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What to Watch in the WTA This Week: Previews of Acapulco, Florianopolis, and Kuala Lumpur

February 24, 2013 By Chris Skelton Leave a Comment

While eight of the top ten men are active in the week before Indian Wells, only two of the top ten women have chosen live matches over practice sessions. Two clay tournaments in the Western Hemisphere accompany an Asian hard-court tournament as the last chance to reverse or extend momentum before the March mini-majors. Acapulco: [...]

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Fill Their Cups: Fed Cup World Group Quarterfinal Preview

February 8, 2013 By Chris Skelton Leave a Comment

One week after the 2013 Davis Cup began, Fed Cup starts with four ties hosted by European nations. We look ahead to what viewers can expect from the women’s national team competition. Having gone 7-1 in Davis Cup predictions, will our hot streak continue? Czech Republic vs. Australia: The first of the ties features the [...]

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Wizards of Oz (VI): Murray, Monfils, Kuznetsova, Stephens, and More on Australian Open Day 6

January 18, 2013 By Chris Skelton Leave a Comment

Our colleague James Crabtree will tell you everything that you want to know about the looming Federer-Tomic collision in a separate article, while we preview the other matches of note as the first week ends. ATP: Berankis vs. Murray (Rod Laver Arena): Recording his best performance to date here, Berankis cruised through his first two [...]

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Laura Robson Steps Up; Rafael Nadal Seizes the Clay — The Friday Five

January 18, 2013 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Stepping Stone Week one of the Aussie Open is not yet in the books, but already fans have been treated to some dramatic tennis. One of the most thrilling matches was Brit Laura Robson’s victory over No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova. Yes, Robson had already notched some big wins in her young [...]

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Kimiko Date-Krumm: The Finest Wine in Tennis

January 17, 2013 By David Kane Leave a Comment

Age restrictions on the WTA Tour have wrested dominance from the prepubescent prodigies of old. Week-to-week, players of all ages continue making their mark, all products of their generation. The young guns are fiery, full of determination. Those in their mid-twenties are methodical, but looking for a breakthrough or an escape after nearly a decade [...]

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Wizards of Oz (II): Murray, Tomic, Tsonga, Wozniacki, Kvitova, and More from Day 2

January 14, 2013 By Chris Skelton Leave a Comment

Our daily preview series continues with six matches from each Tour. ATP: Haase vs. Murray (Rod Laver Arena): When they met at the 2011 US Open, the underdog nearly stunned the Scot by building a two-set lead. Haase then won just six games over the last three sets as he continued a bizarre career trend [...]

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Mondays With Bob Greene: This is unbelievable, to be in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam

January 26, 2009 By Bob Greene 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 first week of the Australian Open.

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