MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE AUSSIE OPEN SUMMARY

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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 [...]

McENROE BOOK CALLED “HARDCOURT CONFIDENTIAL,” US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS TO DEBUT: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS

Bob Stockton is subbing for Justin Cohen this week for THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
* U.S. Davis Cup Captain, USTA General Manager of Player Development and ESPN Commentator Patrick McEnroe will have his book called “Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches” come out on June 8, 2010.

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: I AM NOT PARIS HILTON

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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 [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS FOR HAITI

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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 [...]

BUD COLLINS NAMES HIS MATCHES OF THE DECADE

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 [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: JUSTINE HENIN FEELS SHE GREW UP

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“I’ve been doing the hard yards on and off the practice court. I feel as fit as I’ve ever been and I feel as strong as I’ve ever been and I’m hitting the ball well at the moment. If the body holds up then there’s no reason why I can’t give all these guys a [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: Wickmayer and Malisse to appeal against ban

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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 [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: It’s magic. It’s fabulous.

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Novak Djokovic beat Gael Monfils 6-2 5-7 7-6 (3) to win the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, France

Rajeev Ram beat Dustin Brown 7-6 (2) 6-7 (5) 7-6 (2) to win the Lambertz Open by Stawag in Aachen, Germany

Jarkko Nieminen beat Stephane Robert 4-6 6-1 7-5 to win The Caversham International in St. Brelades, Jersey, Channel [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: Caro, it does not matter whether it’s going to be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2

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Mikhail Youzhny beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-5 (5) 6-0 6-4 to win the Kremlin Cup men’s singles in Moscow, Russia

Francesca Schiavone beat Olga Govortsova 6-3 6-0 to win the Kremlin Cup women’s singles in Moscow, Russia

Marcos Baghdatis beat Olivier Rochus 6-1 7-5 to win the Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden

Timea Bacsinszky won the Luxembourg Open, beating [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: It’s difficult to play 11 months at a high level

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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 6-3 1-6 6-3 to [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: It’s a special place for me

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Nikolay Davydenko beat Fernando Verdasco 6-4 7-5 to win the Proton Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Maria Sharapova won the Toray Pan Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, when Jelena Jankovic retired while trailing 5-2

Gilles Simon beat Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-3 to win the PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok, Thailand

Jelena Dokic beat Eleni Danilidou 6-3 6-1 to [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: I think that Justine’s comeback is good news for women’s tennis

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Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania, beating Juan Monaco 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) in Bucharest, Romania

Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (1) 3-6 6-2 to win the Open de Moselle in Metz, France

Kimiko Date Krumm beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, Korea

Shahar Peer won the Tashkent [...]

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