Posted by Mike McIntyre on January 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The first Grand Slam of 2010 is about to get started in Melbourne and with the draw announced we can now start to debate who will be crowned champion in two weeks time. Will it be someone from the usual suspects – a Federer or Nadal perhaps? Or will someone new like Fernando Verdasco or [...]
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Posted by Mike McIntyre on January 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The 2010 Australian Open officially begins on Monday but important matches have already begun in the qualifying draw.
The 128-player draw will work its way down to a fortunate group of 16 players who will advance to the main draw of the tournament.
Seeded first in the qualifying draw is Xavier Malisse of Belgium who advanced to [...]
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Posted by Voo De Mar on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Richard Gasquet and Leonardo Mayer had salient wins on the opening day of the MediBank International in Sydney Monday. Gasquet, in his full comeback from battling cocaine drug charges last year, beat Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 6-4, while Mayer saved two match points in beating Igor Andreev 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(4).
Gasquet extended his head-to-head record to 5-0 [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on October 29, 2009 · 1 Comment
Robin Soderling is a doubt for the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England, after the world No. 10 was forced to withdraw from his semifinal in Stockholm against Cyprus’ Marcos Bagdhatis with an elbow injury.
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Posted by Bob Greene on September 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Open de Moselle and Hansol Korea Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on August 31, 2009 · 5 Comments
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Pilot Penn and the EmblemHealth Bronx Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Bank of the West Classic and the Countrywide Classic LA Tennis Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on July 13, 2009 · 3 Comments
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the GDF Suez Grand Prix and the Davis Cup.
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One of the many charms of Wimbledon is the numerous tabloid headlines and storylines during The Championships. Back on this day, June 26, in 2000, the U.K.’s Daily Mail labeled Vince Spadea as the “World’s Biggest Loser” after he finally broke his ATP record 20-match losing streak in the first round of Wimbledon, beating Britain’s Greg Rusedski in the first round.
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Posted by Bob Greene on June 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Aegon International and the Ordina Open.
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