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Posted by WTM on March 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Charles Bricker
Showing no signs of jet lag after a long flight from Indian Wells, Calif., Radek Stepanek strode into the Crowne Plaza hotel here in Sunrise, Fla., and confirmed that he and longtime girl friend Nicole Vaidisova will be married later this year, putting an exclamation point on a wedding [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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. [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 11 - Marat Safin provided for press conference laughs, visited Rios 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 [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
NEW YORK – Venus Williams won the title at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition tennis series Monday at Madison Square Garden, defeating Kim Cljisters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the final.
Williams won $400,000 for winning the one-night, four-player event that featured players who won the previous year’s major titles or [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dubai, UAE, February 23rd, 2010 – Croatia’s Marin Cilic continued his winning ways this year by defeating Arnaud Clement of France 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday.
The number six seed has now won 16 matches this year, claiming titles in Chennai and Zagreb, with his only [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
DUBAI, UAE – Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-4 6-4 and Australian Open finalist Andy Murray overcame a spirited challenge from Russian qualifier Igor Kunitsyn to win 6-2 6-3 to progress to the second round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday. But there was drama in both of their straight-set victories.
Djokovic [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Charlie Bricker
With a combined 15-5 record (as of Friday) and with Andy Roddick and James Blake ruling themselves out of Davis Cup, John Isner and Sam Querrey richly deserved the call they got this week to represent the U.S. against Serbia, March 5-7. But on clay? Are they ready for that?
Can these two big [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Fernando Verdasco defeated Andy Roddick 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the SAP Open in San Jose, his first title in the United States and his four career ATP title.
Roddick, ranked No. 7 in the world, was looking to win fourth San Jose title, following his win earlier this year Brisbane and reaching the quarter-finals of [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 13, 2010 · 1 Comment
It was 10 years ago, on February 13, 2000, that Roger Federer played his first ATP Tour singles final.
Federer faced a familiar face in the first final, countryman Marc Rosset, and, after a strong start, lost a nail-bitter 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the final of the Marseille Open in France. The match between the [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Andy Roddick and Fernando Verdasco each advanced into the quarterfinals of the SAP Open with victories Thursday.
The top-seeded Roddick defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 6-1, while Verdasco, the No. 2 seed, beat Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-2.
Roddick, seed No. 1 and seeking a fourth title in San Jose, said he continued to feel [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Chris Kane
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Tour veteran Xavier Malisse produced some inspired tennis in ousting No. 3 seed and defending champion Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the SAP Open.
Stepanek, ranked no. 14 in the world, was never able to find a rhythm in the surprisingly one-sided affair that lasted only [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
February 2 is an historic day in the life and career of Roger Federer. As documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, it was February 2, 2004 when Federer first became the No. 1 player in the world. It was one day after Federer won his first Australian Open title – and [...]
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