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IS THE SERENA WILLIAMS INJURY THE MOST FAMOUS GLASS CUT IN TENNIS HISTORY? PERHAPS NOT…
Aug. 21 | Serena Williams has pulled out of the 2010 U.S. Open, due to severe cut she sustained on her right foot the week after winning her 13th career major singles title at Wimbledon. Reports and on-the-record comments indicate that Williams cut her right...
NEW DAVIS CUP FORMAT BEING CRAFTED BY BUCHHOLZ, DAVIES
Jul. 22 | By Charles Bricker The outdated Davis Cup format, already under a strong attack by a consortium of Australian businessmen who want to turn it into a kind of World Cup, is now being assaulted from a second, much more influential source. Butch Buchholz...
THE FISH IS GOOD IN NEWPORT
Jul. 9 | By Randy Walker NEWPORT, R.I. — One thing you can say about Newport, R.I. is that the fish is very good. Cod, Salmon, Grouper and … Mardy. Mardy Fish, America’s No 5 ranked player and the No. 5 seed at the Campbell’s Hall...
2009 DAVIS CUP CHAMPION SPAIN CONTINUES QUEST FOR TITLE THIS WEEKEND ON TENNIS CHANNEL
Jul. 9 | LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2010 – Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Spain and France’s Davis Cup quarterfinal competition in Clermont-Ferrand, France, this weekend. The meeting will consist of two singles matches on Friday, July...
QUERREY FALLS IN NEWPORT AS “CASINO CURSE” CONTINUES
Jul. 7 | By Randy Walker The “Casino Curse” continues. While not quite as famed – or lethal – as the Curse of King Tut’s tomb, the curse of the top-seeded player competing at the Hall of Fame Championships at the Newport Casino not winning the...
NADAL IS LIKE MY SISTER NANCY: CLIFF RICHEY BLOG
Apr. 22 | By Cliff Richey There has been a lot of buzz about Rafael Nadal winning the title in Monte Carlo for the sixth straight time – the first time a player has won six straight ATP titles in the Open era. Roger Federer almost won his sixth straight...
NEXT UP FOR FEDERER – ROME, ESTORIL, MADRID: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
Mar. 31 | By: Justin Cohen Roger Federer will start his clay-court season by playing in Rome, starting April 25, followed by tournaments in Estoril and Madrid. Federer will skip the optional Masters 1000 Monte Carlo event. “Monaco is not a mandatory event...
RODDICK vs. LJUBICIC: THEIR MOST MEMORABLE MATCH
Mar. 21 | By Randy Walker Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic will meet in Sunday’s final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. It was five years ago that the two players met in probably their most memorable match, the fourth rubber of the 2005 Davis...
FEDERER’S FIRST HISTORIC FEAT
Feb. 11 | Roger Federer first placed his names among some of the greatest players of all time back in 2001, when he accounted for all three points in a 3-2 win for Switzerland over the United States in the first round of the 2001 Davis Cup. Federer’s accomplishment...
THE TENNIS MATCH THAT ENDED WITHOUT A CHAIR UMPIRE AND LINESMEN
Feb. 5 | Ivan Lendl announced this week that he will return to play competitive tennis when he will face Mats Wilander in an April 10 exhibition match in Atlantic City, N.J. in an event that will also feature Andy Roddick and Marat Safin. It was 25 years ago...
RODDICK, BLAKE OUT OF US DAVIS CUP LINE-UP
Jan. 7 | Andy Roddick and James Blake, the main-stays of the U.S. Davis Cup team, will not participate in Davis Cup for 2010, U.S. Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe confirmed to Peter Bodo of Tennis.com Thursday. “It certainly appears to be the end of era,”...
