http://www.worldtennismagazine.com Unique Tennis Perspectives Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:29:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © World Tennis Magazine 2010 tony@studio299.com (World Tennis Magazine) tony@studio299.com (World Tennis Magazine) posts http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.worldtennismagazine.com 144 144 Unique Tennis Perspectives World Tennis Magazine World Tennis Magazine tony@studio299.com no no http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roddick-loss-harrison-win-the-start-of-the-changing-of-the-guard-in-us-mens-tennis http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3206#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:39:42 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=3206 Is there a changing of the guard happening in American tennis? Andy Roddick, the man who has held the torch for American tennis since his US Open victory in 2003, suffered his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament since 2008, losing in the US Open second round Wednesday night to Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic 3-6, [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3206/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3141?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-andy-murray-be-the-modern-day-perry-or-doherty http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3141#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:58:57 +0000 Randy Walker http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=3141 It was 107 years ago on August 27, 1903 that Laurie Doherty became the first foreigner player – and the first man from Britain – to win the U.S. men’s singles title. Since Doherty’s triumph, only one other British man has won the national singles championship of the United States. That man was, of course, [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/3141/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1856?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-coast-to-coast-double-%25e2%2580%2593-indian-wells-and-key-biscayne http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1856#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:27:00 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1856 By Bud Collins Other than the U.S. Open, the successive springtime fortnights of Indian Wells, Calif., and Key Biscayne, Fla., blending men and women, are the foremost tournaments in North America, probably a dead heat behind the four majors in world prominence. Moving from the California desert to the Florida seaside, the pair provide a [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1856/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1843?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-indian-wells-titles-for-ljubicic-and-jankovic http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1843#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:38:56 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1843 STARS Ivan Ljubicic beat Andy Roddick 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5) to win the men’s singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, USA Jelena Jankovic beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s singles in Indian Wells, California, USA Jarkko Nieminen beat Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. 6-3 6-2 to win [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1843/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1834?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roddick-vs-ljubicic-their-most-memorable-match http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1834#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:39:52 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1834 By Randy Walker Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic will meet in Sunday’s final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.  It was five years ago that the two players met in probably their most memorable match, the fourth rubber of the 2005 Davis Cup first round in Carson, Calif. The U.S. team that [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1834/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1815?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federer-shocked-by-baghdatis-in-indian-wells http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1815#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:06:23 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=1815 World No. 1 Roger Federer wasted three match points and then lost to Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (4) Tuesday night in a third-round shock upset result at the BNP Paribas Open. A joyous Baghdatis bent down and kissed the court after his first win over Federer in seven matches. Federer hadn’t lost when having [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/1815/feed 1 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-the-score-reflects-the-reality-of-this-match http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/931#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:21:57 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=931 STARS Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-2 7-6 (4) to win the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar Ivan Ljubicic won the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon by beating Michael Llodra 7-5 6-3 in Lyon, France Jurgen Melzer beat Marin Cilic 6-4 6-3 to win the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna, Austria Sergiy [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/931/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mondays-with-bob-greene-it%25e2%2580%2599s-difficult-to-play-11-months-at-a-high-level http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/876#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:27:25 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=876 STARS Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3) 6-3 to win the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai, China Yanina Wickmayer won the Generali Ladies Linz, beating Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-4 in Linz, Austria Samantha Stosur beat Francesca Schiavone 7-5 6-1 to win the Japan Women’s Open in Osaka, Japan Marcos Baghdatis beat Denis Istomin [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/876/feed 0 http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/868?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nadal-and-davydenko-reach-shanghai-final http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/868#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:28:09 +0000 WTM http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/?p=868 Rafa Nadal reached the final of the Shanghai Masters when Feliciano Lopez retired on Saturday, the second evening in a row when the top seeded Spaniard’s opponent had to withdraw injured. World number two Nadal was coasting at 6-1 3-0 when his compatriot Lopez, struggling with an ankle injury, became the ninth player to fail [...]]]> http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/868/feed 1