The Majors may be over, but there’s still plenty of action on the ATP tour this season. The China Open has been especially exciting, with Rafael Nadal doing well and guys like Safin, Djokovic and Soderling still in the draw. It’s going to be a fun tennis weekend!
Here’s Rafa’s take after his tough second round [...]
Sorry for the delay on the Day 9 Wrap – I had internet problems last night. We learned two interesting things on Tuesday:
1. Serena Williams will become No. 1 if she wins the US Open. And with her straight-set quarterfinal win over Flavia Pennetta on Tuesday she’s only two wins away. But [...]
Our last day in NYC was fairly productive – with the highlight being a three set match between Azarenka and Schiavone. Victoria joins the crew of top 20 seeds who have been booted out of the singles draw on the women’s side.
Enjoy these photos of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin Del Potro (who advanced), and [...]
Andy Roddick, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, David Ferrer, Fernando Gonzalez, Vera Zvonareva, Aleksandra Wozniak, Sabine Lisicki and other tennis players attended the 10th annual Taste of Tennis event on Thursday night at the W Hotel in Manhattan. Proceeds from the event support the Food Bank for New York City. A description from the Taste of [...]
ROME MASTERS:
I have to say, I’m thrilled we have some qualifiers in the last eight this weekend in Rome. I’m getting a little tired of the same old top guys making it. That said, five of the six top seeds are playing the quarters on Friday.
Here’s the quarterfinal run down (stats from the ATP)
Rafael Nadal [...]
Ridiculous stat: Rafael Nadal has a 141-4 win record on clay since 2005.
Okay, back to business: here are some highlights from Saturday’s semi final matches at the Barcelona Open. Rafael Nadal defeated a back-from-injury Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-2, and David Ferrer took out Fernando Gonzalez in three: 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). David described his win as [...]
Spaniards Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Tommy Robredo all won their third round match ups Thursday at the Barcelona Open. Take a look at the highlights, above.
All four of the top seeds will advance, with Friday’s quarterfinals as follows:
Nikolay Davydenko (3) vs. Radek Stepanek (Czech leads head-to-head 4-3), David Ferrer (4) vs. Tommy Robredo (Ferrer [...]
Fernando Gonzalez went Gonzo against Radek “Worm” Stepanek last night in third round play at the Sony Ericsson Open. Stepanek wasn’t playing to Fernando’s pace and Gonzo decided to light a fire under his ass. (If by “fire” you mean a 120 mph overhead.)
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We are watching the match live on http://www.nbcolympics.com/tennis/Its 1-1 in the third set!Did anyone see the forehand Gonzo drove into Blake???Did you see Gonzo’s reaction to James’s reaction after Gonzo apologized??