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Posted by WTM on March 10, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Justin Cohen
Melanie Oudin has signed an endorsement deal with Virgin Mobile that will reportedly pay her between $500,000 and $2 million over four years. Virgin Mobile announced that they will donate $1 million to homeless youth organizations if Oudin wins the 2010 US Open in New York.
Sony Ericsson has reached a contract extension [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Charles Bricker
As if the Australian consortium proposing to redesign Davis Cup with a kind of bi-annual tennis World Cup needed any more ammunition, Davis Cup begins its 10-month odyssey this weekend without five of the world’s top 10 and eight of the top 20.
Most of the top players who won’t participate in the opening round are [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 15, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Robin Soderling won the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, when Mikhail Youzhny retired while trailing 6-4 2-0
Elena Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova 6-7 (5) 6-1 6-4 to win the Open GDF SUEZ in Paris, France
Fernando Verdasco beat Andy Roddick 3-6 6-4 6-4 to win the SAP Open in San Jose, California, USA
Juan [...]
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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 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. —Andy Roddick was outplayed for most of the night by Sam Querrey. But when the match got to the tiebreakers, Roddick took charge.
The top-seeded Roddick beat the seventh-seeded Querrey, 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), on Saturday night in a protracted semifinal at the SAP Open that featured a combined 53 aces.
Roddick reached the final [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Roddick, Verdasco Reach SAP Semifinals
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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 9, 2010 · 1 Comment
Former No. 1 Pete Sampras showed glimpses of his dominating best against a top player 12 years his junior in the second set of his 6-3, 7-6 (2) exhibition loss to Spain’s Fernando Verdasco at the SAP Open.
Sampras received a rousing standing ovation once the 56-minute match was over. He waved and hit three balls [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Chris Kane
On Monday, February 8, the second oldest American tournament, the SAP Open, gets underway at the HP Pavilion in San Jose with three-time winner Andy Roddick headlining the bill in the singles and world No. 1 and Australian Open champs, the Bryan Brothers, set to compete in the doubles.
Pete Sampras, a two time [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Bob Stockton is subbing for Justin Cohen this week for THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
* U.S. Davis Cup Captain, USTA General Manager of Player Development and ESPN Commentator Patrick McEnroe will have his book called “Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches” come out on June 8, 2010.
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Posted by WTM on December 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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“We have a generation of athletes that is without doubt the best in the history of Spain. You know how to win with humility and elegance, you know how to play and fight during the tough moments and you have shown us how it’s done.” – Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, prime minister of Spain, on [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 7, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Michael Berrer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4 to win the Salzburg Indoors in Salzburg, Austria
Konstantin Kravchuk beat Marcel Granollers 1-6 6-3 6-2 to win the Yugra Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Pat Rafter beat Stefan Edberg 6-7 (5) 6-4 11-9 (Champions tiebreak) to win the AEGON Masters Tennis in London, United Kingdom
Spain beat Czech Republic [...]
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