| ATP LA Preview: Roddick, Fish Look for Rebound Amidst Strong Field |
| ing a reported stomach virus. Other opening-round matches of interest are Safin vs. American serving giant John Isner, and Moya against wildcard Xavier "X-Man" Malisse. Other Americans in the field are (WC) Zack Fleishman, Wayne Odesnik and Bobby Reynolds who face each other first round, and Vince "Ain't Afraida Ya" Spadea.
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2008-08-02
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| Safin Shocks Djokovic; Brits Bag on Fat Players at Wimbledon |
| , and (21) Juan Carlos Ferrero, retiring in the third with injury against Mischa Zverev.
Matches of note Thursday at the All England Club are Xavier "X-Man" Malisse vs. (12) Andy Murray, (6) Andy Roddick vs. Serb Janko Tipsarevic, "The Importance of Being" Ernests Gulbis vs. (2) Rafael Nadal, big-serving Brit Chris Eaton v... |
2008-06-25
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| Sharapova Tuxedo Shirt No Hit at Wimbledon; Gilbert Quits LTA |
| ourt. I always feel like I'm going to be able to grind out matches, kind of figure out a way to win sometimes."
Unseeded names of note advancing were Xavier Malisse (d. Denis Gremelmayr), Arnaud Clement (d. Jonas Bjorkman in the Swede's last Wimbledon appearance), Marin Cilic (d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin), Ernests Gulbis (d.... |
2008-06-25
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| Novak Djokovic Interview - Indian Wells, Mar 15 |
| of age I had a lot of success and great achievements in career, but I tried always to go step by step. As I said, after this tournament I really felt good.
Q. Malisse or Kohlschreiber in the next round. They're pretty explosive shot makers. Do you like playing against that kind of guy?NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, yes. It's going to... |
2008-03-16
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| Canas, Querrey Dodge Upset Bug, Reach Las Vegas Quarterfinals |
| uarterfinals here for the second time, having also reached the last eight in 2004 (l. to Kiefer), when the event was held in Scottsdale. He has defeated Xavier Malisse and third-seeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis en route to the quarterfinals. World No. 90 Gulbis had won just one ATP-level match this season coming into Las Vegas... |
2008-03-07
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| Roddick Into the San Jose Semifinals; Ginepri Upsets Blake |
| defeating No. 6 seed Jurgen Melzer, Benjamin Becker and John Isner. The World No. 75 is contesting his first ATP-level semifinal since 2006 Delray Beach (l. to Malisse) and is searching for his maiden ATP singles final spot. The La Roda resident has chalked up an 8-3 season, having made the quarterfinals in Chennai (l. to Nad... |
2008-02-23
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| Nishikori, Murray Family Celebrate Wins While Djokovic Succumbs to Sickness |
| in three. The loss for Blake means the No. 1 seed at that tournament has still never won there in 14 years or so. And I seem to recall Blake blowing a final to Malisse in Delray last year in similar fashion.
As for Nishikori, if the kid grows a few more inches and gets a bigger serve he could certainly be a serious factor.... |
2008-02-17
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| Americans Blake, Fish, Querrey In Charge at Delray Beach |
| the first round in his only previous event appearance in 2006. Ginepri is appearing in his first ATP quarterfinal since Lyon on October 27, 2006 (l. to Xavier Malisse). He last reached an ATP semifinal in 2006 at Indianapolis.
Top seed James Blake defeated his quarterfinal opponent, Russian Igor Kunitsyn, in their only prev... |
2008-02-15
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Recent fan comments for Xavier Malisse:
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bert Says:
malisse atp-239,het moet nu maar eens gedaan zijn met die blessures
zodat:malisse atp-39.een gevreesde opponent voor iedere top 10 speler
niemand speelt graag tegen je en dat heeft niet alleen te maken met je
temprament maar bovenal met je talent.
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 11:04 ET
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