By Maud Watson
Return of the Bull – Rafael Nadal says that he is planning to return to tennis in the desert at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event, the BNP Paribas Open. He states that his knee is healing nicely, and furthermore insists that he can return his body to peak physical condition. Nadal [...]
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By Maud Watson
The Real Deal – Kim Clijsters is quickly going on to prove that her dash to the US Open title was no fluke. In an exhibition match played earlier this week in her native Belgium, Clijsters once again defeated former world No. 1 Venus Williams. This time the Belgian secured an emphatic straight [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on November 27, 2009 · 1 Comment
It seems like only yesterday a sobbing Australian Open finalist Roger Federer had the critics convinced that his star was fading fast. But after an amazing summer that saw him complete the career Grand Slam as well as break Pete Sampras’ record for most Grand Slam singles titles
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Posted by Randy Walker on November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer hits the courts this week in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland for the Swiss Indoor Championships. Roger is the three-time defending champion at the event, but it was, at one time, an elusive title for him as it was not until 2006 that he won his first “hometown” title.
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Posted by Randy Walker on October 20, 2009 · 2 Comments
A religious fanatic disrupted play at a men’s professional tennis tournament October 20, walking on to the feature court and in front of a sell-out audience and preached about the evils of credit cards and of Satan before being escorted into the custody by local officials.
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Spain completed a 4-1 victory over Israel in the Davis Cup semifinals on Sunday, as the nations split a pair of dead singles rubbers following the clinching doubles victory for the defending champs on Saturday.
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Posted by Bob Greene on September 15, 2009 · 2 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 second week of the US Open.
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Posted by Bob Greene on September 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It’s official. The US Open will finish on a Monday – at the earliest. For the second year in a row, rain has played havoc to the final weekend of the US Open and has pushed the tournament into a third week.
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Team Lendl defeated Team King 24-16 in Overtime to win the first match of the US Open Champions Invitational today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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The Swiss star played up to his No. 1 ranking Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 for the Cincinnati Masters title and plenty of confidence heading into the Open, which he has won each of the last five years.
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