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US Open – Day 1 Recap

September 1, 2009 By Mike McIntyre Leave a Comment

No shocking upsets on day one at the U.S. Open in New York, although there very nearly was. Third seeded American Venus Williams nearly suffered her first loss ever in the opening round at Flushing Meadows against VeraDushevina of Russia before winning 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-3.

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Serena opens defense with 6-4, 6-1 win over Glatch

August 31, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 2 Comments

Williams entered Monday’s play ranked second in the world behind Dinara Safina, even though Williams has won the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year and Safina is without a Grand Slam title.

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US Fed Cup Team Members Alexa Glatch And Vania King, USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion Christina McHale Among 2009 US Open Wild Card Recipients

August 20, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 6 Comments

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 20, 2009 – The USTA announced today that Gail Brodksy (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Mallory Cecil (Spartanburg, S.C.), Alexa Glatch (Newport Beach, Calif.), Vania King (Long Beach, Calif.), Christina McHale (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Olivia Rogowska (Australia) will join former US Open Champion Kim Clijsters (Belgium) as main draw wild cards [...]

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I’ve had good times and bad times

June 15, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 Aegon Classic and the Gerry Weber Open.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Rafa is playing even more aggressively this year

April 27, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and the Bulgarian Open.

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Mashona Washington Breaks Through in Carson

June 3, 2008 By McCarton Ackerman Leave a Comment

Last week on the challenger circuit, one player moved closer to showing her former top 50 form, while two players on the men’s side won their second challenger titles of the year.

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