February 10th, 2011
Murray’s Misery Mounts; Raonic Blasts Blake, Berankis Next at San Jose
Andy Murray can’t stop the rot, Raonic passes Blake in the night.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 8:06 am in San Jose | 67 Comments »
January 20th, 2011
Young Tomic (AUS), Raonic (CAN), Berankis (LTU) Shine in Men’s Upsets at Australian Open; X-Notes
Matches to look out for on a loaded Friday in Melbourne include (2) Roger Federer vs. Xavier “X-Man” Malisse, (19) Stan Wawrinka vs. (12) Gael “Force” Monfils, an all-Serb in (29) Viktor Troicki vs. (3) Novak Djokovic, (8) Andy Roddick vs. Dutchman Robin Haase, Kei “Special K” Nishikori vs. Fernando “Hot Sauce” Verdasco, (6) Tomas Berdych vs. (28) Richard Gasquet, and (14) Nicolas Almagro vs. (17) Ivan Ljubicic.
Posted by Staff @ 9:09 am in Tennis | 30 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 23rd, 2010
Federer Into Stockolm Final; Baghdatis, Troicki Vie for Vienna Title
Roger Federer is bidding to tie Pete Sampras with 64 career ATP titles.
Posted by Staff @ 3:23 pm in Stockholm | 72 Comments »
October 10th, 2010
Rain Moves Djokovic, Wozniacki Beijing Finals to Monday;Tsonga, Verdasco on Court in Shanghai
Rain has moved both men’s and women’s finals to Monday in Beijing.
Posted by Staff @ 10:50 pm in beijing, Shanghai | 17 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 »
August 27th, 2010
New Haven Pilot Pen Exhibits Old Charm
The New Haven tennis event has a lot of offer, not just tennis.
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 11:38 am in 2010 Season, US Open, US Open Series | 10 Comments »
August 22nd, 2010
Nothing Fishy: Flying Fish Faces Federer Today in Cincinnati Tennis Masters Final
It’s Mardy Fish and Roger Federer in the Cincinnati final, who’ll win it?
Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:46 am in Cincinnati | 315 Comments »
August 22nd, 2010
Wozniacki, Dementieva Lead Solid Field at WTA New Haven; + Men
Wozniacki will open against the winner of Oudin and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova; (7) Pennetta a tough start against Kleybanova; the French Open champ (3) Schiavone starts against former No. 1 (WC) Safina; (2) Stosur will likely start against the tough Zheng; tournament started in 1948 as the U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships; Wozniacki is the two-time defending champion.
Posted by Staff @ 12:17 am in Tennis | 1 Comment »
August 21st, 2010
Baghdatis Stuns Nadal, Federer Next in Cincinnati SF; Roddick v. Fish This Afternoon
Marcos Baghdatis upsets Rafael Nadal to spoil a Roger Federer-Nadal semifinal
Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:10 am in Tennis | 231 Comments »