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February 27th, 2011

WTA Previews; Del Potro, Ferrer, Dulko Win Titles

Notes: Troubled former No. 1 Dinara Safina floats seedlessly in the draw, starting against China’s Xinyun Han, then a possible meeting with (5) Safarova; (8) Jovanovski a tough start against Tanasugarn, and (1) Schiavone vs. Dokic; last year Kleybanova beat the now-retired Elena Dementieva to win her first WTA title in Kuala Lumpur.

Posted by Staff @ 7:44 pm in Tennis | 4 Comments »

January 28th, 2011

Murray Beats Ferrer, to Face Pal Djokovic in Australian Open Final

With World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki watching from his player box, Murray started slowly, losing the first set with 16 unforced errors off his backhand side alone. In the second set Murray scraped out the tiebreak after saving three break points in the sixth game of the set and held off a set point at 4-5. The third set was all Murray as he raced to a 5-1 lead before closing it out, and in the fourth and final set, Murray dominated the tiebreak 7-2.

Posted by Staff @ 8:33 am in Tennis | 103 Comments »

January 27th, 2011

Djokovic Beats Federer in Testy Meeting to Gain Australian Open Final

Down two sets to none, Mr. Nice Federer disappeared, and Hardcore Roger reared his head. Federer appeared to talk to Djokovic during the Serb’s service preparation as Djokovic went into his extensive pre-service ball bouncing. Federer glared at Djokovic’s player box and complained to the chair umpire about excessive cheering, talking and noise. After losing the second set, perhaps to get in the Serb’s head, Federer took a rare bathroom break.

Posted by Staff @ 7:14 am in Tennis | 321 Comments »

January 26th, 2011

Federer v. Djokovic, Who’s the Pick? Women’s SFs at Australian Open

Who will win the Roger Federer v. Novak Djokovic men’s semifinal?

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:00 pm in Australian Open | 338 Comments »

January 26th, 2011

‘Rafa Slam’ Dunked by Ferrer; Clijsters v Zvonareva at Australian Open

“I felt a little bit tired and heavy out there today, but I fought well and stayed really focused, and tried not to lose too much energy on getting frustrated and things like that,” Clijsters said. “Everything has to be better. The serving, the returning, the unforced errors… everything. But I’m in the semifinals and I don’t feel I’ve played my best tennis, so that’s a good thing.”

Posted by Staff @ 10:14 am in Tennis | 90 Comments »

January 26th, 2011

Injured Nadal Exits Australian Open, Leaves Ferrer to Meet Murray in SF

An injury hit Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:34 am in Australian Open | 27 Comments »

January 26th, 2011

Rafael Nadal: Seems Like I Have Problems When I lose, I Don’t Want That Image

Rafael Nadal speaking to the press after losing to David Ferrer in the Australian Open quarterfinals.

Posted by Staff @ 7:53 am in Australian Open | 22 Comments »

January 24th, 2011

Healthy Nadal, Murray into Australian Open Quarters; Dolgopolov Stuns Soderling

The quarterfinals begin at the Australian Open with Federer v. Wawrinka and Berdych v. Djokovic.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 8:26 am in Australian Open | 392 Comments »

January 22nd, 2011

Sick Nadal, Slick Federer, Roddick v. Wawrinka Tonight at the Australian Open

Sean Randall breaks down the Australian Open fourth round.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:03 pm in Australian Open | 387 Comments »

January 15th, 2011

Ferrer, Simon, Li, Groth Win Titles Leading Into Aussie Open; Tennis-X Notes

“I think it was a very good week,” Nalbandian said. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you play good and lose, sometimes you play bad and win. Sport is like that. Today I lost. I will try to play better every day.”

Posted by Staff @ 7:23 pm in Tennis | 7 Comments »

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Rankings
ATP - Feb 28 WTA - Feb 28
1 Rafael Nadal1 Caroline Wozniacki
2 Roger Federer2 Kim Clijsters
3 Novak Djokovic3 Vera Zvonareva
4 Robin Soderling4 Samantha Stosur
5 Andy Murray5 Francesca Schiavone
6 David Ferrer6 Jelena Jankovic
7 Tomas Berdych7 Na Li
8 Andy Roddick8 Venus Williams
9 Fernando Verdasco9 Victoria Azarenka
10 Jurgen Melzer10 Agnieszka Radwanska
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