MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE FIRST WEEK OF INDIAN WELLS

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Indian Wells (First Week)
Carla Suarez Navarro beat top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 4-6 6-1
Elena Baltacha beat seventh-seeded Li Na 7-6 (6) 2-6 7-6 (7)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat ninth-seeded Marin Cilic 7-6 (1) 6-0
Zheng Jie beat 10th-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-3 2-6 6-3
Gisela Dulko beat Justine Henin 6-2 1-6 6-4
Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal beat third-seeded Lukas Dlouhy and [...]

MELIGENI IS SURPRISE CHAMPIONS SERIES WINNER IN RIO DE JANEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 14 –- Fernando Meligeni, spurred by a boisterous and supportive home Brazilian crowd, was the surprise winner at the $150,000 Banco Cruzerio do Sul Rio Champions Cup Sunday, defeating Mark Philippoussis of Australia 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 (Champions Tie-Breaker) in the singles final.
Meligeni earned $60,000 for winning [...]

WHAT IF THE THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL WAS TODAY??!!

By Randy Walker
How would you feel – and how would the tennis world be better or worse – if the finals of the Australian Open were played today? Well that was the case 39 years ago when the men’s and women’s singles finals at the 1971 Australian Open were played in Sydney. [...]

PHILIPPOUSSIS, MELIGENI EACH ADVANCE TO FIRST CHAMPIONS SERIES FINAL

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 13 – – Mark Philippoussis of Australia and Fernando Meligeni of Brazil each advanced into their first career Champions Series tournament final Saturday with semifinal victories at the $150,000 Banco Cruzerio do Sul Rio Champions Cup. Philippoussis defeated former world No. 1 Mats Wilander of Sweden [...]

SAFIN STUNNED BY FERREIRA IN CHAMPIONS SERIES DEBUT IN RIO

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 12 – Marat Safin was stunned in his debut match on the Champions Series tennis circuit Friday, losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Wayne Ferreira in the quarterfinals of the Banco Cruzerio do Sul Rio Champions Cup.
Playing only 17 weeks after playing his last match on the [...]

SAFIN SEES THE SIGHTS OF RIO IN ADVANCE OF CHAMPIONS SERIES DEBUT

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 11 –- Marat Safin provided for press conference laughs, visited Rio’s famous Corcovado and played a little soccer Thursday upon arrival in the 2016 Olympic city in preparation for his debut tournament on the Champions Series tennis circuit.
Safin, the former world No. 1 who retired from the ATP World Tour [...]

ANDRES GOMEZ DISCUSSES AGASSI WIG, COACHING AND KIDS

By Charles Bricker
Did you read in Andre Agassi’s book about his greatest fear in the 1990 French Open final — that his wig would blow off in the middle of the match?
Andres Gomez quickly brushed off that question. “Hey, I had my own problems. I was 30 and playing a 20 year old guy who was talking [...]

THE WILD WORLD OF WILD CARDS

By Charles Bricker
It was all done by the ATP rule book, which states clearly that wild cards — for both the main draw and qualifying — are at the complete discretion of the tournament.
But that didn’t make it any less confounding after executives of this week’s BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., chose to dole out [...]

WHAT IS NEXT FOR BRITISH TENNIS?

By Melina Harris
As Andy Murray trained under the honeyed, cerulean Californian skies in preparation for the first Masters 1000 event of the year in Indian Wells, his fellow Great British team mates arguably suffered the most humiliating defeat in Britain’s Davis Cup history; losing 3-2 to Lithuania in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II.
The British media [...]

OUDIN SIGNS WITH VIRGIN MOBILE, SAP STAYS IN SAN JOSE: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS

By Justin Cohen

Melanie Oudin has signed an endorsement deal with Virgin Mobile that will reportedly pay her between $500,000 and $2 million over four years. Virgin Mobile announced that they will donate $1 million to homeless youth organizations if Oudin wins the 2010 US Open in New York.
Sony Ericsson has reached a contract extension [...]

TENNIS CHANNEL TO CARRY 90 HOURS OF LIVE MATCHES AT 2010 BNP PARIBAS OPEN

LOS ANGELES, March 9, 2010 – Tennis Channel will essentially become the 2010 BNP Paribas Open network during the next two weeks, adjusting its programming schedule for the Indian Wells, Calif.-based men’s and women’s tournament, one of the most celebrated events of the year.  The channel plans 90 hours of live coverage over the 12-day [...]

SAFIN TO OPEN CHAMPIONS SERIES TENNIS CAREER AGAINST FERREIRA IN RIO DE JANEIRO

NEW YORK, March 8, 2010 -– Marat Safin, the charismatic winner of two major singles titles and one of 24 men to rank No. 1 in the world, will open up play in his debut Champions Series tennis event Friday against Wayne Ferreira at the Banco Cruzeiro do Sul Rio Champions in Rio De Janeiro, [...]

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