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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 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Justin Cohen
The USTA announced on Tuesday that the Birmingham –Jefferson Convention Complex Arena in Birmingham, Ala., will host the 2010 Fed Cup semifinal tie between the United States and Russia from April 24-26. “We are very excited to have earned this home tie and are thrilled to choose a community that is rampant in [...]
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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 29, 2010 · 1 Comment
By Bob Stockton
It will be Roger Federer versus Andy Murray in the men’s singles final at the 2010 Australian Open, after Federer thumped a not-in-form Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in sulky semifinal Friday night in Melbourne.
Will this final serve as a changing of the guard in men’s tennis? Or will Federer’s reign of terror [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 25, 2010 · 2 Comments
STARS
Australian Open – First Week
Maria Kirilenko beat second-seeded Dinara Safina 5-4, retired
Nadia Petrova beat third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 3-6 6-1
Marin Cilic beat fourth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro 5-7 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-3
Li Na beat fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-3
Justine Henin beat fifth-seeded Elena Dementieva 7-5 7-6 (6)
Alona Bondarenko beat eighth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-2 6-3
Marcel Granollers [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Reigning U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro won a barn-burner five-setter with American James Blake, coming back from a service break down in the fifth set to advance into the third round with a 6-4, 6-7, 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 victory in four hours, 18 minutes.
Blake, the recently-turned 30-year-old who has dropped from No. 10 [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 18, 2010 · 2 Comments
STARS
Elena Dementieva beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-2 to win the Medibank International women’s singles at Sydney, Australia
Marcos Baghdatis beat Richard Gasquet 6-4 7-6 (2) in Sydney, Australia, to win the Medibank International men’s singles
John Isner beat Arnaud Clement 6-3 5-7 7-6 (2) to win the Heineken Open in Auckland, New Zealand
Alona Bondarenko beat Shahar Peer [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
With National Football League star Terrell “TO” Owens cheering him on from his player’s box, Andy Roddick advanced into the second round of the Australian Open Monday with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Dutchmen Thiemo de Bakker.
Interviewed by ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, Owens said he and Roddick became friends after first meeting at various parties [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Maud Watson
End of an Era? – Earlier this week, it was announced that some of the ATP players are proposing a sort of “World Cup” biennial tournament to be played in place of the present Davis Cup competition. The ITF is understandably defending the Davis Cup, which began over a century ago when the [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Bob Stockton
Can we call Nikolay Davydenko the favorite to win the 2010 Australian Open?
The Russian saved two match points Saturday to beat world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 0-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 and win the Qatar Open in Doha and continue his run of top form.
It appears Davydenko still hasn’t cooled off since winning the [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
STARS OF 2009
Australian Open
Men: Rafael Nadal; Women: Serena Williams
Roland Garros
Men: Roger Federer; Women: Svetlana Kuznetsova
Wimbledon
Men: Roger Federer; Women: Serena Williams
US Open
Men: Juan Martin del Potro; Women: Kim Clijsters
Sony Ericsson Championships
Serena Williams
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
Nikolay Davydenko
Davis Cup
Spain
Fed Cup
Italy
SAYINGS
“We can attribute the strength and the growth of women’s tennis a great deal to her. She is [...]
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