Posted by WTM on November 13, 2009 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
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Posted by WTM on September 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING, N.Y., September 9, 2009 – Team Lendl defeated Team King 24-16 in Overtime to win the first match of the US Open Champions Invitational today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The event, which uses the World TeamTennis format for the first time in US Open history, [...]
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