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Ryan Harrison Talks Roger Federer, His Expectation to Win, and Why He Doesn’t Set Goals

March 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ryan Harrison nearly forced a third set against Roger Federer today at the Sony Ericsson Open, but the Swiss prevailed 6-2, 7-6(3) in just under one-and-a-half hours on court. In his post-match press conference, Harrison talked about his expectation to win every match, why he doesn’t set ranking or tournament performance goals, and Federer’s renewed authority [...]

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Murray Applies the Heat in Flushing Meadows…

September 1, 2010 By 2 Comments

Despite looking suspiciously like Jasper, the dashing vampire from the Twilight films, Slovakian, Lukas Lacko failed to draw blood against an impressive Andy Murray amidst the blistering heat of a New York afternoon, losing 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in just under two hours. Murray used his typical variety of shot to gain two break points with [...]

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RODDICK OVERCOMES LLODRA IN TESTING ENCOUNTER

June 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Ritesh Gupta Witnessing a contrasting duel where one thrives on pace while the other seldom offers the same is something one hardly comes across in the men’s tennis today. Deft touches, exchanges at the net, pulsating half-volleys…all this is a treat to watch especially on the hallowed courts at Wimbledon. Such contrasting style of [...]

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KIRILENKO EXITS BUT NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT

May 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos Sad day today at Roland Garros as beautiful Maria Kirilenko says goodbye to the singles’ tournament. She went down to Franny Schiavone 6-4 6-4 but it was a great match to watch! Maria can play every shot in the book and we got to see some great volleys and dropshots today from [...]

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BRYAN BROTHERS ROCK-AND-ROLL ON – AND OFF – THE COURT

May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Bryan Brothers equalled the Open Era doubles record of the Australian Woodies, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodford on Sunday by securing their 61st victory of their careers in the Madrid Masters doubles final. The telepathic twins beat world No. 1 pair, Daniel Nestor and partner Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-4 in a final lasting only [...]

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DAVYDENKO’S LONGEST WIN STREAK; TSONGA’S FIRST FIVE-SETTER; FEDERER’S HEWITT RIVALRY IS EPIC

January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

* Nikolay Davydenko has been on a tear of late and now it is officially the best run of his career. The Russian’s almost four-hour 6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-3 win over Fernando Verdasco Monday in the Australian Open fourth round was 13th win in a row, besting his previous best ATP winning streak of [...]

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Federer and Hewitt Rewind

September 4, 2009 By 1 Comment

Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt will meet in an epic third round match up at the 2009 US Open in a battle of former champions. Rene Stauffer, the author of book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION.

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Kendrick crashes out to Haas in US Open

September 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Coming into the US Open, Fresno native Robert Kendrick hoped to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, but his dreams were cut short on Thursday morning.

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Kops-Jones Loses In Opening Round at US Open

September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The US Open is where Fresno native Raquel Kops-Jones first burst into the spotlight last year, but she bowed out quietly this year in a surprising first round loss.

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Karlovic stuns Monfils in Cincinnati; Ljubicic, Ferrer, Safin advance

August 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Croatian serving machine Ivo Karlovic smashed 21 aces en route to dismissing No. 13 seed Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(2), in two hours and 10 minutes on Monday afternoon to advance to the second round at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.

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