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If the tennis season revolved around February’s South American clay court circuit, 30-year-old Juan Carlos Ferrero would be its Roger Federer. He beat Davis Cup teammate David Ferrer in three sets in Sunday’s Copa Telmex final in Buenos Aires, making it his ninth straight match victory and second title in as many [...]

Here’s a quick peek at what’s going on in the tennis world this weekend.
In Paris we have the WTA’s Open GDF Suez, a Premier-level event without the Williams sisters, Clijsters or Henin. It’s nice to see Melanie Oudin taking advantage of both the draw and the confidence she gained last weekend in Fed Cup; she’s [...]

By now, all of our favorite players have taken a turn or two on the Australian Open catwalk. And a few have already been “Auf’ed”  – though not for their tennis fashion sense. We’ll take care of the rest. . .
THE WOMEN
Maria Sharapova wasn’t around for very long, but her dress certainly made an impression. [...]

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The AP reports that Sam “Samurai” Querrey returned to the practice courts last week after a freak accident at September’s Thailand Open came close to ending his tennis career. The 6′6″ American fell through a glass table in the tournament’s locker room while sitting on it to tie his shoes. A shard of [...]

Yikes! Sam Querrey required emergency surgery on Monday, after cutting his forearm after a practice session in Bangkok. Here’s the story via the AP:
Sam Querrey cut his right forearm in a freak accident after practicing for the Thailand Open in Bangkok and will be out at least four to six weeks, the U.S. Tennis Association [...]

The men put in a good day’s work on Day Four of the US Open on Thursday, including some solid wins by Tommy Haas, Fernando Verdasco, Novak Djokovic and Tommy Robredo. Here are some of our snapshots.
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Bob the Samurai, a “founding member” of Sam Querrey’s fan club, contacted me regarding a post I wrote last week about Tommy Haas’s negative reaction to the shirtless cheerleaders at the LA Tennis Open. (Click here to read “Tommy Haas loses to Sam Querrey and the ‘No Class’ Samurai.”) The Samurai have even issued an [...]

A new round of US Open Series videos with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Sam Querrey has been released for our youtubing pleasure!
Rafael Nadal reels us in (check out that smile at .17!) It’s great to hear that Nadal will indeed take part in the US Open Series, confirming via his website that he’ll be [...]

Sam Querrey won the LA Tennis Open on Sunday, beating No. 205 ranked qualifier, Carsten Ball, in three sets: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. It was his third final in about as many weeks and Querrey’s first ATP title since he won his first in Las Vegas last March.
Now that Sam’s the US Open Series leader, he [...]

Sam Querrey beat Tommy Haas on Saturday evening at the LA Tennis Open, 6-3, 7-5. The towering American was surprisingly fleet of foot, hit serves consistently in the 130s and rushed the net when he could. It was a great win for Sam, who is now in his third straight ATP final, having played Sundays [...]

Tuesday was a busy day at the L.A. Tennis Open, the ATP 250 event on the bucolic UCLA campus. Marat Safin (click here), Sam Querrey with his Samurai, John Isner, Robby Ginepri, Ernests Gulbis, Taylor Dent, and Marcos Baghdatis all played their first round singles matches today. Here’s some of the action from the [...]

“I really had no expectations but I had no pressure either. It’s funny how things work out,” said Robby Ginepri after beating third seed Sam Querrey, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Sunday.
This was Ginepri’s first title in four years – the last one also coming at Indy in 2005 [...]