MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: THE FIRST WEEK OF INDIAN WELLS

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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 Maria Sharapova 6-3 2-6 6-3
Gisela Dulko beat Justine Henin 6-2 1-6 6-4
Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal beat third-seeded Lukas Dlouhy and [...]

IN-FORM CILIC MAINTAINS WINNING WAYS

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 now won 16 matches this year, claiming titles in Chennai and Zagreb, with his only [...]

RODDICK, VERDASCO WIN AT SAP OPEN

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, 6-2.
Roddick, seed No. 1 and seeking a fourth title in San Jose, said he continued to feel [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: FED CUP WEEKEND

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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 6-4 to win the Novistar Open in Santiago, Chile
FED CUP
First Round
World Group
Italy beat Ukraine 4-1
Czech Republic [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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, 6-1 to reach the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Murray [...]

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

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 [...]

IS MURRAY POISED TO BREAK THROUGH DOWN UNDER?

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, 3-0, ret., victory over No. 2 seed and defending champion Rafael [...]

RODDICK NEARLY PULLS OFF EPIC COMEBACK OVER CILIC

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 [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: BELGIAN TRIO DOMINATES!

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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 Flavia Pennetta to win the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand

Andy Roddick beat Radek Stepanek 7-6 (2) 7-6 [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: The score reflects the reality of this match

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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 Stakhovsky won the St. [...]

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