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US Open: Kim Clijsters Quietly Winning
Sep. 3 | NEW YORK – For being the defending champion, Kim Clijsters certainly has been skirting the headlines at the US Open. On Friday, the talk was all about Hurricane Earl’s impact on New York City, which at least during the day turned out to be all bluster...
Déjà Vu for Both Wozniacki and Chang
Sep. 2 | NEW YORK – Talk about bad feng shui. In the opening game, a looping forehand by Carolina Wozniacki was called long. .The top seed from Denmark challenged the call and won, the replay showing the ball bounced right on the baseline. Wozniacki won the...
Sun Shining on Jamaica; Victoria Azarenka Collapses on Grandstand Court
Sep. 1 | NEW YORK – Jamaica’s Dustin Brown was almost as hot as the broiling sun baking the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as he blasted his way past Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-4 7-6 (6) 7-5 to post his first Grand Slam tournament victory. “Being...
US Open Day 2: Results Differ, Satisfaction the Same
Aug. 31 | NEW YORK – Svetlana Kuznetsova is trying to regain her winning ways on the tennis court. Kimiko Date Krumm is just happy to be playing tennis again. On Tuesday, Date Krumm showed flashes of the player who once was ranked fifth in the world. But that...
Two Sides of the US Open
Aug. 30 | NEW YORK – It was just 365 days ago that Dinara Safina came into the US Open Tennis Championships as the number one player in the world. Kim Clijsters, on the other hand, was just returning from a two-year retirement that saw her get married and...
Mondays with Bob Greene: Wozniacki and Murray can Start Their own Bank
Aug. 30 | STARS Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Denis Istomin 3-6 6-3 6-4 to win the men’s singles at the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, USA Caroline Wozniacki beat Nadia Petrova 6-3 3-6 6-3 to win the Pilot Penn Tennis women’s singles Caroline Wozniacki...
Mondays with Bob Greene: Roger Federer beats Mardy Fish to win Cincinnati
Aug. 23 | STARS Roger Federer beat Mardy Fish 6-7 (5) 7-6 (1) 6-4 to win the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Cash 3-6 6-3 10-4 (match tiebreak) to win The Optima Open in Knokke, Belgium SAYINGS “It...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: CLIJSTERS BEATS SHARAPOVA & ANDY MURRAY BEATS ROGER FEDERER
Aug. 16 | STARS Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 7-5 7-5 to win the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada Kim Clijsters beat Maria Sharapova 2-6 7-6 (4) 6-2 to win the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Adrian Mannarino beat...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: NALBANDIAN & WOZNIACKI TAKE HOME THE CROWNS
Aug. 9 | STARS David Nalbandian beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 7-6 (4) to win the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC, USA Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-7 (7) 6-3 to win the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, California, USA Caroline...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: AZARENKA & QUERREY TAKE HOME TITLES
Aug. 2 | STARS Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1 to win the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, USA Sam Querrey beat Andy Murray 5-7 7-6 (2) 6-3 to win the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, California, USA Nicolas Almago beat Richard...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: MARDY FISH AND ANNA CHAKVETADZE TAKE HOME TITLES
Jul. 26 | STARS Andrey Golubev beat Jurgen Melzer 6-3 7-5 to win the International German Open in Hamburg, Germany Mardy Fish beat John Isner 4-6 6-4 7-6 (4) to win the Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, USA Anna Chakvetadze beat Johanna Larsson...
