November 9th, 2009
Andre Agassi’s autobiography hits bookshelves Monday in the U.S. Circulated excerpts from the long-awaited release of “Open” have already been met with both outrage and sympathy from the public and tennis officials alike.
In the book Agassi reveals the bombshell that he took the hardcore drug crystal meth for the better part of his 1997 tennis season. The meth later showed up on a positive drug test but Agassi was cleared of any malfeasance after …
Posted by Staff @ 1:02 am in ATP, Books | 25 Comments »
November 8th, 2009
Italy Pummels U.S. in Fed Cup Final; Tennis-X Notes
Italy blew out the inexperienced U.S. team 4-0 in the Fed Cup final behind the veteran Italian singles tandem of Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone.
Pennetta beat the U.S.’s Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1, while Schiavone defeated Melanie Oudin 7-6(2), 6-2 on the opening day. On Sunday Pennetta clinched it with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Oudin.
“It’s a very nice feeling. We worked hard to get to this point, finally we made it,” Pennetta said. “In the beginning of the week …
Posted by Staff @ 9:28 pm in Fed Cup, Tennis | 4 Comments »
November 8th, 2009
Djokovic Takes Down Federer in Switzerland; Murray Victorious in Valencia
That was not a good performance from Roger Federer. But credit to Novak Djokovic for playing a significant role in Fed’s level. In relatively comfortable fashion the Serb took down Federer in his backyard of Basel today 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to win his fourth title of the season.
The loss for Federer was his first in 20 matches in Basel where he was champion the last three years. But Djokovic, who was lucky just to be in the title bout …
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:28 pm in ATP, Paris, Year-End No. 1 | 193 Comments »
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 | 42 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 | 179 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 | 37 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 | 169 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 »
