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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...
Federer Hits Another Between-The-Legs Shot In US Open Opener
Aug. 31 | He did it again. Roger Federer, who last year hit one of the most incredible shots in US Open history – a between the legs passing shot winner past Novak Djokovic in the 2009 semifinals – hit an equally stunning shot in his 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 over...
FISH’S WIN IN ATLANTA SIGNIFICANT IN QUEST FOR RETURN TO TOP 20
Jul. 26 | By Charles Bricker What a pleasure it was to see Mardy Fish playing defense and hitting running forehands. Not just running forehands to stay in a point but running forehands that took him from defense to offense with one sweep of his racket. This...
VENUS SHOWS CHAMPION’S GRIT IN DEFINING MOMENTS
Jun. 28 | By Ritesh Gupta Sometimes how hard an underdog may try, the favourite just knows how to find a way out. The fourth-round clash between the five-times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams and Australian Jarmila Groth aptly showed how the ones will...
LENDL LOSES TO WILANDER IN FIRST PUBLIC MATCH IN 16 YEARS
Apr. 11 | ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Ivan Lendl, playing in his first public match since retiring from tennis in 1994, played like a man who hadn’t played in 16 years, losing to former rival Mats Wilander 6-3 in a one-set exhibition at the Caesars Tennis...
Another Serena Incident?!?! Koubek Ejected
Oct. 4 | Call this a Serena incident (before there was a Serena incident). From the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), it was on Oct. 4, 2007 that Stefan Koubek used “strong language” to challenge...
MEADOWS OF BLUE PAVEMENT WERE STAGES FOR NEW CHAMPS, AND ENOUGH U.S. OPEN DRAMA TO THRILL THE FANS
Sep. 21 | Columbus Circle Rushing from Flushing, 15 days at the Billie were quite enough. But there were plenty of indelible memories of a very good Open… Amazing how the USTA stretches a tournament that used to take 10 days in a time before floodlights and...
It’s Del Potro In An Upset
Sep. 15 | NEW YORK – The reign is over. Long live the king. Juan Martin del Potro, appearing in his first Grand Slam tournament final, overpowered five-time defending champion Roger Federer to capture the US Open on Monday 3-6 7-6 (5) 4-6 7-6 (4) 6-2. It’s...
