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Hardcourt Retrospective (ATP)

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

As the ATP tour descends with wrathful inevitability upon the clay of southern Europe and elsewhere – indeed the WTA has already made the switch – the time seems appropriate to look back at the prolonged hardcourt season just ended, the one that began in Atlanta last July, and concluded just a few days ago in Miami. [...]

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All On The Surface: What’s Happened To Miami?

March 27, 2013 By 7 Comments

From my current vantage in Melbourne – which is either an ocean and a continent away or fifteen hours in the future, depending on the direction – the Sony Open Tennis in Miami has lost some of its erstwhile burnish. There was a time when it was, if not necessarily the most polished of the [...]

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A Mighty Quartet: How Dominant Are the Big Four?

March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

With his victory at the Indian Wells Masters 1000, Rafael Nadal has contrived a brief return to the No.4 ranking, thereby granting men’s tennis a momentary break from the odd configuration whereby the Big Four aren’t its top four. At a stroke, Nadal has reasserted the validity of the Big Four as a concept, and [...]

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Federer v Nadal – An Old Rivalry

March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By James A. Crabtree Before, it was Laver and Rosewall, McEnroe and Borg, Agassi and Sampras. For the past year it’s been more about Djokovic and Murray. One hundred years from now the beginning of this millennium will be remembered for clashes shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The biggest headline in tennis once [...]

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Kirilenko’s Career Week

March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“So I’m just enjoying, you know, to play out there.” Perhaps Maria Kirilenko has enjoyed playing tennis under the scenic desert skies of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden just a bit too much. Kirilenko won her fourth consecutive three-set match at Indian Wells against Petra Kvitova on Wednesday, advancing to the semifinals of a WTA [...]

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Indian Wells, Where Character is Destiny

March 13, 2013 By 1 Comment

In the final analysis, I wonder if my desire to be surprised is outweighed by my desire to be right. Would I prefer the talented headcases to pull themselves together and grind out tough wins under pressure, or do I secretly relish seeing them cave in yet again, abject in a deciding tiebreaker after squandering [...]

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Interesting matches, lopsided score lines on day 7 in Indian Wells

March 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

In the early rounds of most tournaments, you can expect the main stadium matches to be blowouts. They generally feature low ranked players against the very best and often turn out to be some of the least interesting matches. Tuesday’s schedule featured third and fourth round matches on the main stadium, just about the right [...]

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Lucky 13: Ernests Gulbis’ win streak continues in Indian Wells

March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

It hasn’t been often over the last year that Ernests Gulbis has been faced with a room full of reporters after a match. More often than not, he’s been packing a bag and heading off to the next tournament. That’s how few and far between his wins had become. The 24 year old Latvian, whose [...]

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Mardy Fish has a triumphant return in Indian Wells

March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Mardy Fish walked on court Sunday for his first professional singles match in six months and eight days, his first match since beating Gilles Simon in the third round of the 2012 US Open. He was forced to withdraw from his US Open fourth round match against Roger Federer last September when the heart condition [...]

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ITF Release 2012 Testing Summary

March 10, 2013 By 2 Comments

By Lisa-Marie Burrows “Last year, through the Dubai, Rotterdam and Indian Wells swing where I won all three, I didn’t get tested once. That shouldn’t be OK.” At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Roger Federer once again shared his thoughts about doping and testing. He revealed that in 2012, there was a lack [...]

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