Posted by Randy Walker on September 18, 2009 · 1 Comment
Ivo Karlovic of Croatia smashed the all-time match ace record Friday, firing an incredible 78 aces – 19 more than the previous record – in his epic five-set marathon loss to Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the opening match of the Croatia vs. Czech Republic Davis Cup semifinal in Porec, Croatia.
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Posted by Randy Walker on June 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
What was Roger Federer’s most devastating loss at the French Open? Some would say the 2008 final, when he was dominated by Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. Another candidate would be his 2003 first-round loss to Luis Horna.
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Posted by Randy Walker on July 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer will face Croatia’s Mario Ancic in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon. It has been well-documented that in the first round of Wimbledon in 2002 that Ancic, an 18-year-old qualifier, defeated the much-hyped Federer, one year removed from his titanic fourth-round upset of Pete Sampras.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on May 20, 2008 · 2 Comments
This week’s links post is all about the pictures of Rome, Berlin and more…
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Posted by Randy Walker on April 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Roger Federer’s 2008 season continues this week as the world’s No. 1 plays for the first time at the clay-court event in Estoril, Portugal and with the services of a new coach – Jose Higueras
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Posted by Bob Greene on April 7, 2008 · 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 second week of the Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, and other happenings around the game.
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on April 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Chris Rogers shows his photos. Venus and Serena Williams could be banned from playing Miami and former Federer coach Lundgren quits the English Davis Cup team.
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