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Gasquet breaks title drought over fellow HEAD player Simon
October 1st, 2012Richard Gasquet snapped a title drought stretching back two and a half years as he beat HEAD fellow and country man Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1 in the final at the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Gasquet, a former top 10 player like his compatriot, last lifted a trophy in Nice in May, 2010.
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Martin Klizan wins first career title
September 24th, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Martin Klizan has made his first career title breakthrough defeating Fabio Fognini 6-2, 6-3 to win the St. Petersburg Open. The Slovakian used his YouTek IG Prestige MP to reach his career-high ranking of 33 in the ATP World Tour ranking. He is the first first-time winner on the ATP World Tour this season and the first Slovakian to win a tour title since 2004.
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Tomas Berdych leads Czechs into Davis Cup final
September 17th, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Tomas Berdych has powered his Czech Republic team into a second Davis Cup final in four years, scoring points on every day of the tie with Argentina in Buenos Aires. Sixth-ranked Berdych will lead his nation in the December 16-18 final at home against Spain. The Spaniards crushed the US 3-1 despite missing Rafael Nadal who is out of the game with a knee injury. Both of the semi-final ties were played using HEAD ATP balls.
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Historic Triumph for Andy Murray at the US Open
September 11th, 2012Unbelievable match, epic win: Andy Murray wrote British tennis history. The Gold medalist of the London Olympics won a HEAD to HEAD battle of racquet rebels, winning his first Grand Slam title with a 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 win over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final.
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Berdych close – Vinci wins at US Open tune-up events
August 27th, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Tomas Berdych put John Isner under supreme stress, coming within a point of victory on three separate occasions in the tense, third-set tiebreaker before just missing his winning chance in a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(9) final at the Winston Salem Open.
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SPEED vs. INSTINCT – THE CHALLENGE
August 24th, 2012Right in time for the start of this year’s US Open, HEAD Tennis is presenting nothing less than the face-off between HEAD’s biggest tennis stars in a unique all-court, multi-sport competition.
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Djokovic pleased with post-Olympic performances
August 20th, 2012Novak Djokovic won his second Masters 1000 semi-final in as many weeks in Cincinnati, with the HEAD racquet rebel earning quiet revenge for his London Olympic loss defeating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-2 at the Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 event to reach the final before falling to Roger Federer.
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Djokovic wins battle of HEAD racquet rebels
August 13th, 2012Top seed Novak Djokovic won a battle of HEAD racquet rebels as he beat Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 to claim the Rogers Cup at Toronto, his 12th title at ATP Masters 1000 level. It took 61 minutes for the ATP No. 2 to dominate with his YouTek IG Speed MP over his rival, who was claiming a spot in the final with his brand new YouTek Extreme Pro 2.0. The Serb, who won the Australian Open to start the 2012 season, now owns 31 titles overall.
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Tommy Haas claims spot in Washington final
August 7th, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Tommy Haas reached the final at the ATP Citi Open in Washington. The 34-year-old concluded a tough tiebreak first set before he finally fell to Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-1. Haas did not drop a single set on the way to the final including a straight set win over No. 1 seed Mardy Fish in the semifinals.
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HEAD presents new Extreme 2.0 Tour Racquet Series
August 1st, 2012HEAD is proud to present the brand-new HEAD YouTek IG Extreme 2.0 Series. Designed for players who prefer the modern, aggressive game of tennis, the new Extreme racquet collection comes with a design, which will certainly grab attention, and more innovations to help tennis players lift their games.
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Robin Haase and Bojana Jovanovski take pre-Olympic honours
July 30th, 2012A pair of HEAD racquet rebels made major breakthroughs on the eve of the London Olympic tournament, with Dutchman Robin Haase defending the title of Kitzbuhel and Serb Bojana Jovanovski claiming her first trophy on the WTA.
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Haas shows standout performance at home tournament
July 23rd, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Tommy Haas turned in another standout performance, coming close to his second title this season at home, with the HEAD player falling just short of Argentine Juan Monaco 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Bet-at-Home Open German Championships in his birthplace of Hamburg.
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Marin Cilic wins second title in a month
July 16th, 2012Croatian HEAD racquet rebel Marin Cilic won his second ATP title within a month as he hammered out a 6-4, 6-2 win with his YouTek IG Instinct MP over Marcel Granollers to win the Vegeta Croatia Open in the Adriatic costal beauty spot of Umag. Cilic complotted his victory run at home without losing a set and also gained revenge for the 2011 final which he lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov, with the Ukrainian player becoming Cilic’s semi-final victim.
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Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic Take Home ESPY Awards
July 13th, 2012The 20th Annual ESPY Awards brought top athletes from various sports together on Wednesday night to honor those who shared in the best sports moments over the past year. HEAD stars Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic were each honored with an ESPY trophy.
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Andy Murray writes Wimbledon history
July 9th, 2012HEAD racquet rebel Andy Murray showed an incredible performance in his first Wimbledon final, adding himself to the Wimbledon history books despite his loss to Roger Federer. Murray was the first Briton to play a Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938 and had been hoping to become the first home winner since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray claimed the first set to level up the hopes of his home crowd but finally lost in four sets 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 4-6 against the 30-year old from Switzerland, who had beaten Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
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