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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,...
Jan Kodes: Roger Federer Is My Pick To Win The 2010 US Open
Aug. 26 | Jan Kodes of the Czech Republic, the 1973 Wimbledon champion and 1970-71 French Open champion, is the author of the new book JAN KODES: A JOURNEY TO GLORY FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, a one-of-a-kind coffee table book featuring incredible, never-been-published...
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...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: ALMAGRO BEATS SODERLING ON HOME TURF
Jul. 19 | STARS Nicolas Almagro beat Robin Soderling 7-5 3-6 6-2 to win the SkiStar Swedish Open in Bastad, Sweden Albert Montanes beat Gael Monfils 6-2 1-2 retired to win the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany Kaia Kanepi beat Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-3 to win...
NADAL PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME AT WIMBLEDON
Jul. 3 | By Charles Bricker One more balloon return of serve. That’s all Rafa Nadal needed to see at the turning point of this semifinal at Wimbledon Friday, and he put away the tiebreak that effectively signaled Andy Murray’s demise in this...
WHY SODERLING WILL BEAT NADAL IN WIMBLEDON QUARTERFINALS
Jun. 27 | By Charles Bricker I’ve cautioned you from Day 1 to not lose sight of Robin Soderling and now you don’t have any choice. You’re going to have to look at the big-serving, big-stroking, big-bodied Swede because he’s now just...
CHARLIE BRICKER: SODERLING LOOKS STRONG AT SW19
Jun. 22 | By Charles Bricker After losing the French Open final to Rafa Nadal, Robin Soderling went home and took a long rest. No lead-up tournaments and the only prep he got for Wimbledon was an exhibition match and plenty of training on the practice courts...
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...
TOUGH DRAW TO GREET NADAL AT WIMBLEDON
Jun. 18 | Rafael Nadal will face some tough early tests at Wimbledon in 2010 as the draws for The Championships were released Friday. Nadal, the world No. 1 but Wimbledon’s No. 2 seed behind six-time champion Roger Federer, opens against the tough Japanese...
AT HIS HEIGHT, NADAL RETURNS TO THE GRASS
Jun. 9 | By Charles Bricker In a vacuum this was as seamless a transition as one could reasonably expect from Rafael Nadal, who glided easily this afternoon from his recent fifth French Open championship to his first grass court match in two years. But of...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: NADAL AND SCHIAVONE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE FRENCH OPEN 2010
Jun. 7 | STARS French Open Men’s singles: Rafael Nadal beat Robin Soderling 6-4 6-2 6-4 Women’s singles: Francesca Schiavone beat Samantha Stosur 6-4 7-6 (2) Men’s doubles: Nenad Zimonjic and Daniel Nestor beat Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy 7-5 6-2 Women’s...
