By Lisa-Marie Burrows UMAG, Croatia - Fourth seed Marcel Granollers surprised friend and compatriot Fernando Verdasco on the clay courts of Umag in Croatia on Saturday after knocking the top seed out of the tournament to steal a place in the final with a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1 victory in 2 hours and 52-minutes. After taking […]
July 14, 2012
By Lisa-Marie Burrows In the ATP tournament in Umag the clay-court contest saw Fernando Verdasco and Marin Cilic win in spectacular fashion and progress to the semifinals. The top-seeded Spaniard annihilated Kuznetsov 6-2, 6-2 whilst local favourite and second-seeded Cilic ousted Wayne Odesnik 6-4 6-0. It was a very encouraging display from both Verdasco and […]
June 30, 2012
By Lisa-Marie Burrows This week has been the opening week at Wimbledon and I have been very lucky to have enjoyed several matches, beautiful weather and of course strawberries and cream! It has been lovely to be back at the All England Lawn Tennis Club again and see the quick paced matches with the players […]
May 28, 2012
By Lisa-Marie Burrows After an action-packed week on the red dirt of Rome, the finals Masters 1000 Series tournament before Roland Garros threw up some exciting matches, entertaining press conferences and an opportunity for memorable photographs to be snapped. Here is a collection of some of those events for you to enjoy featuring many of […]
May 28, 2012
By Lisa-Marie Burrows After spending a very busy and exciting week in Madrid and Rome, I have compiled a collection of the best photographs of your favourite tennis players from all the events in Madrid – showing happy moments, times of desperation, disappointment and of course photos from some of the explosive press conferences. Hope […]
May 28, 2012
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 match, […]
May 28, 2012
By Lisa-Marie Burrows Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid - After a busy day on court with a singles match win and a defeat in his doubles match with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, world No.20 Alexandr Dolgopolov was kind enough to have a chat with Tennis Grandstand about how he relishes the sport he lives, his lack of passion for […]
March 23, 2012
After a week that has been dominated by intestinal bugs flying around quicker than a tennis ball in Indian Wells affecting both players and journalists, I thought this week would be an ideal opportunity for a bit of light-hearted fun and have a look at some of the fashion ‘statements’ the players have made on […]
July 15, 2012
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