Posted by WTM on February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Fernando Verdasco defeated Andy Roddick 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the SAP Open in San Jose, his first title in the United States and his four career ATP title.
Roddick, ranked No. 7 in the world, was looking to win fourth San Jose title, following his win earlier this year Brisbane and reaching the quarter-finals of [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
SAN JOSE, Calif. —Andy Roddick was outplayed for most of the night by Sam Querrey. But when the match got to the tiebreakers, Roddick took charge.
The top-seeded Roddick beat the seventh-seeded Querrey, 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), on Saturday night in a protracted semifinal at the SAP Open that featured a combined 53 aces.
Roddick reached the final [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Roddick, Verdasco Reach SAP Semifinals
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Posted by WTM on November 24, 2009 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer, the respected Swiss tennis writer, chronicles Federer’s first appearance at the ATP World [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The top-ranked Federer was broken only once—in the opening game of the Group A match after double-faulting on the first point—but he never looked dominating until late in the second set when he converted his first break point to even the score at one set apiece.
In the third set at the O2 Arena, Federer was [...]
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Posted by WTM on October 17, 2009 · 1 Comment
Rafa Nadal reached the final of the Shanghai Masters when Feliciano Lopez retired on Saturday, the second evening in a row when the top seeded Spaniard’s opponent had to withdraw injured.
World number two Nadal was coasting at 6-1 3-0 when his compatriot Lopez, struggling with an ankle injury, became the ninth player to fail to [...]
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Federer’s First Season-Ending Championship
Posted by WTM on November 24, 2009 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer is playing in the ATP World Tour’s season-ending championship for an eighth time in 2009 at the O2 Arena in London. It was in 2002 when Federer first qualified for the ATP World Tour finale as a xx-year-old. Rene Stauffer, the respected Swiss tennis writer, chronicles Federer’s first appearance at the ATP World [...]
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