Colombia’s number one tennis player Santiago Giraldo revealed that he was scared for his health following his second surgery in less than 36 hours. The athlete went into his initial surgery Thursday for “a diagnosis...
Colombia were beaten 4-1 by Brazil in the Davis Cup, knocking them out of the competition in the second round. Brazilian number one Thomaz Belluci (world no.45) dispatched Colombian number one Santiago Giraldo (56) in straight...
Colombian tennis player Santiago Giraldo rose 22 places in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) international rankings. Giraldo, from the central-western Risaralda department, saw his ATP world ranking rise to number 58...
Colombia’s Santiago Ferrer lost the semi finals of the ATP500 tournament in the Mexican city of Acapulco to Spain’s David Ferrer Friday. Giraldo, 80 in the ATP rankings lost in two sets (7-5 and 6-4) to Ferrer, the...
Colombian tennis star Santiago Giraldo reached the semi-finals of the ATP 500 in Acapulco, after defeating Argentine Carlos Berlocq Thursday. Having trailed the first set 5-2, Giraldo fought back to win 7-5. He then lost the...
Colombian tennis star Santiago Giraldo defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday to advance to the final 16. Giraldo, currently ranked 48th in the world, upset 20th ranked Melzer, who was the...
Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo lost the quarter finals of the Japan Open against Spain’s Rafael Nadal Friday, but stood strong and forced the Spaniard to a tie-break in the first set. Nadal, winner of last year’s...
A Colombian tennis player advanced to meet Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the ATP World Tour in Tokyo Thursday. Santiago Giraldo defeated Dmitry Tursunov of Russia and Robin Haasse from Holland en route to...
Colombian tennis star Santiago Giraldo lost in the second round of the PTT Thailand Open 2011 to Gael Monfils, the ninth ranked tennis player in the world. After losing the first set 4-6, Giraldo came back and won the second set...
Colombian tennis star Santiago Giraldo upset Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the opening round of the Swiss Open Gstaad 2011. After losing the first set 5-7, unseeded Giraldo humiliated the sixth-seeded Guillermo in two...
Colombian tennis player Santiago Giraldo defeated France’s Jeremy Chardy in the second round of the 2011 Mercedes Cup on Wednesday. The Colombian, ranked 61st in the world, upset Jeremy Chardy in three tough-fought sets:...
Santiago Giraldo defeated Germany’s Michael Berrer Wednesday, and advanced to the quarter-finals of the UNICEF tournament. The Colombian beat Berrer in straight sets 7-6 (8-6) 6-3. A tight first set ended with a closely...
