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Posts tagged with "break points"
Roddick’s masterpiece over Federer harkens back to 2003
Mar. 27 | Suddenly, it was 2003 again for Andy Roddick, slashing and hustling and playing with extreme confidence, just as he did as he torched his way through a series of tournaments leading to the U.S. Open title that year. His clothes bore a Reebok logo instead...
Philippoussis Beats Courier to Win Champions Series Title in Surprise
Oct. 25 | Mark Philippoussis defeated Jim Courier 6-4, 6-1 Sunday to win the singles title at the $150,000 Cancer Treatment Centers of America Tennis Championships at the Surprise Recreation Campus. Philippoussis picked up a first-prize paycheck of $54,000...
Mondays with Bob Greene: Caroline Wozniacki Wins Toray Pan Pacific
Oct. 4 | STARS Caroline Wozniacki beat Elena Dementieva 1-6 6-2 6-3 to win the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan Mikhail Youzhny beat Andrey Golubev 6-7 (7) 6-3 7-6 (3) to win the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat Jarkko...
Querrey Shows his Grit in Loss to Wawrinka
Sep. 7 | By Ritesh Gupta Sometimes whatever you may do on the court on a given day, it seems that your perseverance is just not going to pay off. Sam Querrey seemed to have one such day in the office at the US Open as the American lost a pulsating five-setter...
Nothing Rotten in the State of Denmark
Sep. 7 | NEW YORK – Through one of his characters, Marcellus, a scribbler named Shakespeare said there was “something rotten in the state of Denmark.” But if the Bard had been among 20,000-or-so ticket-holders at an open-air theatre called Arthur Ashe...
CHARLIE BRICKER: FEDERER FIRST-ROUNDER FURTHER REVEALS THE SLOW FADE
Jun. 21 | By Charles Bricker Roger Federer was looking, and no doubt feeling, justifiably smug after breezing through the fifth set of a match that twice left him staring at an historic first-round defeat at Wimbledon. But at some point, when the euphoria...
YOU CAN’T TAKE VICTORY AWAY FROM SERENA WILLIAMS
May. 29 | By Ritesh Gupta Experiencing both the highs and the lows, going from top gear to literally dragging herself on court, this is something which Serena Williams is used to, especially when she is performing at some of the world’s biggest tournaments. Williams’...
BREAK POINTS AGAIN FELL FEDERER AGAINST NADAL: THE ROBBIE KOENIG BLOG FROM MADRID
May. 16 | It’s always special when Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lock horns. Their rivalry transcends sport and my inbox gets flooded with predictions of who will win. It doesn’t happen to that extent when anyone else contests a final! It was a good...
ROGER vs. RAFA XXI
May. 15 | MADRID—Roger Federer will meet Rafael Nadal in a second consecutive Madrid Masters final after beating David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday. Nadal came from behind to beat Spanish countryman Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the first...
HENIN WINS TO SET UP DEMENTIEVA CLASH
Mar. 25 | KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Justine Henin, playing in her first tournament in almost two years with an official WTA Tour ranking, advanced to the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open Wednesday by beating Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-2. Henin double-faulted five...
DETERMINED DJOKOVIC THROUGH TO SECOND CONSECUTIVE FINAL
Feb. 27 | Dubai, UAE, February 26th, 2010 - Defending Champion Novak Djokovic rose to the occasion in front of a lively capacity crowd at the Dubai Tennis Stadium on Friday, taking an energy-sapping two hours 55-minutes to overcome charismatic Cypriot Marcos...
