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Up for the Cup! First-Round Davis Cup World Group Preview

February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Eight first-round Davis Cup ties unfold around the world this weekend.  We discuss the key players and themes that might emerge from each of them. Canada vs. Spain:  Without any of their top three men, Davis Cup Goliath Spain finds itself at a surprising disadvantage when it travels to the western coast of North America.  [...]

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The Spanish Inquisition

January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – It is difficult to fathom how hard Nicholas Almagro strikes the ball. He glares with the eyes of a temperamental bull, but hits with the [...]

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Davis Cup party in Prague; Rafael Nadal’s great unknown — The Friday Five

November 23, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Maud Watson Party in Prague When it comes to the elite team competition in tennis, 2012 will forever be remembered as the year of the Czechs. Tomas Berdych and Petra Kvitova got the ball rolling with their victory run at the Hopman Cup in January, and they played their parts in helping the Czech [...]

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Le Grinder- Some Appreciation for David Ferrer

November 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by James A. Crabtree David Ferrer has been an elite top ten player for a considerable amount of time. He has made four grand slam semi-finals and won three Davis Cup titles for Spain. He has also won eighteen career titles and leads the 2012 tour with titles won in Paris, Valencia , Bastad , [...]

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Life after tennis for Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters and Juan Carlos Ferrero?

September 15, 2012 By 1 Comment

by James A. Crabtree Former grand slam champions Andy Roddick and Kim Clijsters are retired. Now add 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero (well, after Valencia in October) to the list that has seen Fernando González and Ivan Ljubicic call it quits in 2012. An era of big names and equally big characters is [...]

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Americans Serena Williams and John Isner shine — The Friday Five

April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson In the Zone Serena Williams was firing on all cylinders last week in Charleston, which wasn’t just bad news for the rest of the field – it was devastating. Serena showed no mercy as she demolished her opponents en route to the title, dropping a grand total of just three games in [...]

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What’s to come for Novak Djokovic and Agnieszka Radwanska? — The Friday Five

April 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Brain Over Brawn Unfortunately for Maria Sharapova, “Aga” Radwanska wasn’t “back in Poland” this past Saturday.  Instead, she stood across the net and ultimately proved too much for the lanky Russian to handle in the Miami final.  In what was a classic triumph of brain over brawn, Radwanska used everything in her [...]

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Andrei Pavel vs the Romanian Tennis Federation: Top Romanian players boycott Davis Cup

April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Davis Cup is set to begin this weekend as the USA takes on France, Spain hosts Austria, the Czech Republic welcomes Serbia, and Croatia visits Argentina. But what of the smaller countries battling it out for a chance to be in the World Group one day? Tennis Grandstand photographer Rick Gleijm was on hand at [...]

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Janko Tipsarevic on Davis Cup, his DJing career, and His Serbian Teammates

March 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Current world #9 Janko Tipsarevic is a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court, having finally won his first two titles on the ATP Tour last year. The Serb helped his country win the Davis Cup last year and credits his teammates as his best friends. I had the chance to chat with [...]

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Azarenka Takes Hold of WTA; Federer as Strong as Ever — The Friday Five

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Answering the Call After the 2011 WTA season saw a slew of different winners (including three first-time Grand Slam champions), there was a real question as to whether or not there was a candidate who could muster some staying power at the top of the game.  It would appear that at the [...]

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