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Posted by WTM on March 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On March 7, Ivan Lendl will celebrate being on this earth for a half-century. A half-century was how long it felt that this towering Czech dominated tennis, reaching eight straight U.S. Open finals from 1982-1989, holding the No. 1 ranking for 269 weeks and winning 94 singles titles.
The following profile on Lendl is featured in [...]
Filed under Bud Collins, HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Top Stories · Tagged with adid, amazon, as1, Bud Collins, collins history, czechoslovakia, edberg, hall of fame, history of tennis, ivan lendl, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, mikael pernfors, miroslav, new chapter, swedes, wila, zeal
Posted by WTM on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Australian Open
Men’s singles: Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6
Women’s singles: Serena Williams beat Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2
Men’s doubles: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3
Women’s doubles: Venus Williams and Serena Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4 6-3
Mixed doubles: Cara Black and Leander [...]
Filed under Bob Greene, HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Top Stories · Tagged with andy murray, Andy Roddick, ATP, Australian Open, australian open title, billie jean king, Bob and Mike Bryan, Cara Black, chris evert, evonne goolagong, Grand Slam, grand slam tournament, gustavo kuerten, ivan lendl, Jimmy Connors, justine henin, kim clijsters, Korie Homan, Leander Paes, Leyton Hewitt, Liezel Huber, Lleyton Hewitt, Mahesh Bhupathi, Maikel Scheffers, margaret court, marin cilic, Mark Woodforde, Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, novak djokovic, Olympics, open semifinals, Pete Sampras, rafael nadal, Roger Federer, semifinal matches, serena williams, Shingo Kunieda, stefan edberg, Steffi Graf, Switzerland, tennis tournament, The Open Era, todd woodbridge, United States, US Open, venus and serena, venus williams, Wimbledon, wimbledon champion
Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer ended his mini-slump against Nikolay Davydenko, ending the Russian’s 13-match winning streak that included two wins over the Swiss maestro with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 win Wednesday in the Australian Open semifinals.
The win ensures that Federer will retain the No. 1 ranking on Monday for a 268th week, tying Jimmy Connors for [...]
Filed under HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Top Stories · Tagged with andy murray, atp world tour, Australian Open, consecutive tournament, ivan lendl, Jimmy Connors, jo wilfried tsonga, last november, marin cilic, Nikolay Davydenko, open semifinals, Pete Sampras, quarterfinal, Roger Federer, slump, straight games, tournament champion, wilfried, winning streak
Posted by WTM on January 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Andy Roddick nearly pulled off a Jimmy Connors-like comeback Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open against Marin Cilic, fighting back from a two-sets-to-love deficit with a bum right shoulder, only to fall short in a 7-6 (4), 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 marathon.
Roddick took a medical treat timeout for a pain in his right [...]
Filed under HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Top Stories · Tagged with american tv, andy murray, Andy Roddick, Australian Open, career grand slam, cold weather, couple games, defending champion, fernando gonzalez, first game, gears, grit, Jimmy Connors, knee injury, marin cilic, quarterfinals, rafael nadal, stage one, timeout, tv viewers
Posted by WTM on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The following is a look at the matches from 2000 to 2009 that Hall of Fame journalist Bud Collins, author of the book THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS, says were the best of the decade. You can read more about Bud on his official website www.BudCollinsTennis.com.
All right, so it’s time again to look [...]
Filed under Bud Collins, HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Top Stories · Tagged with Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Bud Collins, collins history, david nalbandian, Davis Cup, elena dementieva, goran ivanisevic, history of tennis, james blake, Jimmy Connors, juan martin del potro, justine henin, kim clijsters, Leyton Hewitt, lindsay davenport, Lleyton Hewitt, marat safin, marcos baghdatis, Martina Hingis, Mats Wilander, nadia petrova, Olympics, pat rafter, patrick mcenroe, robin soderling, Roger Federer, Tennis, tommy haas, Wimbledon
Posted by WTM on December 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
Eleven years ago this week, Roger Federer was staking his claim as the top player in the world – in the juniors. Federer ended his junior career by winning the 1998 Orange Bowl in Key Biscayne, Fla. The win placed him in the No. 1 ranking in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings for the [...]
Filed under HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Randy Walker, Top Stories · Tagged with Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, ATP, ATP Tournament, Australian Open, boris becker, david nalbandian, feliciano lopez, fernando gonzalez, guillaume raoux, Guillermo Vilas, jan siemerink, Jimmy Connors, juniors, ken rosewall, key biscayne, orange bowl, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, roy emerson, stefan edberg, tommy haas, tony roche, United States, US Open, wayne ferreira, Wimbledon
Posted by WTM on December 15, 2009 · 1 Comment
Now that Roger Federer has won his 15th major singles title, breaking the all-time men’s record of 14 set by Pete Sampras, what is his next goal?
