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Photo credit: JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/GettyImages 2012 French Open TV Schedule It’s French Open time! Loads of tennis will be broadcast in the States – let’s just hope NBC shows the matches live in ALL time zones. The 2012 French Open will be broadcast on the ESPN2, Tennis Channel, and NBC in the US. For a list [...]
Continue Reading →Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 in Monday’s final in Rome. Rafa now holds a record 21 masters titles. The win also guarantees that he’ll be seeded above Roger Federer at Roland Garros and won’t have to face Nole until the finals. The win was big for Rafa in many ways, [...]
Continue Reading →That golden glow: Julian Finney/Getty Images via Daylife “The match was a joke.” That was Li Na’s estimation of the women’s final, a roller coaster affair that saw Li squander a 6-4, 4-0 lead; fight back from two breaks down in the third; lose a match point at 5-6, ad-out, on her opponent’s serve; wait [...]
Continue Reading →FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/GettyImages via Daylife If anyone is still trying to identify the favorite to win in Rome, consider Rafael Nadal’s remarks after beating Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals on Friday (via the tournament website): “I played one of my best match on clay against a difficult opponent,” said Nadal. “It was a big [...]
Continue Reading →Roger won in Rome, today, taking out Carols Berlocq 6-3, 6-4. He had mentioned perhaps taking some time off after Madrid to let his sore body rest, but apparently he’s feeling better. The win’s great, but from the number of “!!!!” I’ve been emailed from Fed Fans, along with links to the video, below, I [...]
Continue Reading →Via Vogue.com Thanks to Serena for making the WTA fun again. There was her impressive road to the Madrid title this weekend, swatting aside the current No. 1 and No. 2 players like so much practice fodder. Then there were the joking jabs at her blue clay averse ATP colleagues in her post match press [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images via Daylife (There’s a clearance sale on blue-themed tennis phrases right now – gotta use them while I can!) “It was tough. I was down for the whole time.” Roger said after Sunday’s final in Madrid. “It’s always special winning a title 7-5 in the third. Yeah, special for you, [...]
Continue Reading →Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images via Daylife Rafael Nadal lose on clay? To a guy who’s never beaten him? But that’s impossible! Unless. . .they weren’t really playing on clay? “If you put the Cincinnati tournament on grass just before the US Open, do you think people are going to be happy? I don’t think [...]
Continue Reading →DANI POZO/AFP/GettyImages via Daylife And this is the week Fritters accidentally canceled our Tennis Channel subscription! Thank God for the internet. Though this evening’s match in Madrid was the kind that would have had me turning off the tube in my weaker, more innocent days of Fed fandom due to the pure, unbearable tension of [...]
Continue Reading →Blue clay and Roger Federer! Reason enough to tune in, no? Of course, Nole, Rafa and a packed women’s field doesn’t hurt either. The 2012 Madrid Open Masters will be broadcast on Tennis Channel. 2012 Madrid Open TV Schedule *All times ET Monday, May 7 (EST) 7:00 AM Madrid-ATP : 1st Round/2nd Round (LIVE) [...]
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