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October 30th, 2010

Federer, Djokovic, Roddick in Loaded Basel Field; ATP Previews

Notes: The world No. 2 Federer heads a loaded field, looking to take the homecountry title he lost to Djokovic in the 2009 final; openers of interest are (4) Roddick vs. Querrey in an all-American, (7) Ljubicic vs. the hot-handed Mayer, (8) Isner vs. Llodra, and (2) Djokovic vs. Gulbis; Berdych is at a career-high No. 6, but hasn’t won a title this year and is looking at Gasquet 2nd rd.; Roddick needs a good result to help reach the year-end Masters…

Posted by Staff @ 5:12 pm in Tennis | 73 Comments »

October 23rd, 2010

Muster Playing ATP Vienna; WTA Champs This Week: Previews

Former No. 1 Tommy Muster returns at 43 years old!; interesting opening-round matches include (1) Melzer after a bye potentially facing (WC) Blake, and (5) Gulbis vs. Muster…

Posted by Staff @ 6:48 pm in Tennis | 3 Comments »

September 18th, 2010

Cilic Heads French-Heavy Metz; Sharapova Racquet Cheat

American un-prodigy “The” Donald Young lost to US Open Playoffs-Qualifying tournament winner Blake Strode this past week at a $50,000 Challenger in Tulsa, OK, USA

Posted by Staff @ 11:00 pm in Tennis | 5 Comments »

August 26th, 2010

Murray Lands in Nadal’s Half, Djokovic With Federer at US Open

The US Open draw is out, Nadal is with Murray, Federer with Djokovic.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 3:27 pm in US Open | 187 Comments »

August 14th, 2010

Federer Lands in Nadal’s Half at Cincinnati; Roddick Returns

The Cincinnati draw is out and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are on the same side.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:46 am in Cincinnati | 22 Comments »

August 10th, 2010

Federer Tests Annacone, Chela Tonight in Toronto; Soderling, Nalbandian On Court

Roger Federer and new coach Paul Annacone make their partnership debut tonight.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:47 am in Canadian Open | 105 Comments »

August 8th, 2010

Nalbandian Seeks First US Title Against Baghdatis in Washington Final

David Nalbandian meets Marcos Baghdatis in the final of the Legg Mason in Washington.

Posted by Staff @ 11:11 am in Washington | 32 Comments »

August 6th, 2010

Toronto Draw: Nadal, Murray Tough; Federer, Djokovic Easy

The Canadian Open draw has been released. Here are the highlights.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:23 pm in Canadian Open | 176 Comments »

August 5th, 2010

Roddick, Fish, Berdych Face Stern Tests Today in Washington

Roddick, Berdych among the many big names playing today in Washington.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 2:35 pm in Washington | 79 Comments »

August 1st, 2010

Roddick, Jankovic, Wozniacki Star at Washinton, San Diego, Copenhagen

Loaded non-seeded field with former No. 1s Ivanovic and Safina, and former No. 2 Kuznetsova unseeded; first-round match-ups of interest are (6) Bartoli vs. Hantuchova, (7) Peer vs. (WC) Ivanovic, (8) Wickmayer vs. Kuznetsova, and potential second-round match-ups after seeded byes (1) Jankovic vs. Rezai and Stosur vs. Azarenka or Oudin

Posted by Staff @ 3:32 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

June 20th, 2010

Who’s the Pick for Wimbledon? Federer? Nadal? Someone Else?

Sean Randall makes his prediction for the 2010 Wimbledon title.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:29 pm in Wimbledon | 346 Comments »

June 18th, 2010

Early Road Easy For Federer, Nadal’s Draw Tougher at Wimbledon

The Wimbledon draw is out, here’s a quick preview.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:42 am in Wimbledon | 296 Comments »

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 »

May 30th, 2010

Federer Advances, Berdych Blasts Murray at French Open; Nadal on Deck

Sean Randall recaps the men’s play from the French Open.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:07 pm in French Open | 344 Comments »

May 29th, 2010

Nadal Advances but Spanish Armada Takes a Hit at French Open; Roddick Gets Rolled

Upsets finally hit the men’s draw, and especially hit the Spanish Armada.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:09 pm in Australian Open, Tennis | 332 Comments »