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The ATP Quarterly Review

April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By James A. Crabtree   So it’s April and that means two things. The first quarter of the year is over and the European clay court season is about to begin. So what have we learned? Well, rather a lot. December 2012 The beginning of the tennis year started in December 2012. With this the [...]

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Milos Raonic Leads Canada to an Historic Davis Cup Victory over Spain

February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Milos Raonic won both of his singles matches, including earning the winning point on Sunday, to send Canada into the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas  World Group quarter-finals for the first time in the country’s history this weekend after defeating top-ranked Spain 3-2 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver. With Canada entering [...]

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The Spanish Inquisition

January 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – It is difficult to fathom how hard Nicholas Almagro strikes the ball. He glares with the eyes of a temperamental bull, but hits with the [...]

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Le Grinder- Some Appreciation for David Ferrer

November 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by James A. Crabtree David Ferrer has been an elite top ten player for a considerable amount of time. He has made four grand slam semi-finals and won three Davis Cup titles for Spain. He has also won eighteen career titles and leads the 2012 tour with titles won in Paris, Valencia , Bastad , [...]

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10 Reasons to be Excited for Davis Cup Weekend

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The time has come!  While Andrea has done a great job breaking down the World Group match-ups, I thought I’d spell out for you the specific reasons why you should set your alarm for 5AM, skip work, cancel all of your social plans, and dedicate your entire Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to the wonder that [...]

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Previewing the Davis Cup World Group First Round

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There’s always a tennis lull for a week or two after a Grand Slam. How many of you were really paying attention to what happened in Zagreb or Montpellier or Viña del Mar? Tell the truth, do you even know where Viña del Mar is? Well, perk up, Davis Cup weekend is coming up. It’s [...]

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Nadal Edges Del Potro Giving Spain the Victory – Live from the Davis Cup

December 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl Being at a Davis Cup Finals tie is unlike any other tennis experience I have ever personally been a part of. In addition to the players coming together to represent their countries, another personality is often on court with them: the crowd. The Davis Cup crowd during the Spain versus Argentina final [...]

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Ferrer Wins Thriller as Nadal Schools Monaco – Live from the Davis Cup

December 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Stephanie Neppl Words won’t do justice to try and convey what the atmosphere of a Davis Cup Final feels like. Even an hour before play started at Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on Friday afternoon, the Argentinean and Spanish chants had begun and they would only intensify through the day and what would become a [...]

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Argentina Could Evade Underdog Status in the Davis Cup Final

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It wasn’t so long ago that players from Argentina dominated the ATP rankings, with Guillermo Canas, Guillermo Coria, Gaston Gaudio, Mariano Puerta and David Nalbandian all spending time in the top 10. The only one of those players still active today is Nalbandian, and he’s going for something again that he and his compatriots weren’t [...]

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Player Bounces Racquet Over Fence, Where It Gets Stuck!

September 1, 2010 By 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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