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Navratilova Edges Evert to win Australian Title – On this day in Tennis History

December 7, 2010 By 1 Comment

With tennis being in its off-season – wait, tennis has an off-season? – we thought we would give you daily content courtesy of Randy Walker’s book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, so you can have your daily tennis fix. ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), makes for an ideal companion [...]

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Clijsters and Venus Serve up Spectacular

September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Well, given Venus’ penchant for a double fault last night I’m not too sure if that is the correct title. Fans of beautiful tennis may not have been heavily impressed by the first two and a half sets but those who appreciate sheer guts and determination would have been gripped to their TV sets like [...]

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Murray Gets Wimbledon Revenge on Nadal

August 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Andy Murray enjoyed a little post-Wimbledon revenge on Saturday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto as he handled world number one Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the finals. Murray played as crisp tennis as I’ve seen from him since the Australian Open in January and appeared composed and prepared from the very opening [...]

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Federer Defeats Djokovic to Advance to Rogers Cup Final

August 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

While it wasn’t quite as dramatic as his match last night against Tomas Berdych, Roger Federer still required three sets to narrowly dispose of Novak Djokovic tonight at the Rogers Cup. Federer defeated Djokovic 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the finals where he will meet defending champion Andy Murray. To say that one player [...]

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Legg Mason QFs: Press Conferences & Analysis of Berdych, Verdasco, Baghdatis, Nalbandian

August 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s quarterfinals Friday here at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC and the last eight singles players were all in action today vying for a spot in the semifinals. Two upsets were in full-effect as we saw the #1 seed Tomas Berdych go down as well as #3 seed Fernando Verdasco. The first [...]

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Day 4 of Legg Mason – Fish, Verdasco & Malisse Press Conferences, Tipsarevic’s DNA, Friendships on Tour

August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Another day has set on the Legg Mason Tennis Classic and with it we find a quickly diminishing field as only the best players move through. Two seeded Frenchman, Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau, crashed out but the rest of the seeds prevailed. Let’s catch up on the day’s happenings around the grounds and on [...]

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STOSUR SURGES AT ROLAND GARROS

May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Blair Henley A surging Sam Stosur took out four-time French Open champion and No. 22 seed Justine Henin 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Monday, snapping the Belgian’s streak of 24 straight matches won at Roland Garros. “My nerves were simply not strong enough today,” Henin explained. “I felt very nervous, very upset, which is normally [...]

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MURRAY REPEATS WIMBLEDON COMEBACK

May 25, 2010 By 1 Comment

By Melina Harris At two sets to love down to Richard Gasquet in the first round of the French Open on a balmy court Suzanne Lenglen Monday, Andy Murray must have taken heart from his thrilling comeback against the young Frenchman at Wimbledon in 2008, when at two sets to love down, Centre Court erupted [...]

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ROGER FEDERER AND RAFAEL NADAL PICTORIAL AT THE MADRID OPEN

May 14, 2010 By 1 Comment

And he does it again. Ralf Reinecke managed to capture two of the best players in the world on cam in Madrid.  Earlier this week an interview with Roger Federer it was like he was giving Rafael Nadal a subtle swipe about his clay court dominance. The interview was on Gototennis.com and Federer has the [...]

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WOMEN FALL LIKE DOMINOS IN MADRID

May 11, 2010 By 1 Comment

The clay courts of the Madrid Open have provided some shock exits in the first round this week, with Justine Henin, Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova falling like dominos to the dismay of tournament chairman Manuel Santana, who breathed a sigh of relief as top seed Serena Williams managed to survive a match [...]

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