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August 22nd, 2021

Kyrgios Withdraws Minutes Before Much-Hyped Meeting With Murray In Winston-Salem

Nick Kyrgios disappoints again.

Posted by Staff @ 10:41 pm in US Open Series | Comments Off on Kyrgios Withdraws Minutes Before Much-Hyped Meeting With Murray In Winston-Salem

August 27th, 2010

New Haven Pilot Pen Exhibits Old Charm

The New Haven tennis event has a lot of offer, not just tennis.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 11:38 am in 2010 Season, US Open, US Open Series | 10 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 25th, 2010

Fish Wraps Up Roddick, Meets Isner in Atlanta Final

Mardy Fish beat up on friend Andy Roddick in the Atlanta semifinals.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:59 am in Hamburg, US Open, US Open Series | 34 Comments »

July 24th, 2010

Roddick Survives Malisse Scare in Atlanta; Del Potro Improving, Not Playing

Andy Roddick is off to a winning start this summer, but there’s cause for concern.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:16 am in US Open, US Open Series, Washington | 24 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 »

September 15th, 2009

Juan Martin del Potro — The Future is Now

The script at this point read that Federer breaks serve early in the fourth set and wins the U.S. Open. Del Potro had other ideas and saved break points in his first two service games of the fourth set. Another tiebreak was upon both players and del Potro took advantage of a Federer double fault to win again on a single mini-break. Despite saving a break point when serving at 2-0 in the fifth set, del Potro basically dominated the final frame of play.

Posted by Dan Martin @ 9:19 am in 2009 Season, American Women, ATP, French Open, Grand Slams, US Open, US Open Series, WTA | 204 Comments »

September 8th, 2009

Labor Days: The Most Wonderful Tennis Time of the Year

Andy Murray has the tools to win a Grand Slam event, but he does face a tough question: “Should I stick with a generally effective strategy of counterpunching or change strategies by developing and using bigger shots?” Internal doubts arising from this quandary might be worse than just selecting one option and committing to it.

Posted by Dan Martin @ 9:30 pm in 2009 Season, American tennis, American Women, ATP, Australian Open, Tennis, Tennis on TV, TV, US Open, US Open Series, WTA, WTA Tour | 15 Comments »

August 24th, 2009

5 US Open Dream Matches

Just for fun, I am trying something different. As the 2009 hard court season heads toward the finish line, I came up with some hypothetical matches between former U.S. Open champions.

Posted by Dan Martin @ 10:49 pm in 2009 Season, American tennis, Australian Open, No. 1 ranking, US Open, US Open Series, Year-End No. 1 | 119 Comments »

August 14th, 2009

Federer, Nadal Head Top 8 in Historic Montreal QFs, Safina on Choke Alert v. Clijsters

Sean Randall previews the historic Great Eight in Montreal and looks at the upcoming Clijsters-Safina matchup.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 12:21 am in Canadian Open, Cincinnati, US Open, US Open Series | 249 Comments »

August 12th, 2009

USTA, ATP, WTA To Announce Calendar Changes

The USTA, ATP, and WTA are set to hold a press conference tomorrow, August 13th, to announce some changes to the U.S. Open Series line-ups. In 2011, the two separate ATP and WTA events in Cincinnati will become a combined men’s and women’s tournament. This combined event will be held two weeks before the U.S. […]

Posted by Lynn Berenbaum @ 12:38 pm in ATP, Cincinnati, US Open Series, WTA | 2 Comments »

August 10th, 2009

Will Andy Murray Rank No. 2 Next Week?

Who will win the Montreal Masters? Sean Randall breaks the scene down.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:56 pm in Canadian Open, US Open, US Open Series | 230 Comments »

August 9th, 2009

Roddick, Del Potro Tangle Today in Washington

In the first big showdown of the summer Juan Martin Del Potro and Andy Roddick do battle for the Washington title.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:56 am in US Open, US Open Series, Washington | 79 Comments »

August 7th, 2009

Father Federer in Murray Half in Montreal; Djokovic, Roddick in Nadal’s

Roger Federer and Andy Murray are in the same side of the Montreal draw, leaving Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the other.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:25 pm in Canadian Open, US Open Series | 121 Comments »

August 7th, 2009

Legg Mason: Roddick’s 500th, Quarters Set

In the highlight match of the evening, Andy Roddick became the 36th player in the Open Era to reach 500 career match victories.

Posted by Lynn Berenbaum @ 11:26 am in 2009 Season, American tennis, ATP, US Open Series, Washington | 89 Comments »