This week in tennis was pretty busy, with three different tournaments for the men and two for the women. The men competed in the ATP Studena Croatia Open, the Farmers Classic, and the Allianz Suisse Open. The women competed in the Bank of the West Classic and the Istanbul Cup. Both the men and women [...]

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This week is tennis featured four different tournaments, two each for the men and women. The men competed in The MercedesCup (clay court) and the SkiStar Swedish Open (clay court). The women found themselves at the XXIII Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo SNAI Open and the ECM Prague Open, both on clay courts. The SkiStar Swedish [...]

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This week it tennis has been fairly busy, with players getting in the tune-ups that they need before Wimbledon. The men have been working out the kinks at the AEGON Championships and the Garry Webber Open. The women have been getting their last matches in with the AEGON Classic. The Men’s side of the AEGON [...]

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Roger Federer defeated Victor Hanescu in round 2 of the BNP Paribas Open last weekend in Indian Wells, California. They finished 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1, with Hanescu offering much more challenge for Federer in the middle of the match and fading pretty quickly in the end. Hanescu, a Swiss player who played this weekend for [...]

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Fernando Verdasco beat Andy Roddick to take the win in San Jose, California, at the SAP Open on Sunday. This makes Verdasco’s 4th career title and his first win against any of the top 10 players after 15 straight losses to tennis’ best. Verdasco lost to Nikolay Davydenko in round 4 of the Australian Open [...]

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At the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Andy Roddick defeated Fernando Gonzales on Sunday to secure his spot in the Australian Open quarter-finals.  They battled for over three-and-a-half hours until Gonzalez double-faulted around 1 a.m. The match saw Roddick struggling at times, and again clashing with a chair umpire. This is the second time during [...]

Continue reading → Top-Ranked Players Advance to Quarter-Finals at Australian Open

Arthur Ashe Stadium’s Men’s Singles, during the first round: – Roger Federer managed to defeat Devin Britton, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5. – Andy Roddick managed to defeat Bjorn Phau, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Louis Armstrong Stadium’s Men’s Singles, during the first round: – James Blake managed to defeat Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5. – John Isner [...]

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World No. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal has been injured, and it is not sure right now whether or not he will be able to recover in time to return to the game for the Davis Cup final in Spain. Being held in Argentina, the Davis Cup would be a big tournament for Rafael Nadal [...]

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Giving reasons of fatigue due to his knee injury as the reason for the surprising action, the world’s number one tennis star Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw himself from the Tennis Masters Cup. The athlete stated that the decision is a very difficult one for him to make, not only because of the sheer [...]

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