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UP IN THE AIR WITH JIM COURIER

March 31, 2010 By 1 Comment

Being a tennis player means a lot of traveling.  You get to see many interesting places and collect Airmiles. Maybe some tennis players are just like Ryan Bingham from Up in the air and try to collect 10 million miles. Who knows? The life of a tennis player however is not always glamorous. Jim Courier [...]

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SAFIN ARRIVES IN RIO

March 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Marat Safin will make his debut on the Champions Series tennis circuit Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Safin, who retired from the ATP World Tour last fall, opens against Wayne Ferreira in the eight-player event. Safin, who turned 30 in February, is the favorite to win the event, titled the Banco Cruzeiro do Sul [...]

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Chang And Enqvist To Clash In Final

September 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Michael Chang and Thomas Enqvist booked their places in the final of the Jean-Luc Lagardere Trophy in Paris on Saturday after both men won their final group matches to finish unbeaten at the top of their respective groups.

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ATP Champions Tour Barcelona – Mantilla Completes Emotional Comeback After Cancer Recovery

April 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Felix Mantilla completed an emotional comeback just two years after recovering from skin cancer as he became the first player in history to win an ATP Champions Tour and an ATP World Tour title in Barcelona. In the final of the Champions Cup on Sunday, Mantilla beat Albert Costa 6-4, 6-1.

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ATP Champions Tour Barcelona: Pioline Rolls On In The Rain

April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Cedric Pioline continued where he left off at The Masters Tennis in London last December by ignoring the storm clouds to thrash Michael Stich 6-1, 6-2 at the first ATP Champions event of the year in Barcelona on Thursday.

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Mondays with Bob Greene: It is not crucial that we immediately get Nadal, Federer or Murray to play

December 8, 2008 By 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 BlackRock Masters in London.

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Pioline topples Sampras at last and meets Rusedski in final

December 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Cedric Pioline recorded an historic win against Pete Sampras on Saturday afternoon to reach the final of the BlackRock Masters Tennis. The Frenchman had never previously beaten Sampras in nine attempts, but he produced some explosive tennis to topple the American 7-6(7), 7-6(5).

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Sampras beats Bates to set up winner-take-all Pioline showdown

December 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment

In a match that lasted just over an hour, Sampras was pushed to a second set tie break before eventually triumphing 6-3, 7-6(3) against an opponent nine years his senior. After the match, Sampras admitted he hadn’t been expecting to be pushed as hard as he was.

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Win over McEnroe gives Pioline chance for Sampras revenge

December 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Pioline, 39, put in an impressive display of serving to record a 6-3, 6-4 victory over McEnroe in front of a packed crowd of nearly 4000 fans. The Frenchman took just one hour and 15 minutes to beat his American opponent 6-3, 6-4 and now moves into first position in Group B. On Saturday, he will face Sampras, the man he lost to in the 1993 US Open final and the 1997 Wimbledon final. If Pioline wins, Sampras will be going home empty-handed.

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Sampras beats ‘best ever’ McEnroe on London return

December 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Pete Sampras received a rapturous, hero’s welcome in his first appearance on English soil in six years as he defeated John McEnroe 6-3, 6-4 at the BlackRock Masters Tennis in London. In the opinion of Sampras, McEnroe played the best tennis he has ever produced against the seven-time Wimbledon champion, but it still wasn’t enough to slay the younger of the two Americans at the Royal Albert Hall.

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