Tag: ATP Doha

Difficult stuff for Rafael Nadal. The world no.1 had to battle against Tobias Kamke to wrap up the match only after 2 hours and 25 minutes. Rafa’s problems started in the second set when he had to recover a 1-4 deficit. The King of Clay...

That was rather ugly for Andy Murray. The world no.4 was leading comfortably 6-3 3-0 to then curiously implode against the world no.40 and lose in the third set dropping  12 games out of 15! The big occurred when Mayer started to attack more and...

Rafael Nadal had a tricky task in the first match of the season as he played a guy that upset him a couple of season ago in Wimbledon: Lukas Rosol. Eventually Rafa managed to win this match in straight sets, but it wasn’t easy at...

37 minutes… It took only 37 minutes for Andy Murray to beat Mousa Zayed in Doha. The Scott was adamant to test his fitness in his first match of the season, but that was hardly training for Andy  Murray won 49 points vs. Zayed’s 17. Andy:...

Karlovic upsets Berdych 7-6 (7) 7-6 (4). Viedo highlights

Ivo Karlovic produces yet another illustrious victim: Tomas Berdych. The upset came in the first round in Doha as Ivo played a typical “Karlovic’s game”. Alias 24 aces (on 12 service games) and 83% of the points won on his first serve. Eventually neither Karlovic nor...

Rafa will play Rosol in the first round to then face Gulbis and Berdych What a weird draw for Rafael Nadal in Qatar. This is a 250 ATP event and a top seed should not be expected to face many dangerous opponents, but Rafa will get...