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Posts tagged with "Davis Cup"
IS THE SERENA WILLIAMS INJURY THE MOST FAMOUS GLASS CUT IN TENNIS HISTORY? PERHAPS NOT…
Aug. 21 | Serena Williams has pulled out of the 2010 U.S. Open, due to severe cut she sustained on her right foot the week after winning her 13th career major singles title at Wimbledon. Reports and on-the-record comments indicate that Williams cut her right...
ROD LAVER: CHANGING YOUR GAME AS YOU GROW OLDER
Aug. 14 | Many eyes remain on Roger Federer as the 16-time major tournament winner turned 29 years old on August 8, 2010 with an ATP World Tour ranking for No. 3 – his lowest ranking since 2003. Will the Swiss maestro change his game, his strategy and this...
Dennis Ralston Raises Davis Cup Warning Flags to Patrick McEnroe, US Team Facing Colombia
Aug. 11 | By Charles Bricker On the first weekend after the conclusion of the 2010 US Open, the United States will play what looks on the blueprint like a gimme Davis Cup tie against Colombia, but which, upon closer inspection, will be among the greatest...
ROGER FEDERER’S TRAGEDY
Aug. 1 | There has been much written this week about Roger Federer’s decision to “try out” former Pete Sampras coach Paul Annacone as his personal coach as the 16-time major tournament winner looks to regain his form after failing to reach the semifinals...
NEW DAVIS CUP FORMAT BEING CRAFTED BY BUCHHOLZ, DAVIES
Jul. 22 | By Charles Bricker The outdated Davis Cup format, already under a strong attack by a consortium of Australian businessmen who want to turn it into a kind of World Cup, is now being assaulted from a second, much more influential source. Butch Buchholz...
2009 DAVIS CUP CHAMPION SPAIN CONTINUES QUEST FOR TITLE THIS WEEKEND ON TENNIS CHANNEL
Jul. 9 | LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2010 – Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Spain and France’s Davis Cup quarterfinal competition in Clermont-Ferrand, France, this weekend. The meeting will consist of two singles matches on Friday, July...
BERDYCH WILL LOOK TO “SHUSH” NADAL IN WIMBLEDON FINAL
Jul. 2 | By Randy Walker It will be Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal squaring off for the Wimbledon title on Sunday. Berdych followed up his quarterfinal upset of top-seed and six-time champion Roger Federer by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 to advance...
70-68! JOHN ISNER WINS LONGEST TENNIS MATCH OF ALL-TIME
Jun. 24 | John Isner of the United States won the longest tennis match ever Thursday, taking the fifth-set of his first-round Wimbledon match with Nicolas Mahut of France 70-68. The final time of match was an incredible 11 hours, 5 minutes. Isner and Mahut...
TWO-TIME FRENCH CHAMP JAN KODES PARTNERS WITH NEW CHAPTER PRESS FOR RELEASE OF “JAN KODES: A JOURNEY TO GLORY FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN”
Jun. 2 | NEW YORK, June 1, 2010 Wimbledon and French Open champion Jan Kodes of the Czech Republic has partnered with New Chapter Press for the U.S. release of the book JAN KODES: A JOURNEY TO GLORY FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. The coffee table book,...
DOWN MATCH POINT, LAVER GOES ON TO WIN 1962 FRENCH TITLE…AND THE GRAND SLAM
May. 27 | It was 48 years ago on Friday, May 28, 2010, that Rod Laver was down his only match point in either of his two historic Grand Slam runs (1962, 1969). In the quarterfinals of the French Championships of 1962, Laver faced fellow Australian Marty Mulligan,...
ISNER, QUERREY NEED TO BE RESPECTED AT ROLAND GARROS
May. 19 | By Blair Henley It seems like only yesterday that tennis fans and pundits were predicting dark days for American men’s tennis. With Andy Roddick aging and James Blake and Mardy Fish sitting well outside of the top 50, the USTA found itself in desperate...
