Sunday 6 January 2013 10 Comments »
UPDATE 6pm: For Andy Murray, it was the perfect pre-Australian Open workout. For his Brisbane International final opponent Grigor Dimitrov, it may have provided a glimpse of perfection to come. Read more
Sunday 6 January 2013 1 Comment »
The unseeded pairing of Spaniard Tommy Robredo and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo produced an upset in the Brisbane International men’s doubles final, taking the title with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 third-set match tie-break victory over top seeds American Eric Butorac and Australia’s Paul Hanley. Read more
Sunday 6 January 2013 2 Comments »
Cooped up training through an icy Scandinavian winter for the past five weeks, Grigor Dimitrov admits he has surprised himself with his run to this week’s Brisbane International men’s singles decider. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 19 Comments »
UPDATE 10pm: Brisbane International champion Serena Williams admits she’s in career-best form and getting better in an ominous warning the Australian Open is shaping as her `Sweet 16th’. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 2 Comments »
India’s Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands have taken out the women’s doubles final at the Brisbane International, upsetting fourth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Czech Kveta Peschke. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 6 Comments »
UPDATE 5pm: Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori has retired with a left leg injury during his men’s singles semifinal with top seed Andy Murray, handing the Scot his second straight appearance in the Brisbane International final. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 22 Comments »
UPDATE 4.30pm: Unseeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov is through to his first ATP final after taking down Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in three gripping sets 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5) in 2h 35mins. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 1 Comment »
Having already beaten two top-eight players in 2013, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s New Years resolution is relatively straightforward – she wants to keep the form going. Read more
Saturday 5 January 2013 9 Comments »
When eight of the world’s top 10 women started the week in Brisbane, few expected a 21-year-old unseeded Muscovite to be lining up on the opposite side of the white tape to Serena Williams in tonight’s women’s singles decider. Read more
Friday 4 January 2013 12 Comments »
UPDATE 11pm: Unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has ended the dream streak of Ukrainian lucky loser Lesia Tsurenko in the Brisbane International semfinals with a come-from-behind victory on Friday night. Read more
