WHO IS THE GREATEST WOMAN TO NEVER WIN A GRAND SLAM? TRY ELENA DEMENTIEVA

By Charlie Bricker
It’s not the sort of statistical minutia that one aspires to, but, in Paris on Sunday afternoon, Elena Dementieva won her 16th career WTA title and not only edge to within five of Pam Shriver’s 21 but further solidify her dubious credentials as the best woman player never to win a Grand Slam [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: Davydenko Takes London

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Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England

Kimiko Date-Krumm beat Bojana Jovanovski 7-5 6-2 to win the Dunlop World Challenge in Toyota, Japan

Michal Przysiezny beat Stephane Bohli 4-6 6-4 6-1 to win the IPP Open in Helsinki, Finland

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“Everybody concentrates on (Rafael) Nadal and (Roger) [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Happy Birthday Martina Navratilova!

The most prolific winner of professional tennis tournaments turns 53 years old Sunday – and she still is active in World Team Tennis competition. Here’s a look at her incredible career, as documented by Bud Collins in his book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisTomes.com)
As the game’s most prolific winner [...]

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 can’t believe this happened

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(US Open)

Men’s singles:

Women’s singles: Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-3

Men’s doubles: Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 3-6 6-3 6-2

Women’s doubles: Serena Williams and Venus Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-2 6-2

Mixed doubles: Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott beat Cara Black and Leander Paes 6-2 6-4

Boys’ [...]