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

February 25, 2013 By Chris Skelton 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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The Week Ahead in the ATP: Rotterdam, San Jose, Sao Paulo

February 11, 2013 By Chris Skelton 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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Wizards of Oz (I): Australian Open Day 1 Preview

January 13, 2013 By Chris Skelton 1 Comment

While some of the stars opening play in Melbourne should encounter little resistance, others might want to tread carefully. We look at some of the most notable matches on Day 1 from Rod Laver Arena to the outer courts. Chang vs. Stosur (Rod Laver Arena): A flustered bundle of nerves on home soil, Stosur has [...]

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Sharapova Survives Watson Scare as Federer Grumbles Through

August 30, 2011 By Leigh Sanders Leave a Comment

With the sight of Petra Kvitova crashing out fresh in her memory Maria Sharapova took to the court against British teenager Heather Watson hoping that she could curb the early seed rot on day one. The 2006 US Open winner looked all at sea throughout much of the first set as the 19-year-old from Guernsey [...]

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Roger Federer sails into the next – US Open day 1

August 30, 2011 By Mike McIntyre Leave a Comment

The final Grand Slam of the year got underway on Monday in New York and with hurricane Irene no longer looming, the tournament was able to get through all of its scheduled matches. On the men’s side we saw third seeded Roger Federer advance with relative ease against clay-court specialist Santiago Giraldo in straight sets [...]

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Davis Cup: Colombian Color Coordination

September 20, 2010 By Erwin Ong Leave a Comment

Babolat and Li Ning did a wonderful job bringing together the Colombian Davis Cup as they host the USA at the World Group Play-offs this weekend in Bogota. Santiago Giraldo defeated Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4, 7-5, in the second rubber and is now serving at 6-5 in the fifth set against Mardy Fish. (The Americans [...]

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We Really Need a New Davis Cup Logo

September 19, 2010 By Erwin Ong Leave a Comment

It’s too plain and generic (hmm… just like the guy wearing it?). North and South: The American team (Mardy Fish, Sam Querrey, John Isner, and Ryan Harrison) hopes to overcome the clay courts in Bogota as they go up against the Colombians (led by Santiago Giraldo and Alejandro Falla) in the Davis Cup World Group [...]

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Player Bounces Racquet Over Fence, Where It Gets Stuck!

September 1, 2010 By Stephane Carter Leave a Comment

Santiago Giraldo of Colombia was involved in a very unusual circumstance in his first-round US Open match Tuesday against Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Playing on Court No. 7 at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center, Giraldo was disgusted in his play, trailing two sets to love and a service break in the third [...]

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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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Marat Safin Beats Defending Champion Nikolay Davydenko

October 11, 2008 By Voo De Mar Leave a Comment

Moscow-born player Marat Safin ousted the defending champion Nikolay Davydenko 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 after 2 hours 28 minutes. Davydenko was serving to win the first set at 6:5 and was two points away from taking the set in the tie-break.

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