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August 6th, 2010

History Made: Roddick Drops Leaving No American Men in ATP Top 10 for First Time

For the first time in ATP history there will be no American men in the Top 10 in the rankings this Monday.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 2:01 pm in American tennis, ATP | 19 Comments »

August 4th, 2010

Americans Roddick, Fish, Isner, Sweeting Prevail; French Suffer Upsets in DC

Andy Roddick eased through his second match last night versus qualie Grega Zemlja to start his run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic title.

Posted by Lynn Berenbaum @ 9:13 am in American tennis, ATP, US Open Series, Washington | 56 Comments »

July 15th, 2010

Andy Roddick Accepts Wildcard into Atlanta

Andy Roddick will play in next week’s Atlanta Tennis Championships.

Posted by Staff @ 10:33 pm in 2010 Season, ATP | 54 Comments »

July 14th, 2010

ATP Summer Tennis Schedule

Sean Randall previews where the top players will be this summer.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:33 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, US Open Series | 66 Comments »

May 15th, 2010

Federer vs. Nadal XXI

Exactly one year has passed since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal last played each other on the tennis court.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:03 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, Clay Season, Madrid, No. 1 ranking, Tennis | 17 Comments »

April 28th, 2010

Why Roger Federer Should Care About the Masters

Years ago, Federer was winning matches on his worst days with only Rafael Nadal being able to topple him. Times have changed.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:05 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Rome | 133 Comments »

April 6th, 2010

ATP Clay Swing Preview: Who Will Beat Nadal?

Tennis is one of those sports that has never-ending dilemmas that simply have no solution.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 6:18 pm in ATP, Clay Season, Madrid, Monte Carlo, Rome | 221 Comments »

April 5th, 2010

Andy Roddick Stole the Show: Indian Wells-Miami Overview

About four years ago, March Madness did not exist in tennis. In fact, the only madness there was may have been Federer Madness.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 9:44 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Indian Wells, Miami | 96 Comments »

April 3rd, 2010

Wayne Odesnik Playing Houston This Week

Wayne Odesnik got busted for drugs, but that won’t stop him from playing.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:44 am in ATP, Drug Testing | 4 Comments »

March 24th, 2010

Unpredictability in Men’s Tennis despite Dominant Big Four

No matter what the results, March is a great month for tennis fans.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 6:56 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, Miami | 14 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 3rd, 2010

Sam Querrey Gives a Tour of His House, and More

Sam Querrey lets us in his world for a little while.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 11:05 am in ATP, Videos | 3 Comments »

March 1st, 2010

Djokovic Defends and Matures; Serve vs Grit

Novak Djokovic started his press conference with that classic line before he was even asked any questions.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 10:00 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Dubai | 27 Comments »

February 22nd, 2010

ATP Lands Corona Extra as Premier Partner

The ATP tennis tour and Mexican beer brewer Corona Extra formally announced today that they have signed an agreement.

Posted by Staff @ 9:04 am in ATP | 1 Comment »

February 14th, 2010

Spaniards and a Swede Win, Djokovic Needs to be More Like Roddick

After a disappointing start to the year, it’s nice to see Robin Soderling in the winner’s circle.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 11:15 pm in 2010 Season, ATP, San Jose | 114 Comments »