Posted by Bob Greene on February 2, 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 second week of the Australian Open.
Filed under Lead Story, Mondays with Bob Greene · Tagged with Ai Sugiyama, Alexandra Krunic, Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas, Alja Tomljanovic, Andy Ram, Andy Roddick, Benjamin Becker, Bob Bryan, Carla Suarez, Christina McHale, Daniela Hantuchova, David Wagner, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Esther Vergeer, Francis Casey Alcantara, Gustavo Kuerten, Heilbronn Open, Hsieh Cheng-Peng, Jelena Dokic, Jimmy Connors, Juan Martin del Potro, Karol Beck, Korie Homan, Ksenia Pervak, Laura Robson, Mahesh Bhupathi, Marcos Baghdatis, Marion Bartoli, Mark Knowles, Mike Bryan, Mikhal Biryukov, Nathalie Dechy, Novak Djokovic, Patrick Rafter, Peter Norfolk, Radmilo Armenulic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Sandra Zaniewska, Sania Mirza, Serena Williams, Shingo Kunieda, Stephane Houdet, Venus Williams, Yasutaka Uchiyama, Yuki Bhambri
With Roland Garros qualifying taking place, this was a quiet week on the challenger circuit. The relatively weak draws allowed two players primarily competing on the futures circuit, George Bastl and Nina Bratchikova, to break through and score much needed challenger victories.
Filed under The Circuit - McCarton Ackerman · Tagged with Angela Haynes, Erika Takao, George Bastl, Go Soeda, Jin-A Lee, Junri Namigata, Ksenia Pervak, Kyra Nagy, Nina Bratchikova, Pavel Snobel, Pete Sampras, Roland Garros, Yen-Hsun Lu
