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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

Roger Federer Hits Another Tweener in Doha, This Time From the Baseline [Video]

Roger Federer shows off his magical talents in the his first match of the year.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 1:48 pm in 2011 Season, Doha | 15 Comments »

January 2nd, 2011

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal Play Water Tennis in Doha [Video]

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play on a new water surface.

Posted by Tom Gainey @ 7:56 pm in Doha, Videos | 27 Comments »

October 29th, 2010

Elena Dementieva Announces Her Retirement from Tennis

Elena Dementieva announced her retirement from tennis today.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:58 pm in Doha, WTA | 31 Comments »

October 27th, 2010

Stosur Stomps Out Wozniacki’s Bid to Clinch No. 1

Caroline Wozniacki had a chance to lock-up the year-end No. 1 ranking Wednesday but came up short.

Posted by Staff @ 10:06 pm in Doha | 6 Comments »

October 26th, 2010

Muster Terminated in Vienna; WTA Lays an Egg Day One at Doha

Thomas Muster lost in his ATP comeback match today in Vienna.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:13 pm in Doha, WTA | 43 Comments »

October 25th, 2010

Clijsters the Favorite at Williams-Less Doha WTA Championships

The WTA Championships begin Tuesday, who’ll win?

Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:32 pm in Doha, WTA | 15 Comments »

January 10th, 2010

Roddick, Cilic, and Davydenko off to a Running Start, Murray disappoints at Hopman Cup

I recently read an article about how in 2002, the official World Number 1 wasn’t the same as the best player in the world.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 12:34 pm in Australian Open, Brisbane, Doha | 141 Comments »

January 8th, 2010

Near Perfect Davydenko Foils Federer-Nadal Final in Doha

Thanks to Nikolay Davydenko, there won’t be a Roger Federer v. Rafael Nadal final in Doha.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:07 pm in Australian Open, Brisbane, Doha | 245 Comments »

January 4th, 2010

Roddick, Cilic Start Strong at Australian Open Tune-ups; New Rules

Boy did Brisbane hit the jackpot in players.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 2:48 pm in 2010 Season, Brisbane, Doha, ITF, Tennis | 20 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 »

December 30th, 2009

Federer, Nadal Begin New Year in Abu Dhabi; Roddick Bagless in Brisbane

After what has seemed like forever to true tennis junkies (in reality just a few weeks), the 2010 ATP season is set to begin.

Posted by Jonathan Morgan @ 11:19 am in 2010 Season, Australian Open, Brisbane, Doha, Exhibitions | 7 Comments »

October 31st, 2009

Serena, Venus to Meet in Doha WTA Finals

Serena and Venus Williams will meet for the 23rd time Sunday in the Doha WTA finals.

Posted by Staff @ 5:50 pm in Doha, Fed Cup, WTA | 21 Comments »

October 29th, 2009

Serena Beats Venus, Clinches No. 1 at Doha

Serena Williams will finish No. 1 on the WTA after defeating sister Venus at the Doha Championships.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:40 am in Doha, WTA, Year-End No. 1 | 9 Comments »

January 10th, 2009

Red-Hot Murray Railroads Roddick for Second Doha Crown

Andy Murray started the season out as strong as possible with a second straight victory defeating Andy Roddick for the title in Qatar.

Posted by Staff @ 12:32 pm in ATP, Australian Open, Doha | 64 Comments »