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Mondays With Bob Greene: Roger Federer sets historic record

July 6, 2009 By Bob Greene 3 Comments

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 second week of Wimbledon.

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Federer Ties Nastase; Soderling and Murray Also Win Tourney Titles

October 27, 2008 By Voo De Mar Leave a Comment

Roger Federer drew level with Ilie Nastase on 57 career titles after beating 6-3 6-4 David Nalbandian in the final between the Top two seeded players. Federer never faced a break point and won in Basel third straight year.

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Andy Murray Cruises Into Second Straight Final

October 26, 2008 By Voo De Mar Leave a Comment

Andy Murray has won 17 of his last 18 matches. In the Satursday’s semifinal British No. 1 demolished Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-3. Last year in the final Murray playing against Verdasco lost only two games more.

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Voo’s ATP Round-Up From Basel, Lyon and St. Pete

October 25, 2008 By Voo De Mar 1 Comment

Roger Federer after two difficult matches in early rounds, won easily his quarterfinal match against Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-2 6-3. “I’m very satisfied by how it went,” Federer said. “I tried to step up the pressure and so far that’s worked well.”

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Second Round Round-Up – Basel, Lyon, St. Pete!

October 24, 2008 By Voo De Mar Leave a Comment

Roger Federer hasn’t lost a set in 10 meetings against Jarkko Nieminen. The Finn was very close to win a set against former No. 1 this time. Nieminen had two set points at 5:3 in the first set, led 30-0 on serve in the next game and was 5:4 up on serve in the tie-break.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Andy Murray edges Novak Djokovic

August 4, 2008 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 the Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

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Dokic and Massu Take First Steps to Former Glory

May 14, 2008 By McCarton Ackerman 1 Comment

Last week on the challenger circuit, two former top 10 players struggling with injuries and motivation took their first real steps to reclaiming their former glory, while two players on the men’s side continued their hot streaks on the circuit.

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Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: Anna Chakvetadze, Anne Keothavong, Carsten Ball, Christophe Rochus, Fabrice Santoro, Gaels Monfils, Ivan Miranda, Jelena Dokic, Jir Vanek, Jorgelina Cravero, Ksenia Milevskaya, Lourdes Dominguez-Lino, Lucie Hradecka, Mariana Duque-Marino, Marion Bartoli, Melanie South, Nicolas Massu, Oscar Hernandez, Petra Cetkovska, Renata Voracova, Robert Kendrick, Samantha Smith, Santiago Ventura, Severine Bremond, Sofia Arvidsson, Teimuraz Gabashvili, Tetiana Luzhanska, Thomaz Bellucci, Tomoko Yonemura, Yan-Ze Xie, Yanina Wickmayer, Yen-Hsun Lu