Tag: Rio Olympics

Del Potro beats Nadal and he celebrates with the fans

Andy Murray is once away close to making history. The Brit defeats Kei Nishikori to reach the final in Rio, and he might be the first tennis players to win the gold in singles back to back after London 2012. Andy was in complete control of...

Juan Martin Del Potro’s dream is very much alive in Rio. After shocking the seed no.1 Novak Djokovic in the 1st round, Delpo beat Rafael Nadal in the semifinal 5-7 6-4 7-6 (5) after a 3 hours’ match. The drama unfolded in the third set:...

What a week for Monica Puig! The world no.34 wasn’t one of the favorite (at all!) for a medal in Rio; eventually, she won the gold! Monica was on fire for the entire week to dismiss Muguruza 6-1 6-1 (3rd round), and beat Kvitova and Kerber...

What a day! Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez win the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro after a tough 3 set battle against Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau. Things got nasty for the Spanish team after the Romanians broke Lopez in the 7th game of the decider....

Monica Puig and Angelique Kerber will play for the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Puig The Puerto Rican is having an outstanding run in Rio to trash everyone on her way. The only exception was Petra Kvitova that lost to Monica in 3 sets in...

What a drama in Rio! Kei Nishikori wins an impossible match against Monfils after coming back from death. What happened? The Japanese no.1 found himself facing three consecutive match points when he was 3-6 down in the breaker of the 3rd set.  Eventually, Kei won the first...

Gael Monfils had a rather awful experience in Rio de Janeiro. The Frenchman lost the quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori after wasting three consecutive match points in the breaker of the deciding set. During the encounter, Gael wasn’t very pleased also for missing an extremely easy...

Andy Murray vs Fabio Fognini 2016/08/11 Round 3 Highlights HD720p

What day for Rafael Nadal! The Spanish legend wins singles and doubles with a 2 hours’ break before retiring from the mixed doubles. Singles Rafa defeats Gilles Simon in 7-6 (5) 6-3 after a fierce battle. The Spaniard had a shaky moment in the first set breaker...