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CHARLIE BRICKER BREAKS DOWN THE WIMBLEDON  DRAWS

CHARLIE BRICKER BREAKS DOWN THE WIMBLEDON DRAWS

Jun. 19 | By Charles Bricker No one is playing better tennis right now than Rafael Nadal, and given the friendly changes that produce higher bounces on the grass at the All England Club, that includes Wimbledon as well. But if Nadal is to recapture the title...

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE FIRST WEEK OF INDIAN WELLS

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE FIRST WEEK OF INDIAN WELLS

Mar. 15 | STARS Indian Wells (First Week) Carla Suarez Navarro beat top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 4-6 6-1 Elena Baltacha beat seventh-seeded Li Na 7-6 (6) 2-6 7-6 (7) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat ninth-seeded Marin Cilic 7-6 (1) 6-0 Zheng Jie beat 10th-seeded...

IN-FORM CILIC MAINTAINS WINNING WAYS

IN-FORM CILIC MAINTAINS WINNING WAYS

Feb. 24 | Dubai, UAE, February 23rd, 2010 – Croatia’s Marin Cilic continued his winning ways this year by defeating Arnaud Clement of France 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The number six seed has...

RODDICK, VERDASCO WIN AT SAP OPEN

RODDICK, VERDASCO WIN AT SAP OPEN

Feb. 12 | SAN JOSE, Calif. — Andy Roddick and Fernando Verdasco each advanced into the quarterfinals of the SAP Open with victories Thursday. The top-seeded Roddick defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-3, 6-1, while Verdasco, the No. 2 seed, beat Benjamin Becker 7-5,...

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: FED CUP WEEKEND

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: FED CUP WEEKEND

Feb. 8 | STARS Marin Cilic beat Michael Berrer 6-4 6-7 (5) 6-3 to win the PBZ Zagreb Indoors in Zagreb, Croatia Feliciano Lopez won the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South, Africa, defeating Stephane Robert 7-5 6-1 Thomaz Bellucci beat Juan Monaco 6-2 0-6...

THE SECOND-OLDEST U.S. TOURNAMENT, THE SAP OPEN, HAS STRONG FIELD FOR 2010

THE SECOND-OLDEST U.S. TOURNAMENT, THE SAP OPEN, HAS STRONG FIELD FOR 2010

Feb. 6 | 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,...

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE AUSSIE OPEN SUMMARY

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE AUSSIE OPEN SUMMARY

Feb. 1 | STARS 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...

WILL MURRAY GIVE LIFE TO BRITISH TENNIS IN THE CITY OF ITS DEATH?

WILL MURRAY GIVE LIFE TO BRITISH TENNIS IN THE CITY OF ITS DEATH?

Jan. 28 | Can Andy Murray give life back to British tennis in the same city where it literally passed away? The inspired Scot moved to within one match of ending a 74-year span of British misery in men’s tennis, defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6, 6-4, 6-4,...

FEDERER TO STAY NO. 1; ENDS DAVYDENKO STREAK; TSONGA UP NEXT

FEDERER TO STAY NO. 1; ENDS DAVYDENKO STREAK; TSONGA UP NEXT

Jan. 27 | 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...

IS MURRAY POISED TO BREAK THROUGH DOWN UNDER?

IS MURRAY POISED TO BREAK THROUGH DOWN UNDER?

Jan. 26 | Is Andy Murray headed for destiny Down Under? The great British hope is looking to become the first British man to win a major singles title since Fred Perry won the last of his eight majors at the 1936 U.S. Championships. His abbreviated 6-3, 7-6,...

RODDICK NEARLY PULLS OFF EPIC COMEBACK OVER CILIC

RODDICK NEARLY PULLS OFF EPIC COMEBACK OVER CILIC

Jan. 26 | 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,...

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: BELGIAN TRIO DOMINATES!

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: BELGIAN TRIO DOMINATES!

Jan. 11 | STARS Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 0-6 7-6 (8) 6-4 to win the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, Qatar Kim Clijsters beat Justine Henin 6-3 4-6 7-6 (6) to win Brisbane International women’s singles in Brisbane, Australia Yanina Wickmayer beat...