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Posts tagged with "french open"
NADAL PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME AT WIMBLEDON
Jul. 3 | By Charles Bricker One more balloon return of serve. That’s all Rafa Nadal needed to see at the turning point of this semifinal at Wimbledon Friday, and he put away the tiebreak that effectively signaled Andy Murray’s demise in this...
BUD COLLINS: FEDERER MAY BE FALLING LIKE ROMAN EMPIRE
Jul. 1 | By Bud Collins (As seen on Bud Collins website www.BudCollinsTennis.com. Follow him on Twitter @BudCollins) LONDON – Decline and falling? Like the Roman Empire? Maybe. But one thing is clear. Roger Federer, the man who owned the green room –...
ANALYZING WIMBLEDON LOSSES FROM VENUS AND ANDY
Jun. 29 | By Charles Bricker This was a surprising loss by Venus Williams on Tuesday, but it was not shocking and anyone who is “stunned” or in “disbelief” that the older of the sisters won’t win Wimbledon this year hasn’t...
MUSTER, 42, CRASHES OUT OF GERMAN CHALLENGER
Jun. 29 | Former world No. 1 Thomas Muster crashed out in a flurry of unforced errors at the $125,000 ITF challenger in Braunschweig, Germany Tuesday, losing 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round to Irishman Conor Niland. Muster, 42, was playing his first pro...
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...
THE LONGEST MATCH EVER PLAYED AT WIMBLEDON (AND IT’S NOT OVER YET!)
Jun. 23 | By Charles Bricker OK, it’s legendary. OK, these two warriors — spiky haired Nicolas Mahut (“mah-oo”) of France and 6-foot-9 John Isner — were out there nearly seven hours on Wednesday, unable to finish a match that was...
CHARLIE BRICKER: SODERLING LOOKS STRONG AT SW19
Jun. 22 | By Charles Bricker After losing the French Open final to Rafa Nadal, Robin Soderling went home and took a long rest. No lead-up tournaments and the only prep he got for Wimbledon was an exhibition match and plenty of training on the practice courts...
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...
THOMAS MUSTER ACCEPTS WILD CARD TO PRO EVENT
Jun. 16 | By McCarton Ackerman Former world No. 1 Thomas Muster has accepted singles and doubles wildcards into the main draws of the $125,000 challenger event in Braunschweig, Germany, taking place from June 28th-July 4th. The 42-year-old Austrian, a ...
SAM STOSUR PLAYS LIKE A MAN
Jun. 11 | By Blair Henley Francesca Schiavone may have rained on Samantha Stosur’s French Open parade, but the 26-year-old Australian’s run of upsets at Roland Garros this year cemented her status as a new “it-girl” on the women’s tour. The media...
AT HIS HEIGHT, NADAL RETURNS TO THE GRASS
Jun. 9 | By Charles Bricker In a vacuum this was as seamless a transition as one could reasonably expect from Rafael Nadal, who glided easily this afternoon from his recent fifth French Open championship to his first grass court match in two years. But of...
