Nobody saw this final coming. Well, Stosur‘s presence in final is not such a surprise given her great results lately (win in Charleston and final in Stuttgart), but Schiavone‘s presence was really unexpected. Her best result in a Grand Slam so far was a quarter finals in Wimbledon last year. But today, both Sam and […]
The macaron is a traditional french pastry, made of egg whites, almond power and sugar. Macarons come in a wide variety of flavors, from chocolate, to raspberry or even foie gras. Its origin is quite unknown, but it may have been brought to France from Italy in 1533 by Catherine di Medici and her pastry […]
Who will be Soderling’s opponent in final? Nadal or Melzer? Follow our live coverage here on Tennis Buzz. World No. 2 Nadal takes a 2-0 head-to-head record into his match against the 29-year-old Melzer. Nadal conceded just four games in each of their previous two meetings, in the quarter-finals of the Beijing Olympics and last […]
Nadal was again a huge part of Spain’s Davis Cup title in 2008, with 2 victories against the United States in the semifinals. But he missed the finals against Argentina due to knee injury. In the absence of world number one Nadal, Ferrer, Lopez and Verdasco upset the title favorites and captured Spain’s third Davis […]
Their rivalry was listed as the third best rivalry of the past decade by the ATP, behind Federer-Nadal (of course) and Sampras-Agassi (kinda weird because they only met 6 times in the 00’s ). In just over 6 years, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic already met 32 times (Federer and Nadal “only” met 28 times […]
