February 9th, 2011
Querrey Losing Streak Hits Six in San Jose, Del Potro Wins; Murray Returns in Rotterdam
Slumping Sam Querrey loses another, Del Potro picks up a win and Murray returns.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:37 am in San Jose | 24 Comments »
February 6th, 2011
Clijsters Closes on No. 1; Winners & Losers; ATP/WTA Previews
Notes: Top-seeded Hot Sauce opens against American wildcard Rajeev Ram, to face the winner of Karlovic vs. Ryan Sweeting…Jamaican-turned-German Dustin Brown starts against “The” Donald Young, and (4) Malisse vs. Raonic…Verdasco is 5-0 career in San Jose, last year beating Andy Roddick in the final…Verdasco (2010) and Hewitt (2002) only returning champions in the field…No player has ever won three straight San Jose titles, but winning two in a row: Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Mark Philippoussis, Pete Sampras, John McEnroe.
Posted by Staff @ 11:00 pm in Tennis | 89 Comments »
January 21st, 2011
Roddick Hurts Haase, Federer Returns to Form; Will Youth be Served Saturday at the Australian Open?
For 90 minutes or so it looked like Andy Roddick was in serious trouble against upstart Robin Haase.
Posted by Staff @ 8:43 am in Australian Open | 289 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 »
January 18th, 2011
Federer Faces Simon Test Tonight; Top Seeds Breeze at Australian Open
Remarks on the first round of play in Australia.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:16 pm in Australian Open | 376 Comments »
January 10th, 2011
Del Potro Wins! Stubborn Roddick Gets Pushed Around (Again)
Juan Martin Del Potro makes a winning return while Andy Roddick is really turning into a pusher.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:47 am in 2011 Season, Sydney | 148 Comments »
January 9th, 2011
Federer, Soderling Capture Titles; U.S. Wins Hopman; Tennis-X Notes
Russian workhorse Nikolay Davydenko was one match away from duplicating the 2010 feat when he defeated the top two players in the world, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, to repeat as Doha champion on Sunday, but this time the world No. 2 Federer was having none of it. Federer defeated Davydenko 6-3, 6-4 to claim his third career Qatar ExxonMobil Open title in Doha.
Posted by Staff @ 5:06 pm in Tennis | 20 Comments »
January 8th, 2011
Andy Roddick on Robin Soderling: He Hits So Big You’re at His Mercy [Video]
Video from Andy Roddick’s semifinal post match press conference from Brisbane.
Posted by Tom Gainey @ 12:36 pm in Brisbane, Videos | 26 Comments »
January 5th, 2011
Nadal Eats A Bagel in Doha; Roddick v. Baghdatis Tonight in Brisbane
Nadal, Federer get pushed in Doha.
Posted by Staff @ 8:28 pm in Brisbane, Doha, Tennis | 62 Comments »
January 4th, 2011
Nadal, Federer Cruise in 2011 Openers; Verdasco Vanquished in Brisbane
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer made positive starts to the 2011 today in Doha.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:36 pm in Tennis | 63 Comments »