Candles To The Sun
Miami Masters 1000, Second Round Bogomolov Jnr d. Murray, 6/1 7/5 As he did last year, Andy Murray made it all the way to the second round in Miami, but no further. Today he fell in straight sets to...
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US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Final Sweeting d. Nishikori, 6/4 7/6 Ryan Sweeting is a generally unappealing piece of work, and perhaps the most ironically named tennis player since the diminutive...
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French Open, Day Five Six qualifiers have progressed to the third round of Roland Garros: Antonio Veic, Leonardo Mayer, Lukas Rosol, Steve Darcis, Alejandro Falla and Lukasz Kubot. I’d like to say this...
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Bucharest, Final (2) Mayer d. (4) Andujar, 6/3 6/1 I first heard about Florian Mayer from my father earlier in the decade before this one. Some time late in the year – perhaps 2004 – the evening...
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Madrid, Final (5) Nadal d. (15) Wawrinka, 6/2 6/4 Rafael Nadal today defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets to reclaim the Madrid Masters title, winning a final whose almost complete lack of...
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