Archive for September, 2009

Jon Wertheim: Date Krumm issues impressive return

The Belgian may have won the U.S. Open but she didn’t even stage the most impressive tennis comeback result this month.

Proton Malaysian Open: Yew Meng looking forward to date with Johansson

SI Yew Meng has only seen his partner Joachim Johansson of Sweden in action on television.

Sisters Double Up In Doha

The Williams sisters will double up in Doha. For the first time in their doubles career, Venus Williams and Serena Williams have qualified for doubles event at the Sony Ericsson Championships, set for October 27-November 1 at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar.

Pro tennis players love their Texas Hold’em

Watching this year’s U.S. Open got me thinking about a poker game that I played last year with a couple of big-time American tennis pros.

TENNIS Date Krumm rolls back the years to win Korea Open

Kimiko Date Krumm became the oldest player to win a WTA tournament since Billie Jean King when she capped a remarkable comeback by beating second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-3 to claim the Korea Open title Sunday.

Seventeen-Year-Old Roger Federera s First ATP Match Victory

You are here: Home -> Lead Story -> Seventeen-Year-Old Roger Federer’s First ATP Match Victory More in Lead Story Sportsviews Yahoo! Tennis Safin beats Petzschner at Thailand Open September 29, 2009 Marat Safin of Russia defeated fifth-seeded Philipp Petzschner of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the Thailand Open.

Johansson Edges Out Hewitt, Ferrer Tumbles

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — Swede Joachim Johansson edged out former world no. 1 and current world ranked 16th Lieyton Hewitt while another top player world no.

Bucharest Sunday Preview

Juan Monaco is appearing in his third ATP World Tour final of the year. The championship of the BCR Open Romania on Sunday features No.

Johansson Stuns Hewitt in Malaysia

Joachim Johansson marked his return to the ATP Tour with a superb 7-6 6-3 victory over Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of the ATP event in Malaysia.

Blues end preseason schedule with a big victory

A majority of the Blues players had heard about the Florida Panthers’ 3-2 shootout loss to a Finnish club on Monday.

Ferrer, Lopez Get A Bird’s Eye View

Feliciano Lopez and David Ferrer looked out across Kuala Lumpur from the Observation Deck of the KL Tower.

Sacha Jones eyes up Australian Open

New Zealand teenager Sacha Jones is setting her sights on qualifying for the Australian tennis Open after winning her first tournament on the pro circuit.

Flem’s on a ‘Ski lift

OWAIS Shah smashed a brilliant 98 as England beat South Africa to book an ICC Champions Trophy semi-final spot.

Dave Allen: Agassi and Graf follow lead of other tennis greats by…

Andre Agassi and wife Steffi Graf will play Sunday at Harbor Point in Mill Valley.

Book: Man charged in Conn. home invasion murders laughed, wore girl’s school hat during crime

A new book about a deadly home invasion in Connecticut two years ago describes one of the two men charged with the crime as smiling and laughing throughout the horror and wearing the school hat of one of the girls killed as he escaped the family’s house.

Safin posts mild upset in Bangkok

Former world No. 1 star Marat Safin highlighted Tuesday’s first-round winners at the $608,500 Thailand Open.

Dave Allen: Agassi and Graf follow lead of other tennis greats by…

CAN YOU TOP THIS? Rosie Casals asks herself that question whenever she begins to flip through her Rolodex looking for retired pros to play in her Esurance Tennis Classic fundraiser event entering its fifth year at Strawberry’s Harbor Point Tennis and Swim Club.

Safin ousts Petzschner to advance in Thailand

Russian Marat Safin reached the second round of the $608,500 Thailand Open with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 win over fifth-seeded German Philipp Petzschner on Tuesday.

David Nalbandian: The Nearly Man

David Nalbandian is without doubt an enigma of men’s tennis the Argentine reached the final of Wimbledon in what was his first professional Grass Court tournament as a 20 year old back in 2002.

Youzhny knocks off Ferrer at Malaysian Open

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia defeated seventh-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 7-6 , 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Malaysian Open.

Berglund coming of age in St. Louis

Blues coach Andy Murray talks long and hard about the good and not-so-good of waiting for a youngster like Berglund or David Perron or T.J. Oshie to develop.

Thursday Doubles Report

Andrei Pavel and Gabriel Trifu captured the 1998 Bucharest title. Andrei Pavel , a former doubles World No.

Benefit show raises $8M for Agassi school in Vegas

Officials say a weekend benefit concert raised nearly $8 million to support tennis star Andre Agassi’s public charter school in Las Vegas.

‘American Idol’ runner-up Justin Guarini weds

Former “American Idol” runner-up Justin Guarini has tied the knot. Guarini’s spokesman, Jeff Ballard, said the 30-year-old first-season “American Idol” runner-up married 27-year-old Reina Capodici at a private estate Saturday along the Delaware River near their hometown of Doylestown, Pa.

Thai Hero Srichaphan To Return

Paradorn Srichaphan has not played on the ATP World Tour since March 2007. Former ATP World Tour No.

Illness curtails Sugiyama’s last-ever singles match

Ai Sugiyama endured heartbreak in the final singles match of her 17-year career on Monday as the former Japanese No.

Wildcard entrant Yew Ming has yet to meet his doubles partner

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Si Yew Ming has yet to meet his partner, Joachim Johansson of Sweden.

Matt Damon - Damon Fan Wins Auction Prize, Plans to Attack the Star

Caption: Matt Damon New York Premiere of ‘The Informant’ shown at the Ziegfield theater New York City, USA …. MATT DAMON will need to watch his back onset after a fan won a walk-on role and threatened to “attack” the star.

‘American Idol’ runner-up Justin Guarini weds

Former “American Idol” runner-up Justin Guarini has tied the knot. Guarini’s spokesman, Jeff Ballard, said the 30-year-old first-season “American Idol” runner-up married 27-year-old Reina Capodici at a private estate Saturday along the Delaware River near their hometown of Doylestown, Pa.

Dent, Baghdatis forced to fight

Men’s Tour Dent and Baghdatis fight through to second round at Malaysia Open Wildcards Taylor Dent and Marcos Baghdatis both required more than two hours to see off stubborn opponents and make their way into the second round of the Malaysian Open.