June 17th, 2017
Early Test for Murray, Others in Loaded Field at Aegon/Queen’s Club; ATP Preview
Former champs in the field are Murray (2016-15,’13,’11,’09), Dimitrov (2014), Cilic (2012), and Querrey (2010).
Posted by Staff @ 4:06 pm in Grass season, Tennis | 89 Comments »
June 11th, 2017
Federer Back with Doozy of a Draw on Grass at Stuttgart; ATP Previews
(1) Roger Federer could start against (WC) Haas? What is it with these two and grass each year?
Posted by Staff @ 6:42 pm in Tennis | 65 Comments »
May 14th, 2017
Does Nadal Have Anything Left in the Tank for Rome? Preview
Tough starts for (1) Murray vs. Fognini, (5) Raonic vs. the Haas-Dr. Ivo winner, (3) Wawrinka starting against a tough Frenchman in either Mahut or Paire, (8) Thiem vs. Cuevas, (13) Sock vs. the hot-handed Schwartzman, an injured (7) Nishikori vs. the Ferrer-Lopez winner, (10) Dimitrov vs. Del Potro, (15) Carreno Busta vs. Simon (winner to face the Kyrgios-Bautista Agut winner, then (2) Djokovic)
Posted by Staff @ 12:32 pm in Tennis | 31 Comments »
March 29th, 2017
Federer, Nadal Power Into Miami QFs, Zverev Upsets Wawrinka
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are now the favorites to meet in the Sunday final, but will they make it?
Posted by Staff @ 12:50 am in Miami | 49 Comments »
February 11th, 2017
Top-seeded Thiem vs. Zverev in Opening Round at Strong ATP Rotterdam; Preview
Tops 10ers Cilic and Thiem lead the field…The match of the tournament could be the first-round blockbuster (2) Thiem vs. the young riser Alexander Zverev…Other openers of the interest include (1) Cilic coming off an early loss last week vs. the mercurial Paire, (4) Berdych after opening against a qualifier vs. the Gasquet-Troicki winner, (8) Pouille vs. the veteran Kohlschreiber, and (5) Dimitrov challenged by the older net-rushing Zverev…
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 7:23 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
October 15th, 2016
Monfils, Goffin, Kvitova Headline Stockholm, Antwerp, Luxembourg This Week
No Top 10ers but an interesting field between the multi-Slam winner Kvitova, the French Open champ Schiavone, the former No. 1 Wozniacki, the former brand-wannabee Bouchard, and the breakout player Siegemund…
Posted by Staff @ 6:35 pm in Tennis | Comments Off
September 17th, 2016
US Open Champ Wawrinka in Russia, French in Metz; ATP Previews
The St. Petersburg Open in Russia welcomes US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and three of the Top 10, while the Moselle Open in France features Dominic Thiem and a strong French contingent this week on the ATP World Tour
Posted by Staff @ 7:59 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
June 13th, 2016
Nicolas Mahut Masters Den Bosch, Dominic Thiem Takes Stuttgart Title In Rain-Delayed Grass Finals
The 22-year-old became the ninth active player to win titles on three different surfaces in the same year in 2016 after Buenos Aires (clay), Nice (clay), and Acapulco (hard).
Posted by Staff @ 10:04 am in Stuttgart | 24 Comments »
June 12th, 2016
Rain Pushes Both ATP Grasscourt Finals to Monday
Mahut is the defending champion, and also won the title in 2013. Muller is 0-3 in career finals.
Posted by Staff @ 7:47 pm in Tennis | 3 Comments »
June 10th, 2016
Roger Federer Faces Dominic Thiem In Stuttgart, Del Potro Also In SF; Big Servers Rule In Den Bosch
After losing to him in Rome, Roger Federer gets a rematch with Dominic Thiem on his favorite surface Saturday in Stuttgart.
Posted by Staff @ 7:11 pm in Stuttgart | 116 Comments »
June 5th, 2016
Wozniacki Returns in Nottingham; Men, Women Combine on Grass in Netherlands
Wozniacki returns from a foot injury…Wildcards were awarded to Pliskova and Brits Robson and Freya Christie…The slew of tournament withdrawals included former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, Madison Keys, Petra Cetkovska, Irina Falconi, Monica Niculescu and Lesia Tsurenko…
Posted by Staff @ 8:39 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »
June 15th, 2015
Nadal, Mahut, Giorgi Win ATP/WTA Titles
“Yesterday I was feeling really tired, but my physio did a great job to get me ready for today’s match,” said Mahut, who also reached the doubles final. “It was a very tense first set, but after one-all he was missing some shots and I felt more and more confident.”
Posted by Staff @ 12:33 am in Tennis | 23 Comments »
June 13th, 2015
Rafael Nadal Seeks First Grass Title In 5 Years Sunday In Stuttgart
Rafael Nadal is back in a tournament final on grass.
Posted by Staff @ 3:03 pm in Grass season, Stuttgart | 64 Comments »
June 11th, 2015
It’s the Grass Court Season and Nicolas Mahut is At It Again
Mahut qualified this week at the grass court Topshelf Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and today beat defending champion and No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarters.
Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 4:35 pm in Tennis | 13 Comments »
July 6th, 2014
ATP/WTA Previews: Ferrer, Isner, Halep Lead Events
The hodgepodge of seeds includes a former world No. 1 and Wimbledon champ and this year’s Wimbledon men’s doubles winner…Interesting starts for (7) Sock vs. the veteran Kuznetsov and the struggling (2) Karlovic vs. Ginepri…
Posted by Staff @ 6:42 pm in Tennis | 6 Comments »