Posted by WTM on January 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Top-seeded Andy Roddick survived a second-set collapse Sunday to win the Brisbane International title, beating defending champion Radek Stepanek after the Czech player double-faulted on match point.
The American’s 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) victory in the final capped his first tournament in nearly three months due to a 2009 season-ending knee injury.
Roddick nearly let the match [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Spain won the Davis Cup for a fourth time Saturday in Barcelona as Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez defeated Radek Stepanek and Thomas Berdych 7-6, 7-5, 6-2 to clinch a 3-0 victory over the Czech Republic.
Spain firmly established itself as the modern day Davis Cup powerhouse with its fourth title since 2000. Spain also won [...]
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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 September 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 26, 2009 – Pete Sampras overcame two rain delays and soggy and moist conditions Saturday to defeat Pat Cash 6-4, 6-3 to advance into the singles final of the $150,000 Breezeplay Championships at The Palisades at The Palisades Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. Sampras will play the winner of [...]
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Posted by WTM on September 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Rushing from Flushing, 15 days at the Billie were quite enough. But there were plenty of indelible memories of a very good Open…
Amazing how the USTA stretches a tournament that used to take 10 days in a time before floodlights and tie-breakers. Obviously more days mean more money, but slimmer second week programs. Yet Wimbledon gets [...]
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Posted by WTM on September 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Rafael Nadal has reached the U.S. Open semifinals for the second year in a row by finishing a rain-interrupted victory over Fernando Gonzalez.
The No. 3-seeded Nadal – trying to complete a career Grand Slam – beat No. 11 Gonzalez 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-0 in a quarterfinal that began Thursday and ended Saturday.
They were forced [...]
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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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