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Welcome to the new home for the Rozzie Tennis Blogs - Started in 2008 with a load of trips to Wimbledon  while my house was being rebuilt from the ground up and originally housed in the Jelena Jankovic forum, part of tennisforum.com - they've built up a modest little following - mainly from the JJ fans but I've also posted them from time to time on Andy Murray and Jamie Murray's respective forums.


The language is earthy anglo-saxon at times - the mark of a passionate sports fan, I find... and so for that I apologise!
But they represent a tennis-fan's eye view of the Slams, and various other tourneys... and just pretty much my general ramblings!


Enjoy


R.


2012
OLYMPIC BLOG

ARTICLES
No History Made at Wimbledon for Murray - www.tennispanorama.com
History Made in Gentlemen's Doubles Final - www.tennispanorama.com
Murray Chasing History, Advances to First Wimbledon Final - www.tennispanorama.com
Federer upsets Djokovic and Gains Wimbledon Final - www.tennispanorama.com
Murray Once More into the Semifinal - www.tennispanorama.com
Murray in a Hurray to Beat the Weather - www.tennispanorama.com
Lisicki's Ray of Sunshine on Rainy Wimbledon - www.tennispanorama.com
Kick On for Queen and Country- www.tennispanorama.com
Murray and Serena Williams Advance - www.tennispanorama.com
Unknown Rosol Takes Down Nadal in Second Round of Wimbledon - www.tennispanorama.com
Murray Leads Five Brits into Second Round at Wimbledon - www.tennispanorama.com
ATP/WTA Rome 2012 Preview - www.tennishead.net
Wimbledon Increases Prize Money - www.tennispanorama.com


ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
Day 3
Marray/Nielsen v Nestor/Mirnyi
Berdych v Tsonga

Day 4



WIMBLEDON
Day 4
Day 4 Preview
S Williams v Czink
Murray v Karlovic
Nadal v Rosol

Day 7
Lisicki v Sharapova
Murray v Cilic



OLYMPIC TENNIS
Third Round



2011
ARTICLES
The Return of the Armchair Slammer - Aussie Aussie Aussie - OY OY OY! - www.tennis-update.com
Armchair Slammer - Australian Open Week Two - www.tennis-update.com
The Clay & The Grass
Armchair Slammer - French Open Week One
Armchair Slammer - French Open Week Two
A Forum's Demise

ROLAND GARROS 
Day 5
Camera-Gate
Soderling v Ramos
Na Li v Soler-Espinosa
Nadal v Andujar
Azarenka v Parmentier  
Day 6
Schiavone v Peng
Dulko v Stosur  
Federer v Tipsarevic 
Hantuchova v Wozniacki
Gasquest v Bellucci 
Guccione/Murray v Bryan-Sqaured 
Tsonga v Wawrinka
Technobabble - Tools of the Trade 


QUEENS
Day 2
Istomin v Del Potro
F Lopez v Roddick
Mahut v Verdasco
Berrer v Tsonga  
M Lopez/Nadal v Bellucci/Sa
Day 3
Cilic v Clement
Malisse v Murray 
Ebden v Nadal
Final
Murray v Tsonga 

WIMBLEDON 
Preview
Day 1
Nadal v Russell
Dokic v Schiavone
Gimeno-Traver v Murray 
Day 2
Rezai v Williams
Federer v Kukushkin
Chardy v Djokovic 
Chakvetadze v Sharapova
Day 3
Date-Krumm v Williams 
Nadal v Sweeting  
Hanescu v Roddick 
Day 7
Practice Courts & Royalty 
Gasquet v Murray 
J Murray/Gajdosova v Andreev/Kirilenko  
Pironkova v Williams  
Del Potro v Nadal 
Day 9
Federer v Tsonga 
Murray v Lopez 
Day 10
Azarenka v Kvitova 
Lisicki v Sharapova 
Day 13
Men's Final: Djokovic v Nadal 

DAVIS CUP III E/A RND 2 GB v LUXEMBOURG 
Day 1
Rubber #1: Ward v Muller 
Rubber #2: Murray v Bram 
Day 2
Rubber #3: A Murray/J Murray v Bram/Vermeer 
Day 3
Murray v Muller 
Ward v Vermeer 

ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
Day 3
Mirnyi/Nestor v Frystenberg/Matkowski
Federer v Nadal
 


2010
ARTICLES
Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice - www.tennis-update.com
The Armchair Slammer - Rozzie's Round-up of Week 1 at the US Open - www.tennis-update.com
The Armchair Slammer - Rozzie's Round-up of Week 2 at the US Open - www.tennis-update.com


ROLAND GARROS 
Day 5
 I'm only happy when it rains.... 
"JaJa, Oh La La..." Jankovic v Kanepi
Roddick v Kavcic

Day 6
Allez Olla Ole!
S Williams v Goerges 
Bartoli v Sanchez
Fed v Reister (with added Flemski...through bars!)
Murray v Baghdatis
Dementieva v Wozniak



WIMBLEDON
Ladies & Gentlemen - Quiet Please...
Day 1
Preview: Oh my days - where do I start?
Baltacha v Martic
Federer v Falla
JJ v Laura Robson
Djokovic v Rochus

Day 2
Ree Practicing; Keothavong v Rodionova
Tsonga v Kendrick
Murray v Hajek
Wozniacki v Garbin
Hantuchova v King

Day 4
Preview
Good Queen Bess & The Practice Courts/Outside Courts
Azarenka v Jovanovski
Marray/Murray v Nestor/Zimonjic
Jankovic/Scheepers v Medina Garrigues/Senoglu

Day 5
Practice Courts - JJ
Bartoli v Arn
Zvonareva v Wickmayer
Federer v Clement
Sa/Zvonareva v Murray/Robson
B Bryan/Lindsay Davenport v Qureshi/Kudryavtseva

Day 6
S Williams v Cibulkova
Nadal v Petzschner
Murray v Simon

Day 7

JJ v Zvonareva
Fed v Melzer
S Williams v Sharapova
Murray v Querrey

Day 8

Of Tix ‘n’ Things…
Clijsters v Zvonareva 
M/B Bryan v Ball/Guccione
Wimbledon 2010 Days 10/11 - Previews
Day 10
Zvonareva v Pironkova
S Williams v Kvitova
Day 11
Djokovic v Berdych
Murray v Nadal
Bonus Bloggy: Rozzie's Patented Slam Kit & the end of a Great Wimbly run


ATP MASTERS 1000, Paris
Day 4
Gulbis v Roddick
Monfils v Verdasco (Pt 1)
Melzer v Ferrer (Interlude)
Monfils v Verdasco (Pt 2)
Federer v Stepanek
Murray v Cilic
Day 5
Roddick v Soderling
Llodra v Davydenko
Federer v Melzer
Monfils v Murray


ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
Day 1
Bryans' Squared v Petschner/Melzer
Murray v Soderling
Farewell to Carlos Moya
Day 2
Bhupathi/Mirnyi v Kubot/Marach
Djokovic v Berdych


2009
WIMBLEDON
Bonus Blog: Wimbledon Centre Court Celebration
Day 1
Federer v Lu (Centre) 
Djokovic v Benneteau 
Day 2


Day 4
Day 9
US OPEN 
Day 10