| Top Seed Verdasco Nears Title in Umag |
| me on clay.
Fognini, 21, reached his third career ATP semifinal with straight-sets wins over Lithuanian wild card Ricardas Berankis, two-time finalist Filippo Volandri and five-time champion and No. 3 seed Carlos Moya. His best results have all come on clay, in reaching the semifinals at Costa do Sauipe (l. to Almagro) and Wa... |
2008-07-19
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| Wimbledon Day 1 Dish: Federer, Ivanovic Cruise; Serena's Trenchcoat |
| o "Baby Goran" Ancic (d. (32) Michael Llodra who retired in the third set).
Bobby Reynolds was the lone American winner on the day when his opponent Filippo Volandri retired after two sets. Americans on the short end Monday were Sam Querrey who lost to (21) Juan Carlos Ferrero in four; Vince Spadea who lost to Thomas Johans... |
2008-06-24
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| Nadal, Djokovic Fight it out For No. 2 in Hamburg Semifinals |
| finals or better since 1977 when Paolo Bertolucci captured the title (d. Manuel Orantes). The last Italian to reach an ATP Masters Series semifinal was Filippo Volandri in Rome last year. An Italian has never reached a Masters Series final (since 1990). (ATP Digital Services)
For live online quality streaming from Hamburg, cl... |
2008-05-16
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| Another Nadal, Federer Meeting Ahead in Rome? |
| slogged Fed early on the clay, I’m slowing coming around to him on this surface. As Guerry rightly pointed out, in the last four years only Rafa, Filippo Volandri and Richard Gasquet have beaten the Swiss. No one else has. And that’s damn impressive. So I like him to again get to the final again, beating Guillermo ... |
2008-05-04
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| ATP Barcelona Blog -- Day 3; Nadal Rolls, Blake Rolled |
| in straight sets 6-4, 6-2.
Keeping pace with the other top Spanish seeds, Tommy Robredo, Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer made tapas of Robin Haase, Filippo Volandri and Gabriel Trujillo-Soler faster than you can say vino tinto por favor. Not included in this club is No. 5 seed Carlos Moya who was sent to the naughty corner... |
2008-04-30
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| ATP Barcelona Blog -- Day 2; Chilly Weather, Hot Spaniards |
| s on hand must only have sweetened the prize for Martin.
Two other fiery Italians took to the courts today, both triumphant over their adversaries. Filippo Volandri defeated Jurgen Melzer in straight sets in 1 hour and 6 minutes. Meltzer, despite having three weeks off with back and ankle problems put up a good fight and i... |
2008-04-30
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| Andy Murray Interview - Monte Carlo, Apr 22 |
| MASTERS SERIES MONTE-CARLO PRESENTED BY ROLEX
April 22, 2008
Andy Murray
MONTE CARLO, MONACO
A. MURRAY/F. Volandri6-4, 6-1
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. Did that feel like unfinished business, winning that match?ANDY MURRAY: No, it just felt like another match. I didn't think about anything else when I was... |
2008-04-23
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| Fed ready to roll on the red clay? |
| hot from 10 feet behind the baseline in the 2005 Monte Carlo quarterfinals, a loss Federer avenged in the final of Hamburg a month later.
The other, Filippo Volandri, rolled over him in the Round of 16 at Rome last year when he was distracted by his deteriorating relationship with soon-to-be-fired coach Tony Roche. Even if ... |
2008-04-22
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