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December 20th, 2012

2012 Tennis-X Awards: Djokovic Named Best Of The Best; Baghdatis, Melzer, Tomic Take Home Honors

Novak Djokovic wins Tennis-X.com player of the year honors while Bernard Tomic steals the inaugural hot tub award.

Posted by Staff @ 7:04 pm in 2012 Season | 85 Comments »

December 11th, 2012

Say Cheese! Novak Djokovic Buying Up The Expensive Kind, Made From Donkey Milk

Novak Djokovic is getting into the cheese business, the donkey cheese business.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 1:26 pm in 2012 Season, Videos | 63 Comments »

December 11th, 2012

Confirmed! Rafael Nadal Will Play The Abu Dhabi Exhibition In 17 Days!

Rafael Nadal has confirmed his appearance at the Abu Dhabi exhibition later this month.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 12:48 pm in 2012 Season | 43 Comments »

December 11th, 2012

ITF Names Serena, Djokovic 2012 World Champions

Serena, Djokovic announced as 2012 ITF World Champions.

Posted by Staff @ 9:51 am in 2012 Season | 6 Comments »

December 8th, 2012

Looking Through The Years: Federer Is Better than Ever

We all know the greatness that is Roger Federer. We know that, at this point, literally every match he places bares some kind of historic significance.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:11 am in 2012 Season, ATP | 221 Comments »

December 7th, 2012

Winner Announced for 2012 Tennis-X Year-end Top 10 Contest

Steve27 likewise stuck his foot in his mouth with “Many commenters puts Federer first place. Like Mc Enroe said: Are you kidding me!. haahhaa Federer is over, and i think is his last year in top 5. no doubts AND HIS FINAL GRAND SLAM COULd BE IN SEPTEMBER IN THE US OPEN. Then is over. No disrespect to someone like Federer.The last oportunitty to a tennis player is when you are in 30s and 31s, then is practically impossible to reach any sucess in any grand slam with the exceptions of Agassi and of course Rosewall.”

Posted by Staff @ 3:22 pm in 2012 Season, Year-End No. 1 | 50 Comments »

December 6th, 2012

Year-End Review – Everything Hard: Djokovic Made of Stone

Originally, I thought to divide the second half of the season into two parts (outdoor then indoor) but I think it’s better to include them in one. Why do I want to overstuff this one? Two words: Novak Djokovic.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:35 am in 2012 Season, ATP, ATP Finals, US Open | 43 Comments »

December 4th, 2012

Year-End Review – Extended Grass: Federer and Murray Take the Reigns

A lot has been said about Rafael Nadal’s greatness on clay. Even more has been said about Roger Federer’s greatness in general.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 2:28 pm in 2012 Season, ATP, Olympics, Wimbledon | 39 Comments »

November 29th, 2012

Are These The 10 Best Shots Of The 2012 ATP Season? [Video]

The ATP presents its Top 10 shots of the year.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 1:46 pm in 2012 Season, Best Shots, Videos | 46 Comments »

November 27th, 2012

Year-End Review – The Clay Season: Nonstop Nadal

For some odd reason, a lot of people seemed to believe that in order for Rafael Nadal to be considered the best clay court player of all time he’d need to break Bjorn Borg’s record six French Open titles.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 12:48 pm in 2012 Season, ATP, French Open | 212 Comments »

November 25th, 2012

Whodunit: Roger Federer Gets Buried In Sand [Photo]

Roger Federer gets buried in the sand.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 6:38 pm in 2012 Season | 41 Comments »

November 22nd, 2012

Year-End Review – The First Quarter: Djokovic Still Reigns

At the end of 2011, Novak Djokovic reigned supreme. While a fatigue-plagued fall saw little of Djokovic and a lot of Roger Federer, there was no overwhelming question as to who the best player in the world was. How quickly things change.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 12:58 am in 2012 Season, ATP, Australian Open | 61 Comments »

November 18th, 2012

Gisela Dulko Retires From Tennis

Gisela Dulko announced her retirement from pro tennis today.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 8:14 pm in 2012 Season | 2 Comments »

November 14th, 2012

Why is Novak Djokovic Numero Uno?

Why did Novak Djokovic finish No. 1? Let Matt McGladrigan explain.

Posted by Special @ 12:50 am in 2012 Season | 49 Comments »

October 27th, 2012

Federer Seeks Sixth Basel Title Sunday Against Del Potro; Ferrer In Valencia Final

Top two seeds Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro meet for the title in Basel.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:13 pm in 2012 Season | 69 Comments »