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Many Players miss US Open through Injury, the Seeds are Named and Evert Praises Serena

August 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Clijsters out of US Open: “Unfortunately, I will not be able to defend my US Open title this year,” the Belgian said in a statement.  “Two weeks of rehab was not enough. Obviously I’m very disappointed. I trained very hard this summer and felt in a good shape to play. If a gradual approach is [...]

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Fish snaps Isner streak, Serena is back and Ivanovic nervous in loss

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Fish Win Snaps Isner Streak: John Isner’s loss to Mardy Fish in last week’s Atlanta Tennis Championships final, a repeat of the 2010 championship match, was his first in nine matches after his title win previously at Newport. Isner led 6-4 in the second-set tie-breake, but Fish put together a four-point streak to force a [...]

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Azarenka Collapses on Court: A Strange and Terrible Saga

September 1, 2010 By 1 Comment

So this article will be short today. I am in a foul mood.  I always had a thing for Victoria Azarenka ever since I watched her play at the Australian Open 2009. Watching YouTube videos and reading Fastscript interviews followed quickly after that to feed my infatuation. Every interview I could find of her, I [...]

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Elena Dementieva Returns…And Wins

July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos Games, Set and Match, Dementieva. These were the final words of Elena’s first match since Roland Garros where she was forced to retire due to a calf injury. She missed the entire grasscourt season including Wimbledon and was staging her comeback at Stanford drawing veteran Kimiko Date Krumm. It was a bitter [...]

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LARCHER DE BRITO DRAWS SERENA WILLIAMS

June 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos For the second year running Serena Williams will face a Portuguese in the first round of Wimbledon. Last year she met Neuza Silva, sailing 6-1 7-5 despite a close second set. This year she meets Michelle Larcher de Brito, arguably the best Portuguese player in the women’s tennis history. This is Larcher [...]

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Mondays With Bob Greene: It shows how important Andy is for the team

July 13, 2009 By 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 GDF Suez Grand Prix and the Davis Cup.

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Hitting The Books Or The Courts: Top American Players Weigh In

October 7, 2008 By 1 Comment

At this year’s US Open tennis championships, many of the top American junior players found themselves facing a pivotal fork in the road. Players including Asia Muhammed and Kristie Ahn, are now entering their junior and senior years of high school.

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Bucharest, Romania: Beware of Dracula!

September 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Mark Keil, senior tennis coach at Westboro Tennis and Swim Club outside of Boston, chats about the tour event in Bucharest, along with lovely Ljubijana, Slovenia.

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