December 29th, 2013
2014 Preview: Novak Djokovic Or Rafael Nadal, Who’ll Finish The Year No. 1?
Sean Randall previews the 2014 season and makes his Grand Slam predictions.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:56 pm in 2014 Season, Australian Open, French Open, US Open, Wimbledon | 229 Comments »
December 25th, 2013
2013 Tennis-X Awards: Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams Grab Multiple Honors
Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Gael Monfils took home top honors in the 2013 Tennis-X awards.
Posted by Staff @ 9:51 am in 2013 Season | 135 Comments »
October 30th, 2013
Federer, Nadal Advance In Paris; Djokovic v Isner As All Top 7 Seeds In Action Thursday
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both advanced in straight sets Wednesday in Paris.
Posted by Staff @ 10:38 pm in ATP Finals, Paris | 35 Comments »
October 26th, 2013
Preview: Gasquet, ATP Players on Hot Seat at Paris Masters
Notes: The final tournament of the year before the year-end championships…Three berths remain at the year-end championships with five players (as of Saturday) still in the running: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic…Federer will according to the ATP lock up a spot if he wins the Swiss Open on Sunday…The Top 8 seeds receive first-round byes…Tough starts for (1) Nadal possibly starting against the indoor upset specialist Tursunov, (9) Gasquet vs. the Gulbis-Verdasco winner, (6) Berdych vs. the Monfils-Pospisil winner, (16) Fognini vs. the Llodra-Dimitrov winner, and (4) Del Potro possibly starting against the drug-cleared Cilic…Ferrer beat Janowicz in last year’s final…Nadal is trying to become the first player to win six Masters titles in the same year…Djokovic has won his last two titles entering the event…Returning former champs in the field are Ferrer (2012), Federer (2011), Djokovic (2009), Tsonga (2008), and Berdych (2005).
Posted by Staff @ 7:45 pm in Paris, Tennis | 12 Comments »
October 12th, 2013
Preview: WTA, ATP in Moscow; Stockholm, Vienna, Lux
Tough starts go to (1) Gasquet vs. either Baghdatis or Evgeny Donskoy, (5) Istomin vs. Russian (WC) Andrey Kuznetsov, and (7) Sousa vs. Stakhovsky…Seeds making their debuts at the event are Gasquet, Sousa and Mannarino…Russians have won the event 14 times since 1990…Last year Seppi beat Thomaz Bellucci in the final…Notable pulls from the event were Nikolay Davydenko (wrist) and Stan Wawrinka…Returning former champs in the field are Seppi (2012) and Tipsarevic (2011).
Posted by Staff @ 6:17 pm in Tennis | 2 Comments »
October 10th, 2013
Fading Federer Falls To Monfils; Djokovic, Nadal March On In Shanghai
Roger Federer’s slump continued on Thursday as the Swiss lost to Gael Monfis..
Posted by Sean Randall @ 1:11 pm in Shanghai | 127 Comments »
October 6th, 2013
Shanghai Preview: Djokovic Joined By Nadal, Federer, But It’s Still The Serb’s Event To Lose
The biggest men’s event in Asia kicks off this weekend with the start of the 2013 Shanghai Tennis Masters. And all the top players are there, minus only Andy Murray who’s out due to back surgery. Novak Djokovic lost his No. 1 ranking on Saturday but he’ll take it after beating his nemesis, Rafael Nadal, [...]
Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:37 pm in Shanghai | 66 Comments »
October 6th, 2013
Djokovic Stops Streaking Nadal In Beijing For First Title Since April; Del Potro Takes Tokyo
Novak Djokovic put a stop to Rafael Nadal’s winning ways in Beijing today.
Posted by Staff @ 10:57 am in Asia, beijing | 64 Comments »
October 5th, 2013
Tennis-toberfest: Nadal v Djokovic In Beijing, Delpo v Raonic In Tokyo; Picks And Pans
First Sunday in October is a big one in the tennis world.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:07 pm in beijing | 106 Comments »
October 4th, 2013
Nadal One From No. 1, Two From Possible Djokovic Final In Beijing; Del Potro, Roanic Tokyo Favs
Rafael Nadal is one win from the ATP No. 1 ranking.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:24 am in beijing | 52 Comments »