| Hewitt Blisters del Potro; Fish vs. Djokovic Friday at Wimbledon |
| , 7-5, 6-3; No. 6 Andy Roddick survived a mental lapse to defeat Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; No. 8 Gilles Simon recovered from a slow start to top Thiago Alves 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; and No. 10 Fernando "Gonzo" Gonzalez did likewise against Leonardo Mayer 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
"I didn't make many mistakes from the gr... |
2009-06-26
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| Nadal, Federer Head French Open Draw to be Released Friday |
| Defending champion Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will be the No. 1 and 2 seeds respectively when the French Open Men's draw is released Friday morning in Paris. The two stars of tennis will bid for a fourth straight French Open final showdown.
Andy Murray is seeded third while Novak Djokovic is in the four spot.... |
2009-05-21
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| 50-Year-Old McEnroe Beats Courier to Claim Seniors Rio Title |
| John McEnroe is proving that he is getting better with age. The 50-year-old three-time Wimbledon champion completed a perfect week of tennis Sunday by defeating Jim Courier 6-2, 6-3 to win the $150,000 Rio Champions Cup at the HSBC Arena. The title was McEnroe's third career tournament victory on the Outback Champions Serie... |
2009-03-15
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| Murray My Pick to Beat Federer Today in US Open Final |
| her wait for the error or attack the short ball. At the Open, Andreev had Fed on the ropes with his heavy groundies, and even the little-known qualifier Thiago Alves was giving Fed a hard time from the backcourt.
Earlier this summer we saw Gilles Simon and Robby Ginepri get the better of Fed when trading groundstrokes. ... |
2008-09-08
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| Federer Faces Russian Challenge in Andreev Today at US Open |
| okes, especially his forehand, and make the rallies long and longer. And as we saw against Fed’s earlier opponents, baseliners Maximo Gonzalez and Thiago Alves, the Swiss has been error-prone off the ground.
Federer and Andreev played just once before with Federer winning in the 2004 Gstaad final in four sets, so i... |
2008-09-02
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| Roddick Recovers Against Gulbis at US Open; Nadal, Del Potro Playing Today |
| ;s been playing into form.
A guy still not looking like he should is Roger Federer, who I thought didn’t play that well yesterday in a win over Thiago Alves. Federer got through but he’ll need to play better to beat Radek Stepanek tomorrow, and I think he will. Again, his draw sets up nicely.
Later today R... |
2008-08-30
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| Lindsay Davenport Hammers Away at Quebec Field |
| p seeds, Meilen Tu and Vera Zvonareva, were unceremoniously bundled out of the competition in the quarterfinals by the South American pairing of Maria Fernanda Alves and Betina Jozami, 63 46 103. The only other match to take to the court was the final first round clash, which saw the No.3 seeds, Stéphanie Dubois and Renata ... |
2007-11-02
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| Hingis, Safina to meet in Gold Coast Final |
| GOLD COAST, Australia - In completely different fashion, Martina Hingis and Dinara Safina both reached the final of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts on Friday, setting up a championship clash between the Tier III event's two highest seeds.
The top-seeded Hingis was the first to move through, winning when u... |
2007-01-05
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