November 20th, 2009
ATP World Tour Finals TV Schedule
The 2009 ATP World Tour Finals begin this Sunday, November 22 from London’s O2 Arena with the singles final on November 29.
The year-end ATP event features the eight of the Top 10 players competing with the winner’s prize share in excess of $1.6 million.
Andy Roddick is the lone Top 8 player to withdrawing but the field remains stacked and loaded with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro, Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco and Robin …
Posted by Staff @ 9:35 am in London, TV | 2 Comments »
November 18th, 2009
Murray Falls in Federer Group; Nadal with Novak at ATP World Finals
The round robin groupings for the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals in London are hot out of the oven, so let’s get right to them. In Group A: Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Juan Martin Del Potro and Fernando Verdasco. In Group B: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko and Robin Soderling.
I would say both groups are well-balanced with a slight weighting to A which holds the last two hardcourt Slam finalists plus the home favorite.
Overall, though, this year unlike …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 8:47 am in ATP, London, Year End | 136 Comments »
November 17th, 2009
Roddick Withdraws From London ATP Tennis Finals
Andy Roddick has been forced out of the upcoming year-end London ATP Finals event according to the London Times.
“I am really disappointed to miss the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals,” Roddick said. “I love playing in London and I’ve heard so many good things about the venue. However, I have not fully recovered from my knee injury and I won’t be able to compete. One of my goals in 2010 will be to qualify for this event …
Posted by Staff @ 2:00 pm in ATP, London, Year End | 22 Comments »
November 15th, 2009
Djokovic Stops Gael Force for ATP Paris Masters Title; Tennis-X Notes
In a battle between two players who have been questioned in the past for their “heart,” No. 3-seeded Novak Djokovic won an emotional 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3) battle over No. 15 seed Gael “Force” Monfils for the Paris Masters title, the last regular-season tournament of the year before the year-end event featuring the Top 8 players in London.
Djokovic was the player holding his nerve in the third-set tiebreak as opposed to the outwardly-chest-beating yet inwardly-trembling Monfils, who instead of putting …
Posted by Staff @ 10:29 pm in Tennis | 31 Comments »
November 14th, 2009
Djokovic Blasts Nadal, Meets Monfils in Paris Final
Novak Djokovic lived up his billing and them some as the best player in tennis right now. The Serb all but destroyed Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Paris Indoors, the final stop of the 2009 ATP regular season.
In tomorrow’s ATP regular season finale Djokovic will face my man, Gael Monfils. The French showman hung on to beat Radek Stepanek 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Nadal was simply never in the match. At times the Spaniard was reduced to …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:45 pm in 2009 Season, ATP, London, Paris, Year-End No. 1 | 223 Comments »
November 14th, 2009
Nadal v. Djokovic in Paris Semifinal Showdown
It’s not the matchup I had expected, but it’s matchup we all want to see, that is Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic locking up in the semifinals Saturday at the Paris Indoors.
Earlier today Djokovic survived a game effort from upset-minded Robin Soderling defeating the Swede in three sets 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Nadal did his part fending off poor start to turn away Jo-Willy Tsonga 7-5, 7-5.
While I picked Soderling on whim to beat Novak, I really though Tsonga would …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:25 am in ATP, London, Paris | 240 Comments »
November 12th, 2009
Yanina Wickmayer Tennis Doping Press Conference
Yanina Wickmayer — Text Press Conference Nov. 12, 2009
Koning Boudewijn Stadium — Brussels, Belgium
Welcome,
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who is present here today. It is extremely
important for me to be able to tell my story.
- November and December 2008, I was training in Switzerland.
- In January 2009, I was in Australia to prepare myself for the Australian Open.
- Because of this, all of the letters that were sent to my house that had to be …
Posted by Staff @ 11:49 pm in Tennis | 10 Comments »
November 12th, 2009
Another Spanish Choke Puts Nadal into Paris QFs; Murray Upset
For the second day in a row Rafael Nadal pulled a rabbit out of a hat at the expense of a countryman. Yesterday, Nadal survived five match points from Nicolas Almagro who could not finish off the Spanish great. Today, a near carbon copy as Tommy Robredo found himself serving for the match in the third set at 5-4 but just like Almagro, his nerves simply couldn’t handle the occasion.
Nadal didn’t need to save any matchpoints in this one …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:30 pm in ATP, Paris | 175 Comments »
November 11th, 2009
Federer Fails in Final Set (Again); Nadal, Murray Survive in Paris
Get Roger Federer to a final, deciding set and the odds shift precipitously in your favor. For the year, Federer has just four wins in a final set on hardcourts this year. Losses? Well, after today make it eight, that after Federer was stunned by Frenchman Julien Benneteau 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the second round at the Paris Indoors.
“I can definitely play much better, but I can also play much worse,” said Federer who slumps to 6-13 in deciding …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 8:00 pm in London, Paris, Year-End No. 1 | 147 Comments »
November 10th, 2009
Safin in Final Career Match Wednesday v. Del Potro in Paris?
After three days of early round action, the top players finally hit the courts at the Paris Indoors, the final stop on the ATP’s regular season.
The day is highlighted by the appearance of all Top 5 players – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro – on Court Central.
In the opener, red hot Djokovic, who is coming off his three-set title win over Federer in Basel final, takes a 2-0 advantage …
Posted by Staff @ 11:26 pm in ATP, Paris, Year-End No. 1 | 214 Comments »
