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Archive for September, 2007

September 27th, 2007

Djokovic Offered Over $200K to Throw a Match; Elseneer, Norman Also Approached

This story is a couple days old, but worth refreshing. On the heels on Nikolay Davenko’s investigation last month, I wrote about how tennis is an easy target for criminal organizations looking to cash in by fixing matches. Well, things are not getting any better for tennis.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:59 pm in Gambling, Uncategorized | 21 Comments »

September 20th, 2007

Sweden Blunders Davis Cup Surface Choice, Says McEnroe

“I’m a little bit tight for my brother just because he’s being doing it for a while and hasn’t won it yet and the pressure’s on,” said McEnroe

Posted by Richard Vach @ 4:51 pm in Davis Cup | 13 Comments »

September 20th, 2007

Davis Cup Semifinals: Looking the other way

Sure enough, Russia and Germany could get involved in a close encounter in Moscow, but who cares about teams headlined by Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Haas, when you have Novak Djokovic and Lleyton Hewitt grind it out on a moon-landscaped clay court, in front of nearly 20,000 out-of-their-mind Serbs, which just happens to be the biggest Davis Cup crowd ever, outside of a final.

Posted by Abe Kuijl @ 4:15 pm in Davis Cup | 62 Comments »

September 17th, 2007

Bali-hoo for WTA Tour Season-ending Championships: The Biggest Losers

There’s a method to the seeming madness in the WTA Tour announcing a second season-ending tournament to start in 2009 in Bali, Indonesia.

Posted by Richard Vach @ 10:06 pm in ATP, Etienne de Villiers, Larry Scott, Schedule, Tennis on TV, WTA, WTA Tour, Year End | 5 Comments »

September 16th, 2007

Federer, Tennis Again Snubbed by Sports Illustrated

Surprise, surprise. Well, not really. For the 12th time in his career Roger Federer has been passed over as the Sports Illustrated cover boy following a Grand Slam title.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:39 pm in Sports Illustrated | 272 Comments »

September 11th, 2007

Speeding through the Open; Fed shines, Henin dominates, Djokopova

Was it a token of friendship, or was Sharapova’s support in Djokovic’s player’s box on Sunday more than just a thank you for the hilariously matching impersonation from the Djoker?

Posted by Abe Kuijl @ 12:45 pm in US Open | 13 Comments »

September 11th, 2007

Federer Still Better-er, But for How Much Longer?

By winning the US Open Roger Federer has again won three Slams in a single season for for the second straight season, and the third time in the last four years. That’s some pretty lofty tennis.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:57 am in US Open | 268 Comments »

September 9th, 2007

Darth Federer Eyes 12th Slam Today Against Djokovic

Roger Federer has never lost a match in his career in the all black Darth Vader look. After the US Open final today that will still be fact.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 3:59 pm in US Open | 64 Comments »

September 8th, 2007

Djokovic No Joke at US Open

Novak Djokovic made quite a name for himself Thursday night, and not just for his straight set win over Carlos Moya. If you flipped off the tube after the match you missed one of more hilarious moments ever on Arthur Ashe court.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:50 pm in US Open | 20 Comments »

September 5th, 2007

Breaking Down Federer vs. Roddick

About nine months ago in the Australian Open semifinals we had the same Roger Federer-Andy Roddick matchup that we have tonight at the US Open.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:23 pm in US Open | 81 Comments »

September 4th, 2007

Blake Will Pull for Roddick Against Federer at US Open

I’d love to see him bust through here and win — take one of these titles away from Federer or Nadal. He’s got a tough run obviously.

Posted by Richard Vach @ 12:06 am in Uncategorized | 36 Comments »

September 3rd, 2007

US Open: Week 1 Summary

One week into the year’s final Grand Slam event, let’s do a quick round up of what we have seen so far. The Home Team Serena Williams and sister Venus both won a Grand Slam this year, but other than that, it hasn’t been an exceptionally great year for American tennis. Now that the tours […]

Posted by Abe Kuijl @ 6:25 pm in American tennis, American Women, US Open | 19 Comments »

September 3rd, 2007

Berdych Needs to Step Up to Beat Roddick

What’s better than a little US Open tennis on my day off courtesy of the Labor Day Holiday here in the U.S.? Well, ta few things comes to mind but for now I’ll tune in for the Tomas Berdych Andy Roddick match on CBS.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 1:00 pm in US Open | 35 Comments »

September 1st, 2007

Sharapova First to Stumble at US Open

The first weekend at the US Open began with a bang this afternoon with Maria Sharapova ushered out by Agnieszka Radawanska. The loss was the earliest by a No. 2 seed at the Open since 1981 according to an on-air CBS stat.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 3:48 pm in US Open | 20 Comments »