http://www.gototennisblog.com Tennis blog. Tennis news. Tennis gossip. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:30:30 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16791 The trend this weekend in tennis: Firsts and seconds! Self-described “best friends” David Ferrer and Juan Carlos Ferrero met in a final for the second time in two weeks, with Ferrer avenging last weekend’s loss in Argentina with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win in Acapulco. With this victory, Ferrer scored his first title since 2008 and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/28/weekend-winners-circle-venus-and-djokovic-double-up-gulbis-and-kleybanova-score-firsts/feed/ 13 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/winners-circle-verdasco-soderling-ferrero-dementieva-zvonareva-on-top/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/winners-circle-verdasco-soderling-ferrero-dementieva-zvonareva-on-top/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:33:20 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16400 The citizens of Tennis Land are keeping busy, with five different players earning a spot in the winner’s circle this week. Let’s see who’s hoovering up the rankings points on Sunday: In Paris, Elena Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 for the Premier-level Open GDF SUEZ title. After losing in last year’s final to [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/15/winners-circle-verdasco-soderling-ferrero-dementieva-zvonareva-on-top/feed/ 5 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:42:18 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=16388 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 [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/02/13/weekend-update-oudin-dementieva-roddick-and-djokovic-into-semis/feed/ 9 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:37:59 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=15588
Sveta played a late night match on Friday, getting past Angelique Kerber in three close sets. Gotta love that game face. . . Now onto Day Six Down Under, which was notable for retirements, withdrawals and old fashioned beat-downs. The men didn’t get to four-sets until Tsonga and Haas played the last match on Hisense. It’s [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2010/01/23/australian-open-day-six-wrap-tapped-out/feed/ 10 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/08/video-andy-murray-is-valencia-champion-undefeated-indoors/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/08/video-andy-murray-is-valencia-champion-undefeated-indoors/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:21 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13826
Andy Murray beat Mikhail Youzhny in the Valencia final on Sunday: 6-3, 6-2. Murray, the tournament’s top-seed, was playing his first tournament after six weeks off recovering from a wrist injury. Here’s Murray’s post-match interview: And some highlights from the match: Andy “the teetotal” Murray goes into the Paris Masters tournament with an undefeated [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/11/08/video-andy-murray-is-valencia-champion-undefeated-indoors/feed/ 4 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:51:40 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13500 REUTERS/Soren Andersson (SWEDEN SPORT TENNIS) via Daylife Marcos Baghdatis won his first ATP title since 2007 on Sunday beating fellow un-seeded player, Olivier Rochus at the Stockholm Open: 6-1, 7-5. To be fair to Olivier, the diminutive Belgian played a three set semifinal on Saturday against Thomaz Bellucci while Marcos got a walkover from Robing Soderling. [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/25/weekend-wrap-baghdatis-is-back-bacsinszky-a-new-swiss-champ/feed/ 7 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/11/beijing-and-tokyo-winners-victory-dances-windfalls-and-smart-answers/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/11/beijing-and-tokyo-winners-victory-dances-windfalls-and-smart-answers/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:19:52 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13199 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the Japan Open title on Sunday, beating Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-3 in just over an hour. It wasn’t the most dramatic match, but it’s always nice to see the top seed make good, especially when that top seed is the gallant Jo-Wilfried. And we were treated to a snazzy trophy, too – [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/11/beijing-and-tokyo-winners-victory-dances-windfalls-and-smart-answers/feed/ 4 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/10/china-open-notes-nadal-goes-awol-djokovic-no-3-trophy-of-the-year/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/10/china-open-notes-nadal-goes-awol-djokovic-no-3-trophy-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:43:53 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=13184 World No. 15, Marin Cilic, steamrolled Rafael Nadal in Beijing, winning 6-1, 6-3. Here’s an interesting post-match comment from Rafa: “I can accept to win and I can accept to lose but mentally probably I wasn’t there. If you’re losing 6-1, 6-3 then there’s something wrong.” It is very rare for Rafa not to be “there” in [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/10/10/china-open-notes-nadal-goes-awol-djokovic-no-3-trophy-of-the-year/feed/ 3 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-djokovic-haas-verdasco-robredo/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-djokovic-haas-verdasco-robredo/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:55:58 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=12071
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. *fellow bloggers are more than welcome to use our photos, please link us if you do. ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/09/03/us-open-day-4-photos-djokovic-haas-verdasco-robredo/feed/ 0 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/07/2009-davis-cup-quarterfinals-marat-safin-looking-not-feeling-good/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/07/2009-davis-cup-quarterfinals-marat-safin-looking-not-feeling-good/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:55:11 +0000 freakyfrites http://www.gototennisblog.com/?p=10131
Eight teams remain in contention to win the Davis Cup for their countries. They will battle each other in various (mostly European) cities this weekend – July 10 – 12. Only a sport as crazy as tennis would schedule the quarterfinals of its premier team event the weekend after its premier tournament. Roddick, Ferrer, Nadal and [...]]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2009/07/07/2009-davis-cup-quarterfinals-marat-safin-looking-not-feeling-good/feed/ 17 http://www.gototennisblog.com/2008/03/10/video-of-the-dayyouzhny-at-his-best/ http://www.gototennisblog.com/2008/03/10/video-of-the-dayyouzhny-at-his-best/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:14:10 +0000 freakyfritters http://www.gototennis.org/?p=627
Everyone has seen this I know. But it’s a must for Video of the Day ]]> http://www.gototennisblog.com/2008/03/10/video-of-the-dayyouzhny-at-his-best/feed/ 0