Jan 20, 2012 @ 14:41 / posted by Nadine

The first of the most important tournaments this year (additional to the four Grand Slam tournaments, there are the Olympic Games in London), the Australian Open are starting this week in Melbourne, Australia.

Tomas is seeded on position 7 and is in the second half of the draw, he shares the quarter with R. Nadal.

During the Hopman Cup, Tomas already showed that he is in a good form and he was able to prove that during the first rounds in Melbourne as well.

His opening match was against A. Ramos from Spain. After surviving a few difficulties, Tomas found his rhythm again, he defeated the Spaniard 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

In the next round, Tomas faced O. Rochus, this time, Tomas needed only 3 sets to defeat the Belgian 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (4).

Kevin Anderson was Tomas’ opponent in the third round. The match was dominated by the strong services. Tomas won this match 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-1.

In the 4th round, Tomas played against N. Almagro. Tomas defeated the Spaniard in a tough match 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).

Tomas had to play his 1/4-final against the world number 2 Rafael Nadal. He had a good start in the match, he won the opening set 7-6 (5). The following set was similar but this time, Rafa was the luckier one, he won the second set 7-6 (8). It was one set all when Nadal was able to take the control of the match, he won the next two sets 6-4, 6-3 and defeated Tomas.

Jan 02, 2012 @ 14:37 / posted by Nadine

The year is only 2 days old and Tomas is playing again.

His first tournament of the year is the Hopman Cup. Together with Petra Kvitova, he is playing for the Czech Republic.

In the opening match, they played against Bulgaria. In his singles match, Tomas defeated Grigor Dimitrov (6-4, 6-7, 6-3) and Petra defeated Tsvetana Pironkova (6-4, 6-2). Because of these victories, the Czech Republic won the first team match.

The Czech Republic could win the following matches (against Denmark and the USA) as well. With 3 victories, Tomas and Petra qualified for the final.

In the final, the opponent was France with R. Gasquet and M. Bartoli. Petra won her match 7-5, 6-1 and Tomas defeated Gasquet 7-6, 6-4. Due to this two victories for the Czech Republic, the doubles match was cancelled.

The Hopman Cup Champion 2012 is the Czech Republic!

Nov 26, 2011 @ 00:42 / posted by Nadine

After Tomas’ first two matches, the 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 loss against Djokovic and the victory against Tipsarevic (2-6, 6-3, 7-6), the final match brought the decission.

In group A, Ferrer was the only one who was qualified for the seminfinal, even before the final day.

Djokovic had the first match of the day. Due to his loss, it was Tomas’ chance to qualify for the semifinal by his own strength.

Ferrer started brilliant and won the opening set, but Tomas fought back and won the following two sets. The final score is: 3-6, 7-5. 6-1.

Tomas is the champion of his group, that is why J.-W. Tsonga will be his opponent in the semifinal.

Nov 22, 2011 @ 10:35 / posted by Nadine

During the ATP World Tour finals, Tomas is in one group, together with A. Murray, D. Ferrer and N. Djokovic.

His first match was against the world number 1 N. Djokovic.

It was a tough match, although Tomas won the first set 6-3, Djokovic fought back and won the second set 6-3.

The third set had to decide. Djokovic saved a match point that Tomas had at the end of this final set. That is why the third set ended in a tie-breaker. Tomas lost the set and the match (6-3, 3-6, 6-7).

In the next match (on Wednesday), Tomas faces J. Tipsarevic, who replaces A. Murray.

Nov 13, 2011 @ 22:50 / posted by Nadine

Before Tomas played against Roger Federer in the 1/2-final, he faced A. Murray in the 1/4-final.

Tomas defeated Murray in a tough three set match with 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.

In the 1/2-final, Tomas lost against Federer 4-6, 3-6.

Tomas’ next and last tournament for this season will be the ATP Tour Finals in London, starting next Sunday.

Nov 10, 2011 @ 14:28 / posted by Nadine

In the third round in Paris, Tomas’ opponent was J. Tipsarevic from Serbia.

Although Tomas got a bad start in this match (he lost his opening service game), he fought back and won the first set 7-5. The second set was simlar, Tipsarevic got another break but Tomas came back again, he won this set as well, 6-4.

With this victory, Tomas is qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

In the next round in Paris, Tomas will face A. Murray.

Nov 09, 2011 @ 10:31 / posted by Nadine

The last tournament of the Masters 1000 series is played in Paris.

Tomas is seeded on position 5, that is why he had a bye in the first round.

In the following second round (his first match in Paris), he defeated F. Verdasco 6-3, 7-5.

The next opponent will either be J. Tipsarevic or A. Bogomolov Jr.

Nov 02, 2011 @ 23:10 / posted by Nadine

After a few weeks off, Tomas played the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland.

In his opening match, he played against K. Nishikori, who got a WC for the tournament.

Tomas started good in the match and won the first set 6-3. Afterwards, Nishikori was the luckier one, he won the following two sets 6-3, 6-2.

In “the battle for London”, Tomas is currently on position 6.