MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: IT’S A DAVIS CUP WEEKEND

STARS
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Daniela Hantuchova 1-6 6-1 6-0 to win the Monterrey Open in Monterrey, Mexico
DAVIS CUP
World Group
(First Round)
Spain beat. Switzerland 4-1 at Logrono, Spain
France beat. Germany 4-1 at Toulon, France
Russia beat. India 3-2 at Moscow, Russia
Argentina beat Sweden 3-2 at Stockholm, Sweden
Croatia beat Ecuador 5-0 at Varazdin, Croatia
Serbia beat United States 3-2 at Belgrade, [...]

STEPANEK UPSET, RODDICK WINS AT SAP OPEN

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 [...]

RICARDAS BERANKIS: A STAR BEING BORN?

By Chris Kane
Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, the 2007 US Open Boy’s Champion, made a strong statement at the SAP Open Tuesday in San Jose, Calif., defeating former U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri of the United States in his opening match.
The 19-year-old qualifier who now resides in Brandenton, Fla., recovered from losing a first set tie [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS FOR HAITI

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Elena Dementieva beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 to win the Medibank International women’s singles at Sydney, Australia
Marcos Baghdatis beat Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-6 (2) in Sydney, Australia, to win the Medibank International men’s singles
John Isner beat Arnaud Clement 6-3 5-7 7-6 (2) to win the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand
Alona Bondarenko beat Shahar Peer [...]

IS THERE A PLACE FOR THE TENNIS WORLD CUP? THE FRIDAY FIVE

By Maud Watson
End of an Era? – Earlier this week, it was announced that some of the ATP players are proposing a sort of “World Cup” biennial tournament to be played in place of the present Davis Cup competition.  The ITF is understandably defending the Davis Cup, which began over a century ago when the [...]

FEDERER IS SECOND-MOST POPULAR ATHLETE ON FACEBOOK; SHARAPOVA’S $70 MILLION DEAL WITH NIKE: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS

By Justin Cohen
· According to Marca, Roger Federer is the second most popular athlete on Facebook. The current World No. 1 has 3.18 million Facebook fans.
· Maria Sharapova has signed an eight-year sponsorship deal with Nike, which is reportedly [...]

BUD COLLINS NAMES HIS MATCHES OF THE DECADE

The following is a look at the matches from 2000 to 2009 that Hall of Fame journalist Bud Collins, author of the book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS, says were the best of the decade. You can read more about Bud on his official website www.BudCollinsTennis.com.

All right, so it’s time again to look [...]

FEDERER, THE BEST OF ALL JUNIORS

Eleven years ago this week, Roger Federer was staking his claim as the top player in the world – in the juniors. Federer ended his junior career by winning the 1998 Orange Bowl in Key Biscayne, Fla. The win placed him in the No. 1 ranking in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings for the [...]

Federer’s First Season-Ending Championship

Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer, the respected Swiss tennis writer, chronicles Federer’s first appearance at the ATP World [...]

2005: Nalbandian Stuns Federer

There are only two more days until the start of the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. As part on of the countdown, WorldTennisMagazine.com is presenting a special look at some of the best moments in the history of the season-ending ATP championships, courtesy of the book ON THIS DAY [...]

The Safin Retroprospective

The mercurial career of Marat Safin came to a close Wednesday in Paris as the hulking Russian played the final match in the final tournament of his final year of ATP tennis, losing to reigning US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas [...]

Tennis Travels: Autumn in Paris

The BNP Paribas Masters, held in Paris from November 8-11, is firmly established as one of the top indoor events in tennis and fine excuse to travel to Paris. This hard surface tennis tournament with a prize of close to $5.5 million is the ninth and final ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. As the [...]

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