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Serena Williams takes hard fought victory, Radwanska wins versus Petkovic while Stosur edges Vinci – A Rogers Cup quarterfinals wrap up

August 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With both the men’s and women’s tournaments running simultaneously in Canada this year, members of the media had to make some big decisions about how to cover this virtually combined event for the first time. I had planned ahead of time to do the first half in Montreal watching the men and then to transition [...]

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Schiavone Wins Worst Match of the Day: 2010 US Open Opening Day

August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Francesca Schiavone, the No. 6 seed and reigning French Open champion, defeated Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-1, 6-0 in 58 minutes in the WORST MATCH OF THE DAY of Day One at the 2010 US Open. Schiavone won each set in 29 minutes in the opening match on the Grandstand court. If you waited on [...]

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Top Four Players Advance to Rogers Cup Semi-Finals

August 14, 2010 By 1 Comment

The top four players in the world took to the court today in Toronto offering fans a terrific line-up of ATP action. By the end of the day, they did not disappoint. During the day session reality set for David Nalbandian as his career best win streak was halted at eleven. Beaten with ease by [...]

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Nadal & Djokovic To Play Doubles: Are You Kidding Me?

August 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

The song ‘Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’ was unfortunately the most over-played tune from Sunday in Toronto as the Rogers Cup was forced to deal with plenty of precipitation as the qualifying tournament approached its end. The first match of the day on Centre Court between Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan and Marius Copil [...]

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Legg Mason QFs: Press Conferences & Analysis of Berdych, Verdasco, Baghdatis, Nalbandian

August 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s quarterfinals Friday here at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC and the last eight singles players were all in action today vying for a spot in the semifinals. Two upsets were in full-effect as we saw the #1 seed Tomas Berdych go down as well as #3 seed Fernando Verdasco. The first [...]

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Chang And Enqvist To Clash In Final

September 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Michael Chang and Thomas Enqvist booked their places in the final of the Jean-Luc Lagardere Trophy in Paris on Saturday after both men won their final group matches to finish unbeaten at the top of their respective groups.

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From Slam Finals To First Round Losses…In Qualifying; Gaudio, Clement Crash Out

August 27, 2009 By 6 Comments

On a scorching Wednesday afternoon, 2004 Roland Garros champion Gaston Gaudio, and 2001 Australian Open finalist Arnaud Clement crumbled in the heat, falling to little-known players in uninspired first round losses.

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