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London Ready for Grand Tennis Finale

November 21, 2010 By 1 Comment

It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was dragging myself out of bed nice and early ready and eager for the Australian Open to kick off. Ten months later and the 2010 tennis season is ready to draw to a close. There is much talk at the moment about the shortening of the tennis [...]

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Dementieva’s Shock Retirement, Clijsters wins in Doha and ATP Finals Chase is on

November 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

*29-year-old world No. 9 Elena Dementieva has shocked the tennis world by announcing that she will retire from the sport following the WTA Championships in Doha. She reached the finals of the French and US Opens in 2004 as well as the semi finals in Australia (2009), Wimbledon (2008, 2009) and at the WTA Chmps. [...]

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Around the corner: Baghdatis is the top seed in New Haven

August 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Only a week to go before the final Grand Slam of 2010 and there is one last stop on the tour before we get to Flushing Meadows. This week offers the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven where Marcos Baghdatis is the number one seed. The ATP World Tour 250 level tourney offers some [...]

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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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Berdych, Nalbandian and Federer All Prevail At Rogers Cup

August 13, 2010 By 1 Comment

The day session has wrapped-up here at the Rogers Cup on Thursday and the tournament has been fortunate thus far to avoid any major upsets. While there have been some tense moments and momentum swings that could have progressed to that level, things are still on course for the anticipated Nadal/Murray and Djokovic/Federer semi-finals this [...]

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The LA Open Day Five

July 31, 2010 By 1 Comment

Quarterfinal day at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles and the big names were all tested. Querrey, the defending champion, not known for his ability to muster comebacks, and has yet to prove that he has the heart of a potential champion, looked to be on the brink of defeat against German senior citizen Rainer [...]

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Around the Corner: Clay Court Tennis in Stuttgart and Bastad

July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

With the short grass court season already over, the ATP Tour turns to a couple of clay court tournaments in Europe this week. Stuttgart: The chance at redemption to a multitude of players who have missed significant portions of the tennis season due to injury is offered at Stuttgart this year. Russian Nikolay Davydenko is [...]

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Venus Williams Suffers Ironic Loss At Wimbledon

June 30, 2010 By 2 Comments

American Venus Williams, who had made 8 of the previous 10 Wimbledon singles finals, learned a hard lesson about irony today at the All England Club. The number two ranked player in the world suffered a crushing defeat on the same day her book, “Come To Win” was released. A few hours after being knocked [...]

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AROUND THE CORNER: MEN READY FOR BATTLE IN INDIAN WELLS

March 10, 2010 By 1 Comment

Alright everybody it’s time again for some tennis that really matters at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Both the ATP and WTA Tour’s are in the house and that should make for a great week of coverage for our sport. This has always been a terrific event and it set the record [...]

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN MEN’S PREVIEW

January 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The first Grand Slam of 2010 is about to get started in Melbourne and with the draw announced we can now start to debate who will be crowned champion in two weeks time. Will it be someone from the usual suspects – a Federer or Nadal perhaps? Or will someone new like Fernando Verdasco or [...]

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