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 »
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 »
July 17th, 2010
Roddick, Davydenko Headline Atlanta, Hamburg this Week on ATP
Notes: Pro tennis returns to Atlanta; wildcards went to (1) Roddick, Brit James Ward and American tragedy Donald Young; openers of interest include Blake vs. Dent, (5) Tipsarevic vs. Kevin “Mr.” Anderson, and (8) Becker vs. Iron Mike; seeds Malisse and Becker get left off the ATP tournament web page’s featured players, ouch; Friday, Saturday and Sunday coverage live on ESPN2 and Tennis Channel.
Posted by Staff @ 11:01 pm in Tennis | 2 Comments »
April 19th, 2010
Nadal Goes for 6 in a Row at ATP Barcelona
Seeds: Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, Fernando Verdasco, Tomas Berdych, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Juan Monaco, Jurgen Melzer, Lleyton Hewitt, Thomaz Bellucci, Al Montanes, Nicolas Almagro, Feliciano Lopez
Posted by Staff @ 1:15 am in Tennis | 51 Comments »
March 19th, 2010
Nadal Better Than Berdych; Murray, Roddick in Action Today at Indian Wells
Sean Randall makes his pick for the last two men’s semifinals from Indian Wells.
Posted by Sean Randall @ 1:23 pm in Indian Wells | 192 Comments »
March 18th, 2010
Nadal Knocks Down Isner, Roddick, Murray Advance; Djokovic Falls at Indian Wells
Sean Randall breaks down the Thursday matches at Indian Wells
Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:19 am in Indian Wells | 220 Comments »
March 11th, 2010
Indian Wells Preview: the Sick, the Injured, the First Masters of the Year
The first Masters 1000 of the year has a really wide open draw. It’s so wide open that I’m ready to break my computer out of frustration while trying to pick the right bracket.
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:41 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Indian Wells | 79 Comments »
March 4th, 2010
Spain Looks to Hat Trick; Davis Cup Preview
Despite the controversies and suggestions about changing Davis Cup, I’ve always enjoyed the unique features Davis Cup brings to tennis.
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:36 am in 2010 Season, Davis Cup | 2 Comments »
January 9th, 2010
Nalbandian Returns at Auckland; ATP Previews
Notes: Should be called the Spanish Open with four Spaniard leading the seeding and five seeded total.
Posted by Staff @ 5:40 pm in Tennis | 16 Comments »
January 3rd, 2010
Clijsters Wins to Start 2010; Early Qualifying and Hopman Cup Action
he only thing that’s happened at these events is a bunch of qualifying matches have been played.
Posted by Ben Pronin @ 1:55 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, Brisbane, Doha, Exhibitions, Injuries, WTA | 6 Comments »