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Sam Stosur blasts pass Dominika Cibulkova to reach Roland Garros semifinals for third time

June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melinda Samson, Special for Tennis Grandstand Sam Stosur and Dominika Cibulkova both have good records at Roland Garros as each player reached the semifinals in 2009 and Stosur went one better as runner-up in 2010. Prior to their quarterfinal meeting at the French Open, Stosur won the only match they have ever played against [...]

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Arvidsson Takes Memphis Title

February 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

by Rick Limpert, Special for Tennis Grandstand Unseeded Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden won her second WTA title on Saturday in Memphis of all the places, the same city where she won her first. Arvidsson downed fourth-seeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-3, 6-4 to take the championship of the Memphis International WTA event. The 28-year [...]

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Rafa looking for more duels with Federer, Soderling believes he can crack rivalry and Murray out to break his own duck

January 6, 2011 By 2 Comments

*2010 ended with the Top 2 doing battle at the o2 Arena in London in the final of the ATPWTFs. They also kicked off 2011 by rallying on water, and then going head to head in the final of the Doha Championships, which Rafael Nadal took in straight sets. Now the Spaniard wants more chances [...]

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Jim Courier Takes the Reins – The Friday Five

October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Taking the Reins A week after Australia named the appointment of Patrick Rafter as its new Davis Cup captain, the United States followed suit. On Wednesday it was announced that Jim Courier would be replacing Patrick McEnroe at the helm of the U.S. team. Courier will have some big shoes to fill, [...]

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Kimiko Date-Krumm’s Fairy Tale Run at Toray Pacific Open – The Friday Five

October 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Comeback Cut Short – The much-anticipated return of Juan Martin del Potro and his potential third-round clash with Rafael Nadal were quickly derailed as little Ollie Rochus cut down the big Argentine (who stands a foot taller than the Belgian) in straight sets in the opening round of the PTT Thailand Open [...]

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Clijsters and Venus Serve up Spectacular

September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Well, given Venus’ penchant for a double fault last night I’m not too sure if that is the correct title. Fans of beautiful tennis may not have been heavily impressed by the first two and a half sets but those who appreciate sheer guts and determination would have been gripped to their TV sets like [...]

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Caroline Wozniacki Talks

September 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

After the exciting match between Caroline Wozniacki and Dominika Cibulkova, which Caroline won in straight sets 6-2, 7-5,  Wozniacki sat down with  Next Contenders for an exclusive interview. Here is an excerpt of the interview and you can find the article at American Express’ NextContenders.com Sweet Caroline did it again on Wednesday night, knocking out [...]

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Around The Corner: More Masters 1000 From Cincinnati

August 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s back-to-back Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour as the focus shifts to Cincinnati this week. One last major tournament before the U.S. Open is upon us and one last chance for the top players to find their game and show us who the front-runner might be for the final Slam of the year. [...]

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LA Open Day Four

July 30, 2010 By 5 Comments

It was a cool 77 degrees this summer afternoon at the LA Tennis Center at UCLA campus on Thursday, July 29th with a slew of 2nd round matchups on the schedule promising some good fighting and formidable challenges for top seeds. I reached the Grandstand for the first singles match between Mr. Beautiful, Feliciano Lopez [...]

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WIMBLEDON DAY 5: FAMILIAR FEDERER RETURNS

June 25, 2010 By 3 Comments

By Peter Nez “This is the Federer we’ve been accustomed to seeing,” long time commentator Dick Enberg stated in the third set when Roger was serving for the match, which became his first straight sets victory at the Wimbledon Championships thus far, having “struggled” in his first two rounds. I’m not convinced it was necessarily [...]

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