Well, as Meatloaf once said…”Two outta three, ain’t bad.” Late last week, I made my predictions on the Davis Cup Semifinals, as well as the Great Britain/Austria Playoff Tie, and as you can guess, correctly predicted two of them. Read more »
Our resident tennis writer Jeremy Howard previews the weekends Davis Cup tennis action. Over to Jeremy……
Well, it has been awhile, and now with the 2008 US Open fast becoming a distant memory, I’ll take this time to look ahead to this weekend’s Davis Cup action. Read more »
The tennis world certainly seems split in two, which I’ll touch on a bit more, for now here are some of the results from the last week in tennis:
Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina continued his incredibly hot summer by winning the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles yesterday. He defeated American Andy Roddick (one of the few big names not competing in Beijing) 6-1, 7-6 in the finals. In doing so, del Potro vaulted into the top 20 at spot #19 for the first time in his career. This is the third tournament in a row that del Potro has won (also Austrian Open and Stuttgart). Regardless of how he does in the final couple weeks leading up to the US Open, NO ONE will be excited to see del Potro in there portion of the draw. Read more »
Two big events going on this week- Cincinnati for the Men & Montreal for the Women. So, there are quite a few names out there playing, winning, losing, getting hurt, etc…
Perhaps the most major development this week is coming from Canada, where Maria Sharapova pulled out after a second round win over Read more »
Even though the first big US Open Series event has begun, the Toronto Masters Series Tournament, there have been constant rain delays, so not much action to report yet. Instead, here is an assortment of news from the tennis world over the past week:
Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, has made the biggest splash Read more »
It has been a while since I’ve posted…but that is mainly due to the fact that anything written last week would have seemed mundane after the greatest match ever played. I thought everyone could use a little break. Well, that and of course there has been a severe lack of tennis related news lately. So here are some thoughts heading into the US Open Series, Olympics and US Open. Read more »
Any tennis fan should really feel sorry for Serena and Venus Williams. They played an amazing final, and although it didn’t go three sets, I still think it lived up to expectations. But unfortunately for them, one of the greatest matches, if not THE greatest, took place the following day. Read more »
The Ladies Quarter final’s were completed today, and unfortunately for the spectators, there was not too much excitement.
Both Williams’ sisters had routine matches as I predicted, however my other two were off the mark. Jie Zheng went to three sets with Vaidisova, but disposed of the 18th seeded Czech easily in the third set. Perhaps the only match with some drama today was the last quarter final meeting between Russian compatriots Elena Dementieva & Nadia Petrova. Dementieva had a strong grip on the match before letting the second set slip away (losing a 5-1 lead), but Read more »
As I begin this article, Andy Murray is serving up one break in the fifth set, after coming back from two set to love deficit against the seemingly unbeatable Richard Gasquet. Murray showed grit and fight that has made him a top 15 player in the world. He is clearly not as talented as Gasquet, but to this point, has showed more heart. The winner will move on to the quarter finals to play Nadal, who cruised against Youzhny today.
The rest of the Men’s quarters are set: Federer Read more »
Well, it was a quiet third day of action at the All England Club. For example, Novak Djokovic went down in the second round today with barely a whimper!
After questioning last week how much longer Federer can stay at the top of Men’s tennis with the likes of himself and Nadal on his heels, Djokovic fell in straight sets to 75th ranked Marat Safin. Now, what makes this loss so interesting is that Djokovic has always claimed Read more »