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Isner’s struggles continue with loss to Hewitt

March 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“Not great.” That’s how John Isner described his season to date in press on Saturday after losing his opening match 7-6, 3-6, 4-6 to Lleyton Hewitt. After today’s defeat, Isner has a 6-6 win/loss record for the 2013 season thus far. After the Indian Wells event last year, the American had a 14-5 record and [...]

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Biggest Fashion Disasters at the 2013 BNP Paribas Open

March 9, 2013 By 1 Comment

We’ve all been there: worn something that we wish we hadn’t, only to have pictures of our mistake permanently ingrained on Facebook to haunt us for the rest of our lives. Well, tennis players face the same predicament — just on a much grander scale. This week at the BNP Paribas Open, we’ve seen some unfortunate apparel [...]

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No Mirage Are These Four: ATP Indian Wells Draw Preview

March 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

For the first time since Wimbledon 2012, all of the Big Four convene at the same tournament.  We take a detailed look at a balanced Indian Wells ATP draw. First quarter:  Twice a champion at Indian Wells, Djokovic brings a perfect 2013 record to the desert following titles at the Australian Open and Dubai.  Having [...]

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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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Why Won’t John Isner Play on Clay?

February 20, 2013 By 4 Comments

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg John Isner is honestly baffling as a player. He has probably the best serve in the world. It is certainly one of the biggest, it is quite accurate, and his height allows him to do things with it that most others can’t. Even when compared to similar players like Milos Raonic or [...]

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What to Watch in the ATP This Week: Previews of Marseille, Memphis, and Buenos Aires

February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

  While none of the ATP tournaments this week enjoys a field of the pedigree that the WTA has produced in Dubai, the 250 tournament in Marseille features every member of the top ten’s lower half.  We start with that event in our weekly preview, following it with the technically more significant tournament in Memphis [...]

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The Week Ahead in the ATP: Rotterdam, San Jose, Sao Paulo

February 11, 2013 By 1 Comment

Like last week, the upcoming ATP slate features two European tournaments on indoor hard courts and a South American tournament on outdoor red clay.  Only one of the Big Four participated in last week’s action, but this week his archrival returns to the spotlight as well. Rotterdam:  Back in action for the first time since [...]

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Rafael Nadal Happy and in Charge — The Friday Five

February 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Happy Returns Rafael Nadal’s comeback officially commenced earlier this week in Chile, and it’s already been a success with the Spaniard winning both his opening doubles and single matches by identical score lines of 6-3 and 6-2. There were a few anxious moments at the start of his singles match. Nadal had [...]

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USA-Brazil Davis Cup Reflections

February 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

If the USA wins a hotly contested, live, fifth rubber against Brazil, and no one’s there to see it, did it still happen? This past weekend’s first round Davis Cup tie is a fine example of why you can never count on anything in tennis. On paper, the USA should’ve had no trouble dispatching the Brazilians. Not [...]

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Five Comments About Davis Cup

February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Tennis, at heart, is not the most complicated of human endeavours, and the number of things one can usefully say about it is limited. The trick (though sadly not always the goal) for those determined to talk about it at all is to say the same things in interesting ways. Even so, there are limits. [...]

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