June 12th, 2011
Murray and Queen’s Final Pushed to Monday; Tennis-X Notes
I adored Rafa when he came on tour. He was such a breath of fresh air! He was a marvelous guy. I adored his positive energy. After that, he had a period I didn’t like. Negative energy. When he played the intimidation game by jumping all over the place, when it was him against the world…
Posted by Staff @ 5:28 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
April 14th, 2011
Nadal, Federer, Top Seeds Continue to Coast in Monte Carlo; Murray Booed
The top seeds Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer continue to cruise at Monte Carlo.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:33 pm in Monte Carlo | 73 Comments »
November 9th, 2010
David Ferrer: The Forgotten One
The over-achieving Spaniard just won his second title of the year and ninth overall in Valencia.
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:44 am in 2010 Season, ATP, London, Paris | 15 Comments »
October 31st, 2010
Titles Wrap: Clijsters, Melzer, Monfils Among Winners; Tennis-X Notes
Caroline Wozniacki finishes the year No. 1, Elena Dementieva drops the retirement bomb, and the WTA Tour puts another injury-riddled, star-lacking season to rest. Here’s hoping for the return of Justine Henin and Serena and Venus Williams in 2011 — and while we’re at it, the attempted comebacks of Martina Hingis and Ana Kournikova. If you thought it wasn’t bad, consider that Vera “The Crying Game” Zvonareva had a chance to finish the year No. 1 during the year-end championships…
Posted by Staff @ 9:59 pm in Tennis | 33 Comments »
October 30th, 2010
Federer, Djokovic, Roddick in Loaded Basel Field; ATP Previews
Notes: The world No. 2 Federer heads a loaded field, looking to take the homecountry title he lost to Djokovic in the 2009 final; openers of interest are (4) Roddick vs. Querrey in an all-American, (7) Ljubicic vs. the hot-handed Mayer, (8) Isner vs. Llodra, and (2) Djokovic vs. Gulbis; Berdych is at a career-high No. 6, but hasn’t won a title this year and is looking at Gasquet 2nd rd.; Roddick needs a good result to help reach the year-end Masters…
Posted by Staff @ 5:12 pm in Tennis | 73 Comments »
October 23rd, 2010
Muster Playing ATP Vienna; WTA Champs This Week: Previews
Former No. 1 Tommy Muster returns at 43 years old!; interesting opening-round matches include (1) Melzer after a bye potentially facing (WC) Blake, and (5) Gulbis vs. Muster…
Posted by Staff @ 6:48 pm in Tennis | 3 Comments »
October 9th, 2010
Nadal Saves Matchpoints, Survives Troicki in Tokyo; Djokovic Reaches Beijing Final
Rafael Nadal saved two matchpoints to reach the Tokyo final.
Posted by Staff @ 11:56 am in beijing | 14 Comments »
October 5th, 2010
Roddick, Murray, Nadal, Djokovic Winners Tuesday; Sharapova a Loser
The top men won easily on Tuesday while Maria Sharapova continued her slide.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:38 pm in 2010 Season, beijing | 9 Comments »
October 3rd, 2010
Nadal, Big Boys in Action at Beijing, Tokyo: ATP Previews
Lots of dangerous floaters in Beijing, with first-round matches of interest including Fish vs. Tipsarevic (winner to face (1) Djokovic), (6) Verdasco vs. Kohlschreiber (winner to face (WC) Isner), (3) Soderling vs. Robredo, (7) Youzhny vs. Ljubicic, and (2) Murray facing a qualifying-tested Mathieu.
Posted by Staff @ 1:41 pm in Tennis | 35 Comments »
September 2nd, 2010
Angry Roddick Loses; Querrey Hits Opponent in Gnads at US Open
Roddick frequently fought with linespeople and the chair umpire over foot fault calls during the match, and quickly left the court following his loss, tossing racquets into the crowd as he walked to the tunnel.
Posted by Staff @ 12:13 am in Tennis, US Open | 72 Comments »