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Roland Garros Rewind: Monfils Stuns, Nadal Survives, Sharapova and Radwanska Cruise

May 27, 2013 By 1 Comment

Welcome back to your daily review of the studs and duds at Roland Garros 2013. ATP: Match of the day:  Five sets and four hours.  Three tiebreaks and a 7-5 final set.  A two-set lead squandered by the man who eventually won—after saving triple break point midway through the fifth.  A home underdog firing 26 [...]

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Roland Garros Fast Forward: Li, Wozniacki, Berdych Face Intriguing Tests on Day 2

May 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment

As we look ahead to Day 2, three top-ten players feature intriguing tests.  Let’s start with the women this time. WTA: Li Na vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues:  Facing the 2011 Roland Garros champion is a classic clay counterpuncher of a mold rarely in use anymore.  Medina Garrigues came closer than anyone to defeating Serena on [...]

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What to Watch in the ATP This Week: Previews of Marseille, Memphis, and Buenos Aires

February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

  While none of the ATP tournaments this week enjoys a field of the pedigree that the WTA has produced in Dubai, the 250 tournament in Marseille features every member of the top ten’s lower half.  We start with that event in our weekly preview, following it with the technically more significant tournament in Memphis [...]

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The Week Ahead in the ATP: Rotterdam, San Jose, Sao Paulo

February 11, 2013 By 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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Keeping Score: How American Men Fared in Melbourne

January 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

With all of the American men gone by the third round of the Australian Open, we look back on how each of them fared.  Interestingly, the greatest accomplishments came from some of the least expected names, while the more familiar figures often fizzled. Ryan Harrison:  Avenging his Olympics loss to Giraldo with a four-set victory, [...]

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Getting to know the next generation in American tennis: Querrey, Harrison, Kudla, Sock, Williams

November 26, 2012 By 4 Comments

By Romi Cvitkovic With Andy Roddick’s mid-season retirement, John Isner’s recent slump and Mardy Fish’s ensuing health issues, the 2012 tennis season has been tough on American tennis fans. The constant background noise regarding the decline in quality and quantity of players coming out of the U.S. in recent years is, in fact, just that [...]

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Popcorn tennis: lets, winners and aces from Thursday at the Citi Open

August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic A quick report on the happenings and results of the Citi Open including winners, wildcards, aces and overrules of various events around the grounds. Major Hold: We’ve all by now heard about Sam Querrey’s great comeback to catapult up the rankings to world No. 38 after being outside of the top 100 [...]

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San Jose: McEnroe/Sock Prevail Over Monfils/Johnson; Anderson Wins

February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The weather in San Jose may have been unusually cold and wet today – even for February, but that didn’t stop things from proceeding exactly as planned at the HP Pavilion, where the first day of the SAP Open finished up at ten minutes before midnight, when big-serving Kevin Anderson prevailed over Grigor Dimitrov in [...]

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Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs: A Glimpse Into the Future

December 15, 2011 By 1 Comment

The banner boldly proclaims: “See the future of American tennis.” And on Dec. 16-18, tennis fans looking to see upcoming American stars and top pros during the “offseason” are in luck. Sixteen American men and women are set to faceoff at the 3rd annual USTA-sponsored Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs in Norcross, GA, vying for a [...]

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