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GettyImages via Daylife Yay! Though the Bryan Brothers suffered a historic loss today in Austin – losing a first set in DC competition for the first time ever - they still managed to pull out the must-win victory against the very game pairing of Verdasco/Granollers: 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. I got a lump in my [...]
Continue Reading →Shirtless Tommy Robredo, cranky Dinara Safina, Coach Peter Lundgren nursing a (possible) frisbee injury – you just never know who or what you’ll run into at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Here are some random scenes from Sunday. Safina seemed to be working on an abbreviated service motion with her coach. He’d put a couple [...]
Continue Reading →Francesca Schiavone of Italy celebrates a point against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia during their Women’s Singles fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 2011. Schiavone beat Kuznetsova. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT fotoglif930610 Before we get into Sunday’s action in Melbourne, I wanted to mention the Tomic vs. Nadal [...]
Continue Reading →onMobil ATP Open tennis tournament at Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, 08 January 2011. Federer won 6-3 and 6-4. EPA/STRINGER fotoglif879025 Stockholm, Basel, London, and now Doha – Roger Federer’s won four of his last five (non-exhibition) tournaments, bridging the 2010/2011 off-season in vintage super Fed style. This is Fed’s 67th ATP [...]
Continue Reading →I got home late from work on Tuesday night and had the Wawrinka vs. Querrey five-setter on my DVR. No wonder I’m going to bed after 2 am. I’m on West Coast time – Rafa and F-Lo finished a whole four hours ago. So please excuse the wacky wrap. I’m in free association mode, tonight. [...]
Continue Reading →Andy Murray lost to Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open on Sunday: 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 3-6. It wasn’t a major upset – Stan had beaten Murray a handful of times, once on hardcourt – but it was a Major upset. I watched live-and-in-person a few weeks ago as Andy Murray beat [...]
Continue Reading →Stanislas Wawrinka has hired coach Peter Lundgren, reports AftonBladet via TENNIS.com Peter Lundgren on the new pairing: “When I asked what he wanted help with, he said he wants to return to the Top 10. It’s what you want to hear as a coach. “I’m going to try to get Stan to become more aggressive.” [...]
Continue Reading →The big upset that wasn’t: defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova lost on Friday to Maria Kirilenko: 3-6, 6-2, 4-6. Sveta sounded about as surprised by the result as the rest of us were: Q. Obviously you must be very disappointed. How does it feel to lose your title here? SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA: I have it from last [...]
Continue Reading →Roger Federer beat countryman Stanislas Wawrinka in a relatively easy 6-3, 6-1 match on Thursday night in Madrid. I usually roll my eyes at all the “Roger sends a message to the rest of the field” story lines that sprout up after he wins a match easily – but this video set me straight: It [...]
Continue Reading →I hear Gulbis is entertaining a la Safin in his press conferences this week. Take this snippet after beating Volandri on Thursday (via tournament website): Gulbis cannot win a match at the moment without being asked about his misspent youth – that lost 2009 season when he spent more time off court than on. This [...]
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