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John Isner Sees Top 10 Hopes Hindered by Tiebreaks

November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The 2011 ATP World Tour season was undoubtedly one to remember for John Isner: He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, won two titles over the summer and is coming off his first career Masters semifinal in Paris. There he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a final-set tiebreak after holding three match points. Ahh, the [...]

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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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Murray Defeats Federer to Defend Rogers Cup Title

August 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Andy Murray overcame his 0-3 record against Roger Federer in ATP Tour finals today with a drawn out 7-5, 7-5 victory that lasted through several lengthy rain delays. The Scot called it, “one of the best week’s of my life,” upon giving his victory speech to the resilient Toronto crowd. It was a very different [...]

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Polansky Gives Canadian Tennis A Big Boost

August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

It’s safe to say that when you’re ranked outside of the top two hundred and find a way to defeat a guy ranked 15th in the world it’s likely the biggest win of your career. Such was the case Monday night with 22 year old Canadian Peter Polansky who defeated a big-time player in Jurgen [...]

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American Tennis Triumphs At The Farmers Classic

August 2, 2010 By 5 Comments

AMERICAN TENNIS TRIUMPHS AT THE FARMERS CLASSIC

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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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FEDERER SHOWING HE’S CLOSER TO END OF CAREER: THE FRIDAY FIVE

June 25, 2010 By 2 Comments

By Maud Watson Shaky Start – One man who can be glad that Grand Slams are best-of-five is current reigning champ Roger Federer. Federer was expected to cruise through his opening round having defeated Alejandro Falla twice in the last month, but the Colombian had other ideas. Playing a spectacular match for four sets, he [...]

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BRITISH WEATHER INDECISIVE BUT MURRAY AND RODDICK SHINE AT QUEEN’S CLUB

June 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The indecisive British weather threatened for most of the day causing play to be held back until 1.30pm on Centre Court and the players to be pulled off for a break at 3.30pm during a heavy shower. However, the sunshine prevailed towards the latter stages, but unfortunately did not shine kindly on British No. 2, [...]

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FAN WATCH: ELENA DEMENTIEVA DEFEATED BY INJURY

June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Luís Santos It was a sad day for Elena Dementieva as she was forced to retire from the semifinal of her favorite Grand Slam, after dropping the first set 7-6(3). Elena was attempting to reach her third slam final, and second at Roland Garros, but after struggling with injuries all tournament it finally caught [...]

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Tracy Austin rallies Team Lendl to victory in US Open Champions Invitational

September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Team Lendl rallied behind the dominating play of two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin to defeat Team Cash 21-17 in the final day of the US Open Champions Invitational at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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