Top seed Dinara Safina faces Oliva Rogowska of Australia in the first round of the 2009 US Open. Safina and could face Virginie Razzano or Patty Schnyder in the fourth round.
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Posted by Bob Greene on August 17, 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 Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.
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Posted by Justin Cohen on August 13, 2009 · 2 Comments
Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters continued her remarkable comeback to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour with a second consecutive win over a Top 20 player, this time defeating world No. 20 Patty Schnyder.
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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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Posted by Randy Walker on March 27, 2009 · 1 Comment
Roger Federer and girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec announced this month that they will become parents for the first time later this year. Swiss tennis journalist Rene Stauffer details in his book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY, QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.rogerfedererbook.com) how the relationship between the two came into being at the 2000 Olympic Games.
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Posted by Randy Walker on March 4, 2009 · 2 Comments
Roger Federer is, of course, not on the Swiss Davis Cup team that will face the United States this week in Birmingham, Alabama. One player who is on the Swiss squad is Marco Chiudinelli, who is one of Federer’s closest childhood friends and rivals since the two were eight years old.
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Posted by Erwin on January 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Not a surprise, but the spring/summer 2009 adidas women’s competition line keeps low-key, staying with that bumblebee shade that we’ve been trying to expunge from the tennis palette for two years (Yonex is keeping adidas company during this sit-in).
Posted by Ricky Dimon on October 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer got his bid to capture a third straight title in Basel off to winning start on Tuesday, but not without a scare. American Bobby Reynolds took the second set in a tiebreaker, but Federer turned things around to prevail 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in one hour and 50 minutes.
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Posted by Ricky Dimon on October 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
With ATP Tour action really taking off this week at the Masters Series Madrid, the women are getting thoroughly overshadowed. It should not go unnoticed, however, that this week’s WTA event in Zurich, Switzerland boasts an outstanding field, especially considering the draw size is just 28.
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