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June 10th, 2010

Roddick, Djokovic Tumble on the Queen’s Turf, Nadal Survives; Federer on Falla in Halle

Some big guns fired blanks today at Queen’s Club.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:05 pm in Halle, Queens, Wimbledon | 215 Comments »

April 4th, 2010

Previews: Odesnik in ATP Houston, Oudin at WTA Ponte Vedra

The claycourt season officially begins with two events each on the men’s and women’s tours this week: Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco Surface: clay $450,000 ADHEREL Seeds: Stan Wawrinka, Guillermo “G-Lo” Garcia-Lopez, Victor Hanescu, Lukasz Kubot, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Simon Greul, Olivier “The Roach” Rochus, Florent Serra Floaters: Arnaud Clement, Richard Gasquet Notes: Kubot after […]

Posted by Staff @ 11:35 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

March 31st, 2010

Berdych Botches Choke Job, Beats Federer in Miami; Roddick, Nadal Also Sweet 16 Winners

Tomas Berdych beats Roger Federer in a thriller in Miami.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 1:25 am in Miami | 190 Comments »

March 28th, 2010

Fish Floats in Hot Tub Time Machine to Win Over Murray in Miami

“He’s a Grand Slam finalist this year already, and his results speak for themselves,” said Fish, who had arthroscopic knee surgery last year. “It’s a great win.”

Posted by Staff @ 12:19 am in Tennis | 112 Comments »

March 11th, 2010

Marin Cilic: The Next Indian Wells Champion?

Sean Randall makes his Indian Wells pick.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 5:07 pm in Indian Wells | 95 Comments »

February 27th, 2010

Djokovic Ahead Before Desert Rain Halts Dubai Final; Gulbis a Game From First Final

Rain has halted the Dubai final and the Delray semifinal.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 4:53 pm in 2010 Season, Dubai | 32 Comments »

February 24th, 2010

Davydenko Deserts Dubai with Wrist Injury; Djokovic Wins, Murray Plays Later Today

Nikolay Dayvdenko has retired from his match in Dubai.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:19 am in 2010 Season, Davis Cup, Dubai, Injuries | 42 Comments »

February 13th, 2010

Roddick v Blake, Sharapova Top Seed: Memphis Preview

Quality falls off the table after Sharapova and Oudin — Barrois seeded? Ouch; (1) Sharapova opens against resurgent American Shenay Perry (who had to sit out Fed Cup last weekend with injury) and could face another American in the second round in Mattek-Sands

Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 12:12 pm in Tennis | 28 Comments »

January 7th, 2010

Roddick, Blake Just Say No to Davis Cup in 2010

In stunning news, Andy Roddick and James Blake will not be playing Davis Cup for the U.S. in 2010.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 4:09 pm in Davis Cup | 28 Comments »

December 29th, 2009

Players on the Rebound in 2010

While 2009 was an exciting year for tennis, and many players enjoyed their best seasons ever, some players did not play as well as they could have, due to injury, mental fatigue, or other, more unusual factors.

Posted by Special @ 10:49 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Injuries | 12 Comments »

September 6th, 2009

Roddick, Sharapova Stunned on Shocker Saturday at US Open

Sean Randall breaks down what was a crazy day of upsets at the US Open Saturday.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:45 am in US Open | 272 Comments »

August 2nd, 2009

ATP/WTA Previews: Roddick Dissed by NYT; Federer Davis Cup

Seeds: Andy Roddick, Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Gonzalez, Robin Soderling, Marin Cilic, Tommy Robredo, Tomas Berdych, Mardy Fish, Tommy Haas, Ivo Karlovic, Viktor Troicki, Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov, Dudi Sela, Sam Querrey

Posted by Staff @ 10:39 pm in Tennis | 163 Comments »

July 31st, 2009

Opinion: Which Roddick Will Show at Washington?

Is Blake done? Hope not but the outlook is not rosy since Blake turns 30 later this year. don’t get in a habit of turning down six-figure checks James.

Posted by Jeremy Davis @ 4:30 pm in Tennis | 81 Comments »

July 12th, 2009

Davis Cup Wrap: Czechs at Croatia, Israel at Spain in Semis

Israel had clinched by Saturday after Harel Levy defeated Igor Andreev and Dudi Sela decimated Mikhail Youzhny in the singles, and the standout doubles tandem of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram edged Igor Kunitsyn and former No. 1 Marat Safin in five in Safin’s final Davis Cup appearance.

Posted by Staff @ 3:03 pm in Davis Cup, Tennis | 26 Comments »

July 11th, 2009

McEnroe Hoping for Sunday Davis Cup Miracle vs Croatia

Cilic will take on Blake in the first reverse singles on Sunday, and Karlovic is scheduled to face Fish in the final singles, the U.S. needing to sweep the day to advance to the semifinals against either Argentina or the Czech Republic.

Posted by Staff @ 12:39 pm in Davis Cup, Tennis | 2 Comments »