November 8th, 2009
Federer, Nadal Top Seeds as ATP Regular Season Closes in Paris
If I’m not mistaken we have just one more week left in the ATP regular season. Finally! And what a way to finish with the Paris Indoors Masters which features 15 of the Top 16 players competing – the lone absentee being American Andy Roddick who’s still rehabbing a knee injury.
What makes this event so interesting is that for 20% or so of the field this will be their last event of 2009. So hopefully the guys not heading …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:08 am in American Women, London, Paris, Year-End No. 1 | No Comments »
November 7th, 2009
Djokovic Saves 3 MPs, Meets Federer in Basel; Murray Seeks Valencia Title
Tomorrow we have arguably the best and most intriguing single matchup in tennis since the US Open with Roger Federer defending his turf, his title in Basel against Novak Djokovic.
Federer has been his usual self all week crushing all foes – granted his draw has been nothing sort of cush, but what else would you expect from an event that’s basically his own!
Meanwhile, after dishing a double bagel to Jan Hernych, Djokovic has struggled in three set wins over …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:24 pm in 2009 Season, ATP, No. 1 ranking | No Comments »
November 7th, 2009
Federer, Djokovic, Murray Bid For Weekend ATP Titles
In promises to be a strong weekend of tennis with three of the top four ranked players all in action.
In Basel, three-time defending champion and World No. 1 Roger Federer meets countryman Marco Chiudinelli in the first all-Swiss semi-final on the ATP circuit since 1995 (Jakob Hlasek defeated Marc Rosset in Gstaad). The match-up marks the first time two Swiss players have reached the Basel semis in the same year since 2006 when Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka were in …
Posted by Staff @ 1:47 am in 2009 Season, Tennis Masters Cup, Year-End No. 1 | 160 Comments »
November 6th, 2009
Linespeople Await Serena Williams US Open Outburst Verdict
The investigation into Serena Williams’ outburst at the US Open has taken over two months, and no group has waited longer to hear the verdict than the officiating community, many of whom see the verdict as a referendum on player abuse for the future.
USTA president Lucy Garvin told the AP today that Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock’s ruling is now expected “within weeks”.
Serena was fined $10,000 after her profanity-laced outburst at a lineswoman during her semifinal against Kim Clijsters. …
Posted by Lynn Berenbaum @ 3:08 pm in 2009 Season, US Open | 24 Comments »
November 4th, 2009
Federer Reaches Basel QFs, Djokovic Plays Thursday; Murray Alive in Valencia
Three-time champ Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals at Basel today followign a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Andreas Seppi.
“I had to save break points today, which I didn’t have to do in the first round, so I thought it was a bit tougher,” said Federer. “But I was able to raise my game at a few crucial moments and that was the difference today.”
Federer is making his first main draw tournament appearance since his US Open loss to Juan Martin Del …
Posted by Staff @ 10:02 pm in 2009 Season, ATP, Year-End No. 1 | 168 Comments »
November 2nd, 2009
Tennis-X Weekend Wrap: Ljubi’s Back, Look Who’s Back…
THIS WEEK
Valencia Open
VALENCIA, Spain
Seeds: Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Verdasco, Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils, Tommy Robredo, David Ferrer
Floaters: Nicolas Almagro, Tomas Berdych, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Mikhail Youzhny
Notes: Valencia moves from a spring claycourt event to an indoor hardcourt event; openers of interest include (8) Ferrer vs. Almagro in an all-Spanish; former champs in the field are Ferrer (2008), Almagro (2007-06), Andreev (2005), Verdasco (2004), Ferrero (2003,1999), and Al Martin (2001).
Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel
BASEL, Switzerland
Seeds: Roger …
Posted by Staff @ 2:11 am in Tennis | 78 Comments »
October 31st, 2009
Serena, Venus to Meet in Doha WTA Finals
Serena and Venus Williams will meet for the 2009 Doha WTA championship title on Sunday. Serena advanced after Caroline Wozniacki retired down 6-4, 0-1. Venus’s road much tougher as she needed three sets to turn away Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Venus trailed 2-0 in the final set against Serb but quickly turned the tables breaking Jankovic three straight times to pull ahead 5-3 and eventual take the match.
“It’s wonderful, I’m so excited,” said Venus who won Doha last year. …
Posted by Staff @ 5:50 pm in Doha, Fed Cup, WTA | 21 Comments »
October 30th, 2009
Tennis Reacts to Agassi Drug Confession
I’m going to use this space to post and collect player reactions on Andre Agassi’s crystal meth confession. I will update as more players weigh in on the issue. Agassi’s book, “Open”, will be released on November 9.
Andy Roddick: “andre is and always will be my idol. i will judge him on how he’s treated me, and how he has changed the world for better … and to be fair when andre wrote the reported letter, he was …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:39 pm in ATP, Drug Testing | 92 Comments »
October 29th, 2009
Agassi: Drug User, Tennis Hater
No offense to the WTA championships and Serena Williams, but the big news in tennis this week is and will be for some time Andre Agassi’s stunning revelation that he used crystal meth during the 1997 tennis season.
By now I’m sure you’ve read the story. In his forthcoming autobiography “Open” which hits bookshelves on Nov. 9, Agassi admits to using the banned substance in 1997 and then lying about it to dug officials to avoid suspension.
“Slim is stressed too. He …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 3:50 pm in ATP, Drug Testing | 39 Comments »
October 29th, 2009
Serena Beats Venus, Clinches No. 1 at Doha
With a sparse few looking on from the stands, Serena Williams clinched her second career year-end No. 1 finish after edging her sister and defending champion Venus, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(4), during Wednesday’s Doha Championships.
“It was really, really close,” Serena said. “It was almost three hours. It really could have went any way. In the third, at the end of the third, she just started playing great. I was just trying to do what I could do. I just kept saying, …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:40 am in Doha, WTA, Year-End No. 1 | 9 Comments »
