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Tennis Set to Dazzle the Commonwealth

October 2, 2010 By 1 Comment

Regular readers of TennisGrandstand will know that my first steps in this esteemed company were tracking the progress of players from the former Commonwealth countries as they did battle the world over in search of fame, success and prize money. Now, starting October 4, all that changes for these players who bare the colours of [...]

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Djokovic, Murray And Nadal Battle Through First Matches At Rogers Cup

August 12, 2010 By 2 Comments

It was an incredibly hot and humid day in Toronto on Wednesday as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray made their first singles appearances at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Both advanced to the third round but not without a struggle in their respective matches. With on-court temperatures around the forty degree Celsius mark, Djokovic unsurprisingly [...]

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Fan Watch: Rafael Nadal vs Stan Wawrinka

August 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Lisa Grebe talks about Rafael Nadal’s first singles appearance at the Rogers Cup. After a tough and nailbiting first set versus Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka , Rafa picks up the pace and shows Stan who’s the man. He takes home the win with a 7-6 6-3 win. The tie break took 92 minutes and was the [...]

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Nadal And Djokovic Lose In Doubles

August 10, 2010 By 2 Comments

Was it really worth all that hype? The super-duo of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Rogers Cup in the first round late last night at the hands of Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil. The mostly unheard of Raonic/Pospisil pairing came back to win the match 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 in front [...]

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FEDERER-MURRAY TIE-BREAKER HISTORY; BRYANS MAKE HISTORY

January 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Roger Federer and Andy Murray’s third-set tie-breaker in their 2010 Australian Open men’s final was second-longest tie-breaker ever played in major men’s final – only the epic Bjorn Borg-John McEnroe 32-point “Battle of 18-16” tie-breaker 30 years ago in the 1980 Wimbledon final lasting longer. Federer saved off five set points in the third-set tie-breaker [...]

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GASQUET TOPS LOPEZ; MAYER SAVES FIVE MATCH POINTS

January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Richard Gasquet and Leonardo Mayer had salient wins on the opening day of the MediBank International in Sydney Monday. Gasquet, in his full comeback from battling cocaine drug charges last year, beat Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 6-4, while Mayer saved two match points in beating Igor Andreev 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(4). Gasquet extended his head-to-head record to [...]

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Andy Roddick: A Sporting Gesture

May 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Andy Roddick may have performed his best act when he married Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker last month, but his act of sportsmanship at the 2005 Italian Open would rank high as well. The following excerpt from the May 5 chapter of the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com) details what happened.

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