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Sunday at the Sony: Sharapova, Serbs, and More

March 24, 2013 By 1 Comment

As the third round begins in the men’s draw, the women finish deciding who will reach the final sixteen at the Sony Open. Maria Sharapova vs. Elena Vesnina:  The world #2 has won 14 straight matches against fellow Russians, but she lost her last meeting with Vesnina in the fall of 2010.  An Indian Wells [...]

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Blake, Hewitt, McHale take part in Sony Open Lindt Kids’ Day

March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

MIAMI, FL (March 19, 2013) — More than 1500 children from Miami-Dade and Broward county public schools descended on the Sony Open today for the annual Lindt Kids’ Day. The children participated in a tennis clinic and received encouraging words from WTA doubles’ team Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones; as well as James Blake, Christina [...]

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Players Lounge Diary: A Look at the Intimate Side of the BNP Paribas Open

March 11, 2013 By 1 Comment

Lauren, sister of ATP pro tennis player Tim Smyczek, blogs from Indian Wells, CA as Tim competes at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open, and takes us through two typical days on Tour. By Lauren Smyczek Thurs, March 7th — 6:00 am Woke up this morning a bit later than usual during our stay here in Indian [...]

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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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Indian Wells Day 3: Sharapova, Kuznestova, Blake victorious

March 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Sharapova shows no mercy against fellow French Open champ Schiavone In what was seemingly one of the trickier second round match-ups, Maria Sharapova had no trouble beating veteran Francesca Schiavone 6-2 6-1, despite the cold, windy conditions to kick off her 2013 BNP Paribas Open campaign. Schiavone may not have been playing her best tennis, [...]

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LA Tennis Challenge brings fun with Djokovic, Sampras and the Bryan Bros

March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Rachel Bird, Special for Tennis Grandstand LOS ANGELES, CA (March 4, 2013) — With Southern California professional tennis on the decline, good friends Justin Gimelstob and Mardy Fish decided to do something about it. A year ago they were informed that the contract for the long-standing Farmers Classic at UCLA would not be renewed. [...]

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What to Watch in the ATP This Week: Previews of Dubai, Acapulco, and Delray Beach

February 25, 2013 By 1 Comment

One of the strongest  ATP 500 tournaments on the calendar, Dubai follows its Premier women’s event by hosting six of the top ten men in the first significant outdoor hard-court tournament since the Australian Open.  This tournament claims pride of place in our weekly preview, although events in Acapulco and Delray Beach also feature key [...]

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They said what?! Quotes from Day One of the US Open from Sharapova, Isner, Murray and others

August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic Tennis players are vocal by nature due to always being interviewed and probed by media, commentators and fans. So they make a lot of funny, quirky, quizzical and sometimes insightful comments. Here’s the roundup of the best player quotes from Day One of the U.S. Open. MARIA SHARAPOVA, on her stomach bug [...]

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Quotable quotes from the Citi Open: Haas, Fish, Stephens, Blake

August 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Citi Open tournament this week is full of opinionated and versatile players with the press conferences producing some memorable moments. Check out some of the intriguing, honest and fun quotes from players Mardy Fish, James Blake, Sloane Stephens, Coco Vandeweghe, Tommy Haas and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova as they talk about the Olympics, [...]

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Popcorn tennis: lets, winners and aces from Thursday at the Citi Open

August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic A quick report on the happenings and results of the Citi Open including winners, wildcards, aces and overrules of various events around the grounds. Major Hold: We’ve all by now heard about Sam Querrey’s great comeback to catapult up the rankings to world No. 38 after being outside of the top 100 [...]

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