crowd at La Caja Mágica – and there were few seats left in the giant Manolo Santana stadium whilst the ‘King of Clay’ was playing against Nikolay Davydenko. [...]

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