Novak Djokovic is just hanging in during his semifinal match currently underway at the Monte Carlo Country Club. Djokovic lost the first set 6-4 and is current 3-0 in the second set, even though Tomas Berdych has had break points in both of Djokovic’s service games.
It is very blustery conditions in Monte Carlo and the court surface has given the players a lot of trouble in this match and previously in the week.
Its going to be very interesting to see if Djokovic can come back.
Casey Dellacqua gets interviewed by Australian Fed Cup team mate Samantha Stosur. Currently, the Australian team is getting ready for their Fed Cup tie with Germany.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic had a sad yet happy day. The sad part is that his grandfather passed away, but the happy part is that he won his third round match against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in Monte Carlo.
The Serb started the match wiping away a tear before his first serve. This was because earlier in the morning, he had found out that his grandfather and his hero, Vladimir, had passed away at age 83. Djokovic had said that his grandfather was the one who ““always told me to fight.”
Djokovic ended the match with a score of 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
My condolences to Novak and his family, and best of luck in the Monte Carlo Masters.
After a very close and uncomfortable 11 games Andy Murray has progressed to the quarter finals at the Monte Carlo Masters after Frenchman Julien Benneteau slipped on a hole in the centre court of the masters tournament injuring both his ankle and wrist, the final score was 6-5 to Murray.
Benneteau played some inspiring tennis to worry a passive Murray who wasn’t doing much with the ball other than putting it back into play, though the more worrying factor is the 45% first serve. You could tell after the opening two games that Andy wasn’t feeling very happy on court, with some very angry yells that we really haven’t seen since he appointed Ivan Lendl as his coach. When we approached the heart of the first set you could see Andy up the intensity, stepping in and becoming more aggressive on court, though he didn’t get too for long as the Frenchman tumbled over on the clay grabbing his ankle, sobbing in agony. After treatment to his ankle he played through Murrays service game but after treatment to his wrist, Julien decided he was unable to proceed.
Though we must feel for the Frenchman his injury is not the key element here, the spot in which Benneteau fell is the exact same spot in which Juan Monaco fell two days ago and had to retire from his encounter against Robin Haase. For a dangerous hole on a clay court to be missed once is careless but twice is completely unacceptable and the groundsmen of the tournament should be in a lot of trouble over this! Murray will play the winner of Tomas Berdych and Kei Nishikori in the Quarters.
Robin Haase and other top players had an awful time at the ATP tournament in Casablanca.
“At the tournament, the bathrooms are so dirty that you want to keep your clothes and shoes on when taking a shower,” Haase wrote on his website. “Some players don’t shower at all and decide to take one at the hotel in the evening. If the showers are that disgusting, I hope you can image yourself how the toilets are. Some players even take their own toilet paper with them.”
Haase also claimed that he and other players were robbed. “Fortunately not my computer or other valuables which however did happen to other players.”
Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters will not play the French Open held in Paris, France due to still needing recovery from a hip surgery.
The 28-year-old, previously stating that she will end her career after this season, has been suffering from ankle and hip injuries for a while now. Clijsters admitted to having an injury after being defeated by Yanina Wickmayer in the Sony Ericsson Open last month.
The Belgian has also stated that she will mainly focus on the grass-court season that comes after the clay-court season, which includes Wimbledon and the Olympic Games.
Good luck to getting better and playing well again, Kim!
It really amazes me how professional college sports has become in the USA. Here is a video that outlines the professionalism. This is a recap of the recent college match between Georgia Tennis and Vanderbilt.