All champions are goal-setters and when one goal is achieved, there is the immediate focus on what the next goal is. The other major goal for Federer was to [...]
Filed under Randy Walker, Top Stories · Tagged with Bill Tilden, Bud Collins, career grand slam, chris evert, collins history, defending champion, england club, goal setters, helen wills, Jimmy Connors, larned, Martina Navratilova, page volume, Pete Sampras, Richard Sears, Roger Federer, sixth straight title, wimbledon titles
Posted by WTM on December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
1983: WILANDER WINS GRASS-COURT MAJOR DOWN UNDER
Filed under Lead, Randy Walker, Top Stories · Tagged with Australian Open, borg, europeans, excerpt from, grass court, ivan lendl, jean borotra, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, new chapter, tennis history
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 [...]
Filed under Bob Greene, Lead, Top Stories · Tagged with albert costa, amelie mauresmo, Andy Roddick, Australian Open, billie jean king, bnp paribas, david ferrer, Davis Cup, feliciano lopez, fernando verdasco, goran ivanisevic, Grand Slam, Guillermo Vilas, gustavo kuerten, jelena jankovic, Jimmy Connors, john newcombe, kim clijsters, Lleyton Hewitt, Lukas Dlouhy, madison square garden, Mahesh Bhupathi, maria sharapova, melanie oudin, Olympic Games, pat rafter, Patrick Rafter, Pete Sampras, Radek Stepanek, rafael nadal, serena williams, stefan edberg, Svetlana Kuznetsova, The International Tennis Hall of Fame, tomas berdych, venus williams, Wimbledon, WTA
Posted by WTM on November 30, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England
Kimiko Date-Krumm beat Bojana Jovanovski 7-5 6-2 to win the Dunlop World Challenge in Toyota, Japan
Michal Przysiezny beat Stephane Bohli 4-6 6-4 6-1 to win the IPP Open in Helsinki, Finland
SAYING
“Everybody concentrates on (Rafael) Nadal and (Roger) [...]
Filed under Bob Greene, Lead, Top Stories · Tagged with Andy Roddick, ATP, Australian Open, Bjorn Borg, Bob and Mike Bryan, caroline wozniacki, fernando verdasco, ivan lendl, Jimmy Connors, juan martin del potro, kim clijsters, Mahesh Bhupathi, marat safin, mardy fish, maria sharapova, Mark Knowles, Martina Navratilova, melanie oudin, Nikolay Davydenko, novak djokovic, open champion, Pam Shriver, Pete Sampras, rafael nadal, Roger Federer, Steffi Graf, venus williams
Posted by WTM on November 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer rallied to beat nemesis Andy Murray 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday at the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena, clinching the year-end No. 1 ranking for the fifth time. Federer, who finished No. 2 behind Rafael Nadal in the 2008 year-end rankings, is the first player since Ivan Lendl in 1989 [...]
Filed under HEADLINES AND FEATURES, Lead, Top Stories · Tagged with andy murray, barclay, fernando verdasco, fifth time, forehand, good chance, grand slam finals, grand slam titles, ivan lendl, Jimmy Connors, juan martin del potro, nemesis, Pete Sampras, rafael nadal, Roger Federer, target, twin girls, Wimbledon
Posted by WTM on November 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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Michael Berrer beat Dominik Hrbaty 6-7 (6) 64 7-6 (3) to win the men’s singles at the Ritro Slovak Open in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Michael Russell won the JSM Challenger of Champaign-Urbana, beating Taylor Dent 7-5 6-4 in Champaign, Illinois, USA
Eduardo Schwank beat Jorge Aguilar 7-5 6-4 to win the Lima Challenger 2009 in Lima, Peru
Takao [...]
Filed under Bob Greene, Top Stories · Tagged with Ana Ivanovic, Andre Agassi, andy murray, Andy Roddick, atp world tour, Australian Open, bnp paribas, bnp paribas masters, boris becker, brisbane international, crystal meth, david ferrer, Dinara Safina, elena dementieva, feliciano lopez, fernando gonzalez, fernando verdasco, gael monfils, Grand Slams, james blake, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, juan martin del potro, justine henin, kim clijsters, Leyton Hewitt, Lleyton Hewitt, nadia petrova, novak djokovic, palau sant jordi, Pete Sampras, rafael nadal, robin soderling, Roger Federer, roland garros, serena williams, sony ericsson wta tour, Svetlana Kuznetsova, US Open, Wimbledon, Yanina Wickmayer
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