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From the monthly archives: July 2009
For some tennis fans, the main draw at the LA Tennis Open isn’t the Main Draw but the “Legends.” Pete Sampras (a two time champ in L.A.) played an exhibition against Marat Safin on Monday night before an enthusiastic crowd. Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier and Michael Chang – all past champs in Los Angeles – [...]
Continue Reading →Day 3 at the LA Tennis Open was a potpourri of tennis surprises. John Isner rolled his ankle at 10-all in a 2nd set tie-break against Marcos Baghdatis – and won. (He has a day to rest.) Marat Safin played Ernests Gulbis in a see-saw match with eight breaks of serve – and won. And [...]
Continue Reading →“I’d rather come here (to L.A.) without tennis. It’s much more pleasant than coming here and playing tennis. Even though the tournament is great.” So said Marat Safin after beating Ernests Gulbis, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday at the LA Tennis Open. For Marat fans, Wednesday’s match was a rare gem – a hard-fought, hard-hitting, [...]
Continue Reading →*All times are eastern Thurs. 7/30 5:00 – 7:00 pm LA Tennis Open Tennis Channel 10:30 pm – 12:30 am LA Tennis Open ESPN2 Fri. 7/31 12:30 – 2:30 am LA Tennis Open Tennis Channel 3:00 – 7:00 pm LA Tennis Open Tennis Channel 11:30 pm – 1:00 am LA Tennis Open ESPN2 Sat. 8/1 [...]
Continue Reading →*All times are eastern Thurs. 7/30 3:00 – 5:00 pm Bank of the West Classic ESPN2 7:00 – 9:00 pm Bank of the West Classic Tennis Channel Fri. 7/31 7:00 – 10:00 pm Bank of the West Classic Tennis Channel 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm Bank of the West Classic ESPN2 Sat. 8/1 3:00 – [...]
Continue Reading →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 stadiums [...]
Continue Reading →Another lovely day at the LA Tennis Open! Which of course means lots of new photos of Marat Safin. Pete Sampras may have been Monday night’s Tournament Honoree (click here and here for more), but the LA tournament is turning out to be Marat’s party. Monday he played Pistol Pete in a hard-fought exhibition match, [...]
Continue Reading →Rafael Nadal is still not 100% sure that he’ll play the Montreal Masters tournament, according to statements he made in an interview with Spanish television recently. He says his tendinitis plagued knees are feeling better, but maybe not good enough for the rigors of a hard court Masters event. “I don’t know (if I’ll play). [...]
Continue Reading →I found this on tennis.com just now and had to re-post it. Fans of the t.v. show 30 Rock will recognize Alec Baldwin’s pitch-perfect Tracy Morgan impression: Hmm. . . Baldwin wears a glittery gold and cream outfit and the audience thinks “tennis”? Wonder why? I’m still waiting for a tennis movie that doesn’t suck. [...]
Continue Reading →Elena Dementieva visits San Francisco during the Bank of the West Classic tournament in Stanford. via Bank of the West Classic website *photographer unknown
Continue Reading →Tennis Videos
VIDEO: FEDERER ON CHAMPAGNE LOSSES, LEGENDARY STATUS, KRAJICEK ATP TALKS
VIDEO: SUPER-EXCITED FEDERER IN ROTTERDAM 
VALENTINE VIDEO: RAFAEL NADAL AND BAR REFAELI SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTO SHOOT 
NOT RESTING ON HIS LAUREUS: NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SPORTSMAN AWARD, EYES FRENCH OPEN 
VIDEO: ROGER FEDERER AND ROD LAVER ESPN INTERVIEW 
