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GB crush Israel in Fed Cup by Tennis Guru on Feb 7, 2012Great Britain set up a Fed Cup play-off against Austria by thrashing Israel 3-0 in their final Europe/Africa Group I pool match in Eilat. Judy Murray’s team finished top in their pool after beating Portugal and the Netherlands earlier in the co...

Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open 2012 Men’s Singles Title, earns fifth Grand Slam trophy by Tennis Guru on Jan 29, 2012World number one Novak Djokovic successfully defends the Australian Open title with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 win against Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Australian Open Men’s Singles Final on Sunday. This is Djokovic’s third Australian Open tit...

Azarenka wins Australian Open 2012 Women’s Title, becomes new world number one by Tennis Guru on Jan 28, 2012Belarussian Victoria Azarenka won the biggest match of her career so far by winning the 2012 Australian Open Women’s Singles title on Saturday, beating former champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0. Azarenka played her first Grand Slam final and won...

Confident Tomic sees bright future for himself by Tennis Guru on Jan 26, 2012Rising Australian star Bernard Tomic believes he can one day mix it with the best in men’s tennis and hopes to eventually regularly challenge for Grand Slam titles – and maybe win the biggest of all – at Wimbledon. The 19-year-old i...

British tennis hopes dashed again by Tennis Guru on Jan 20, 2012Although the hard court surface of Australia, combined with the time difference down under, means that the Australian Open has only a select hardcore tennis fan following here in the UK, the coverage we have been able to observe has been enough to hi...

David Ferrer successfully defends Auckland title by Tennis Guru on Jan 15, 2012World number five David Ferrer overwhelmed Belgian opponent Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the 2012 Heineken Open on Saturday, successfully defending the title he’s won a year ago. “It was a pretty tough match,” said Ferrer...

Nieminen wins 2012 ATP Sydney title by Tennis Guru on Jan 15, 2012Jarkko Nieminen won his second career ATP World Tour title on Sunday after beating Julien Benneteau 6-2, 7-5 at the Apia International Sydney tournament, a significant warm-up tournament to the Australian Open 2012 which begins on January 16. “...

Aussie Open dream over for Petkovic by Tennis Guru on Jan 14, 2012Andrea Petkovic’s Australian Open dreams were dashed this week after scans revealed the German had suffered a stress fracture to her lower-back, ruling her out of action for up to eight weeks. Petkovic would have gone into the year’s open...

Azarenka ousts defending champion Li to clinch Sydney International title by Tennis Guru on Jan 14, 2012World number three Victoria Azarenka won her fifth Premier event title at the Apia International Sydney 2012 tournament after beating defending champion Li Na of China in three sets 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. There was so much talk about the possibility of Petra...

German qualifier wins first WTA title in Hobart by Tennis Guru on Jan 14, 2012German qualifier Mona Barthel won her first career WTA title after beating top-seeded Yanina Wickmayer at the Moorilla Hobart International tournament on Saturday. Barthel completed her surprising run in the tournament, having to go through qualifyin...