There were a lot of emotions in Parque Roca on Friday, during the first day of the semi-final tie opposing Argentina to Czech Republic. After all the uncertainty surrounding the presence of Argentina’s n° 1 player, Juan Martín del Potro, suffering from a left wrist injury, and his confirmation that he would play “for […]
Posts tagged Eduardo Schwank
Davis Cup – Bring On The Clay! (2)
Yesterday, I started my World Group preview for the Davis Cup quarter-finals with the tie opposing Spain and Austria, and that between France and the United States. Before hopping to the draws and schedule for the weekend, I will preview the last two ties, Argentina vs Croatia, and Czech Republic vs Serbia. The order […]
A Dream Team For The Dream? (And News...
It’s the off-season, but this doesn’t mean that nothing is happening in the tennis world. The players have resumed training for the most part in preparation of the 2012 season, a few have changed coaches, there were very interesting exhibition tournaments to follow and there will be more coming next week as well, etc. […]
A 2011 Review, Part 3 – The Year Of T...
If you remember, a couple of days ago, I started talking about the players who had known some kind of resurgence throughout the 2011 season. I should say those who have improved to the point of reaching, this season, their best career results. I started this part with Alex Bogomolov Jr and Janko Tipsarevic, then […]
Double Duty Translates In Double Triu...
Yesterday, I was blogging about how Carlos Berlocq would today have the double duty of playing both singles and doubles finals at the Copa Topper. And for the Argentine, it translated into a double triumph, as he had the better of young Portuguese Gastão Elias in the singles finals and, a couple of hours later, […]
The Double Duty Of Carlos Berlocq
The Copa Topper will reach its conclusion tomorrow and all week, we’ve been spoiled with great clay-court matches on the grounds of the Vilas Club, in Buenos Aires. Sadly, I was here in Montreal following everything but it was, nonetheless, a very enjoyable tournament and tomorrow’s finals should be as interesting as this week has […]