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Mondays with Bob Greene: Roger Federer beats Mardy Fish to win Cincinnati
Aug. 23 | STARS Roger Federer beat Mardy Fish 6-7 (5) 7-6 (1) 6-4 to win the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Cash 3-6 6-3 10-4 (match tiebreak) to win The Optima Open in Knokke, Belgium SAYINGS “It...
Rusty Match for Nadal a Blessing
Aug. 12 | By Charles Bricker This wasn’t even close to a World War II battleship coming out of mothballs. Still, there was no mistaking the rust dripping off Rafa Nadal’s game in his first match in 37 days. Rafael Nadal He had, for him, an astounding...
FISH’S WIN IN ATLANTA SIGNIFICANT IN QUEST FOR RETURN TO TOP 20
Jul. 26 | By Charles Bricker What a pleasure it was to see Mardy Fish playing defense and hitting running forehands. Not just running forehands to stay in a point but running forehands that took him from defense to offense with one sweep of his racket. This...
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...
BYE, BYE AMERICAN PIE AT WIMBLEDON
Jun. 30 | I woke up this morning to rain drumming on the skylight over my bed. YES! As much as we normally complain about the rain here, I’m ready for a rain delay. I’m behind in my editing, I’m tired, and an extra couple of hours without...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: HEWITT EDGES FEDERER TO WIN HALLE
Jun. 14 | STARS Lleyton Hewitt beat Roger Federer 3-6 7-6 (4) 6-4 to win the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany Sam Querrey beat Mardy Fish 7-6 (3) 7-5 to win the AEGON Championship in London, Great Britain Li Na beat Maria Sharapova 7-5 6-1 to win the AEGON...
SCHIAVONE WINS ROLAND GARROS: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Jun. 5 | By Blair Henley Francesca Schiavone’s supporters at Roland Garros wore black shirts that said Schiavo – Nothing is Impossible. Much to everyone’s surprise, except perhaps Schiavone, they were right. The wide-eyed Italian became the first woman...
RESILIENT RAFA PULLS OUT TOUGH WIN
May. 1 | Rafa Nadal was fist-pumping and gyrating all over the court in celebration after this excruciating semifinal, a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 triumph over ball-crushing Ernests Gulbis that seemed headed for a very dangerous third-set tiebreak, and you knew from Rafa’s...
RODDICK’S CHANGE OF TACTICS EARNS WIN OVER NADAL
Apr. 2 | By Charles Bricker Four games into the second set of what looked like another Rafael Nadal steamroller, Andy Roddick suddenly shot toward the net behind one of those massive serves and, just for an instant, I felt like screaming, “At last!...
CLIJSTERS vs. HENIN: INCONSISTENCY RULED THIS CLASSIC
Apr. 2 | By Charles Bricker Kim Clijsters is into Saturday’s Sony Ericsson Open final against Venus Williams and here I am 20 minutes after this confounding 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6) victory over her compatriot, Justine Henin, and I’m still not...
LEANDER PAES DOUBLES TALK
Mar. 26 | By Charles Bricker When it’s time to compile a list of the top 10 players to interview, based on intelligence and candor, you cannot fail to put doubles maven Leander Paes near the top. Leander Paes Twenty minutes with Paes unfailingly results...
