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January 24th, 2010

Australian Open: Mid-Tournament Assessment

I wasn’t sure when to make a mid-tournament assessment.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 3:07 pm in 2010 Season, Australian Open, Grand Slams, Tennis | 86 Comments »

January 24th, 2010

Patient Roddick Survives in Five, Del Potro Doesn’t at Australian Open

Credit to Andy Roddick for hanging in long enough to allow a red-hot Fernando Gonzalez self destruct.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:35 am in Australian Open | 93 Comments »

January 23rd, 2010

Federer, Djokovic, Serena Steamroll on Snoozer Saturday at the Australian Open

Sean Randall recaps Saturday play at the Australian Open and looks ahead to Sunday.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 9:38 am in Australian Open | 469 Comments »

January 21st, 2010

Federer Finds Form in Front of Prince William, Serena Dominant at Australian Open

Sean Randall gives his third round take on the Australian Open.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:13 am in Australian Open | 135 Comments »

January 15th, 2010

2010 Australian Open Tennis Predictions

Since their first and only slam final to date, Federer reached the final at the next four slams.

Posted by Ben Pronin @ 12:33 am in 2010 Season, ATP, Australian Open, Grand Slams | 107 Comments »

January 14th, 2010

Murray Lands in Nadal Quarter; Federer v. Djokovic Possible Australian Open SF

The 2010 men’s Australian Open draw has been released.

Posted by Staff @ 9:54 pm in Australian Open | 21 Comments »

January 10th, 2010

Davydenko, Roddick, Cilic Collect ATP Titles During Week 1 2010

“The first set was 6-0, everybody saw it,” the 28-year-old Davydenko said. “But if you saw the match, it was not so easy. I tried every point but Nadal had very good concentration and played very well every point. I really had the chance to win some games, but I played a little bit slowly, he played much faster…[In the end] I think he lost a little bit of concentration and lost the match. For me it was a really good fight today.” Nadal remains without a title since May 2009 at Rome.

Posted by Staff @ 8:46 pm in Tennis | 1 Comment »

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 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

2010 ATP Look Ahead, Will Federer Remain Atop the Tennis World?

Sean Randall peers into his crystal ball to see what’s to come in 2010.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 6:56 pm in 2010 Season, ATP | 231 Comments »

November 12th, 2009

Another Spanish Choke Puts Nadal into Paris QFs; Murray Upset

Sean Randall breaks down the Friday quarterfinals from Paris.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 7:30 pm in ATP, Paris | 175 Comments »

October 25th, 2009

ATP Previews: Lyon, Vienna, St. Petersburg; Safin Retirement Tour

Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon Lyon, France Surface: hard indoor Seeds: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon, Ivan Ljubicic, Juan Monaco, Julien Benneteau, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Benjamin Becker, Al Montanes ADHEREL Floaters: None Notes: One Top 10er in Tsonga; wildcards to oldies Arnaud Clement, Sebastien Grosjean, Michael Llodra (are there no French up-and-comers?); Algeria’s Lamine Ouahab gets […]

Posted by Staff @ 1:12 am in Drug Testing, Tennis | 14 Comments »

October 10th, 2009

No Federer, No Murray Leaves Shanghai Masters Field Wide Open

Sean Randall breaks down the Shanghai Masters field.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 11:08 am in Asia, ATP, Shanghai | 72 Comments »

October 10th, 2009

Cilic Crushes Nadal, Meets Djokovic for Beijing Title; Tsonga, Hewitt Reach Tokyo Final

21-year-old Marin Cilic scored his second big scalp in as many months following a 6-1, 6-3 beating over Rafael Nadal in the Beijing semifinals.

Posted by Sean Randall @ 10:31 am in Asia, ATP, beijing, WTA | 75 Comments »

October 9th, 2009

Nadal, Djokovic Near Beijing Showdown; Monfils, Tsonga Tangle in Tokyo

Top seed Rafael Nadal showed no signs of wear and tear after the Spaniard ripped former No. 1 Marat Safin.

Posted by Staff @ 10:24 pm in Asia, ATP, beijing | 93 Comments »