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Don’t rain on my parade – A US Open report

September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Cynthia Lum Imagine Barbara Streisand belting out ” Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on my parade”, that’s how we’re feeling  out here at Flushing Meadow. They’ve just made the announcement that all play will be canceled for today.  I need to go out and get some “rain” photos.  Trying to juggle an [...]

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Caroline Wozniacki takes on the press at WTA All – Access

August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The New Haven Open main draw began on Sunday at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale. As is tradition, the WTA held it’s “All-Access” Hour roundtables with some of the top seeds. They included World No. 1 Caroline Woznacki from Denmark, World No. 5 Li Na from China and No.9 France’s Marion Bartoli. Normally at [...]

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It’s Sam Stosur versus Serena Williams in the finals of the Rogers Cup 2011

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Agnieska Radwanska’s attempt to go on a Novak Djokovic-like winning streak came to an end today at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. After nine consecutive victories she was defeated today by 10th seeded Samantha Stosur 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Broken three times in the first set it was a tough-go for Radwanska initially. She had not [...]

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Serena Williams takes hard fought victory, Radwanska wins versus Petkovic while Stosur edges Vinci – A Rogers Cup quarterfinals wrap up

August 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With both the men’s and women’s tournaments running simultaneously in Canada this year, members of the media had to make some big decisions about how to cover this virtually combined event for the first time. I had planned ahead of time to do the first half in Montreal watching the men and then to transition [...]

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Roger Federer and John Isner pictorial from the Rogers Cup Montreal 2011

August 12, 2011 By 1 Comment

Even though Roger Federer and John Isner are already out of the Rogers Cup 2011, we just couldn’t keep these great photos from you. John Isner lost to Viktor Troicki in the second round in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 2-6 while Roger Federer lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round in three sets as [...]

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Roger Federer makes triumphant return at the Rogers Cup

August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Tennis fans in Montreal were in-store for a great day on Wednesday with the world’s top three players slated to hit Centre Court. Everyone was wondering how Djokovic, Nadal and Federer would respond after such a long layoff. Would there be any upsets as we saw yesterday with Andy Murray? In the opening match of [...]

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Andy Murray crashes out on day two of Rogers Cup

August 10, 2011 By 1 Comment

Two-time defending champion Andy Murray was sent packing in his opening match at the Rogers Cup by big-serving Kevin Anderson of South Africa. Anderson pulled off the second top-ten victory of his career with relative ease as he advanced by a score of 6-3, 6-1 in only one hour and nine minutes. Blame it on [...]

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An Ivo Karlovic interview

August 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Q: Today’s match against Monaco must be a big confidence boost the way you’ve been struggling lately. Are you hoping this is going to turn the season around for you? A:Yes, I mean in the last few months you know it wasn’t easy because I was losing a lot. I was also losing my confidence. [...]

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Juan Martin Del Potro refuses to speculate on facing Novak Djokovic

August 9, 2011 By 1 Comment

Day one from the Rogers Cup offered up some quality first round matches in Montreal. Some were able to meet expectations while others did not. Falling into the category of the latter would be David Nalbandian against 16th seeded Stanislas Wawrinka. While the world’s second ranked Swiss player held a solid 5-3 record against Nalbandian [...]

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No doubles team up between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at this year’s Rogers Cup – Around the corner

August 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

After a five week hiatus from the ATP World Tour, the superstars of the circuit are ready to make their presence felt as the Rogers Cup in Montreal is set to begin play on Monday. Newly crowned number one Novak Djokovic was on site Saturday for a brief media appearance alongside Rafael Nadal to christen, [...]

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