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ROBBIE KOENIG BLOG: NADAL, RODDICK, MURRAY SHOW THEATRICS IN CINCY
Aug. 20 | What a day of tennis Thursday in Cincinnati! Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal got us off to a dramatic start, both were on the brink of being bounced out, but like true warriors, found a way to win. I thought Andy was dead on his feet. Ernests Gulbis certainly...
Great Things Could Await the New, Agressive-Playing Murray
Aug. 15 | By Charles Bricker There must have been about 5,000 Andy Murray fans in the stands and half of Scotland back home ready to boil him in oil for that impetuous, and failed, drop shot attempt on match point Sunday. But, what was that the Bard said about...
Querrey’s Emotional Grit Prevails; Sharapova Continues to Build
Aug. 2 | By Charles Bricker It was like a one hour and 27-minute primal scream therapy session with the two loudest and most obnoxious shriekers in women’s tennis — Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova — caterwauling through an ear-splitting...
THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE WEIRDEST WIMBLEDONS…
Jun. 24 | By Charles Bricker That’s four days down and 10 to go in what looks like one of the weirdest of all Wimbledons, and even Rafa Nadal’s sweat-it-out five-setter Thursday against Robin Haase can’t top the 11-hour and 5-minute John...
CYNTHIA LUM: NEVER-ENDING MATCH PLACES TENNIS IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Jun. 24 | By Cynthia Lum Up until about 3 PM I was having a pretty normal day. I stopped in at my favorite Italian deli in Southfields for cappuccino and crusty Italian bread with Italian Marmellata Di Ciliegie or Cherry Marmalade Delicious. Then I headed...
SODERLING’S FLAT SHOTS TOO STRONG FOR FEDERER ON SLOW CLAY
Jun. 2 | By Charles Bricker Even at match point, when he was on the precipice of defeating Roger Federer for the first time in 13 matches, I never had any doubt that Robin Soderling was going to, as they say in just about every sport, take his shot. No...
DOWN MATCH POINT, LAVER GOES ON TO WIN 1962 FRENCH TITLE…AND THE GRAND SLAM
May. 27 | It was 48 years ago on Friday, May 28, 2010, that Rod Laver was down his only match point in either of his two historic Grand Slam runs (1962, 1969). In the quarterfinals of the French Championships of 1962, Laver faced fellow Australian Marty Mulligan,...
KUZNETSOVA SURVIVES, WILLIAMS CRUISES
May. 26 | Svetlana Kuznetsova saved four match points, fought through a 90-minute rain delay and survived another day as reigning French Open women’s singles champion defeating Germany’s Andrea Petkovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a dramatic second-round match Wednesday. After...
BREAK POINTS AGAIN FELL FEDERER AGAINST NADAL: THE ROBBIE KOENIG BLOG FROM MADRID
May. 16 | It’s always special when Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lock horns. Their rivalry transcends sport and my inbox gets flooded with predictions of who will win. It doesn’t happen to that extent when anyone else contests a final! It was a good...
ROBBIE KOENIG BLOGS FROM MADRID!
May. 12 | Day two in Madrid…not a lot to talk about. The big news, I guess, was the loss of American Sam Querrey to a player ranked No. 315 in the world, qualifier Daniel Munoz-De La Nava. But all these Spaniards can play on the dirt, especially when...
ONE AND DONE FOR FEDERER IN ROME
Apr. 27 | Roger Federer crashed out in the opening round of the Italian Championships Tuesday, falling to No. 40-ranked Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. The world No. 1, playing in his first clay-court match of the year, was playing his first match...
