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Five-Setters, Challenges and USTA Player Development at the US Open
Sep. 1 | They don’t keep records on “most five-setters played in a Grand Slam,” and I’m not planning to pour through decades of drawsheets to research it, but there were 13 matches in the first round alone that went the distance,...
McENROE BOOK CALLED “HARDCOURT CONFIDENTIAL,” US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS TO DEBUT: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
Jan. 27 | 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...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: I AM NOT PARIS HILTON
Jan. 25 | 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...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS FOR HAITI
Jan. 18 | 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...
BUD COLLINS NAMES HIS MATCHES OF THE DECADE
Jan. 12 | 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. ...
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...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS OF 2009
Dec. 28 | 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...
Mondays With Bob Greene: Wickmayer and Malisse to appeal against ban
Nov. 23 | STARS 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,...
Mondays With Bob Greene: Caro, it does not matter whether it’s going to be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2
Oct. 26 | STARS 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...
Mondays With Bob Greene: It’s a special place for me
Oct. 5 | STARS Sharapova ends title drought in Tokyo 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...
MEADOWS OF BLUE PAVEMENT WERE STAGES FOR NEW CHAMPS, AND ENOUGH U.S. OPEN DRAMA TO THRILL THE FANS
Sep. 21 | Columbus Circle Rushing from Flushing, 15 days at the Billie were quite enough. But there were plenty of indelible memories of a very good Open… Amazing how the USTA stretches a tournament that used to take 10 days in a time before floodlights and...
