Tennistalk’s Ricky Dimon is on stop two of three of his trip through the U.S. Open Series, billed as “The Greatest Road Trip in Sports.” This week he is blogging live from the Legg Mason Classic in Washington …
The transformation in grass-court tennis over the past decade has been remarkable.
EDBERG TO MAKE SENIOR TOUR DEBUT: Former No. 1 Stefan Edberg will play competitive tennis for the first time in 12 years on the BlackRock Tour of Champions in late 2008.
GURGAON: Sudanwa Sitaram asserted himself against Akash Wagh 6-4, 6-0 to clinch the boys’ title in the ITF grade II junior tennis tournament at the NTA Complex here on Saturday. via The Hindu
ARCHIVE click for a new search 2002, January 2, Wednesday - sports THE TOPICS: Clijsters looks for final berth against Australia Notre Dame hires Tyrone Willingham as first black coach Jordan scores 45 as … via Turkish Daily News
Jarkko Nieminen beat Davide Sanguinetti Mumbai: They had come to see Lleyton Hewitt perform at the CCI. via The Telegraph
BEIJING, Sept. 10 Second-seeded Fernando Gonzalez rallied for a tight three-set victory Monday in the first round of the $500,000 China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. via Earth Times
“It was difficult. There was a constant breeze from one end” Roger Federer, bidding for a fifth successive Wimbledon title, made short work of Russian debutant Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to register his 49th straight win on a grass court. via Taipei Times
“The way you play the ball changes (in this damp weather). The ball is slower and heavier but we’re all playing in the same conditions” Former top 10 Argentines David Nalbandian and Guillermo Canas negotiated the tough transition to grass to make it through to the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday. via PittsburghLIVE.com […]
“I’ll play him as an equal and when it’s finished, see the good things I did and what I need to improve” Roger Federer will pull on the blazer and long white trousers again at Wimbledon on Wednesday when the four-times defending champion struts out for second round action against Juan Martin Del Potro. […]
Reigning four-time champion Roger Federer and two-time runner-up Andy Roddick were a pair of straight-set winners on a rain-interrupted opening day at Wimbledon. via Sports Network
Tommy Haas relinquished his place in the world top 10 after crashing out of the US Clay Court Championships on Friday, while James Blake battled into the last four with a hard-fought victory over Argentinean … via RTE.ie
“Alex and I practised a little bit in Florida in December for three or four days. “I haven’t seen Jamie Baker play but I’ll be sure to tune in on Wednesday when they have their match.” Click here for all the latest tennis results Click here for ATP Tour calendar Click here for WTA […]
Anastasia Myskina and Paradorn Srichaphan withdrew from Wimbledon on Tuesday because of injuries. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Andy (Roddick) and I have been practicing together, and I was feeling extremely confident coming in today.” Ginepri gained an early advantage at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament, breaking with a backhand winner to lead 2-1 before extending it to 4-1. Bloomfield earned his only break of the match in the next game. via Quad-City […]
“I hope I can keep my game at this level.” Nadal has a bye in the opening round at the Real Club, then starts on Wednesday against either Italian veteran Davide Sanguinetti or Belgian Kristof Vliegen. via Gulf Times
An ultra-confident Rafael Nadal takes his clay-court master-class to Spain this week going for a third Barcelona Open title in succession. via The Age
Doubles team will play for Challenger championship today South Africans Wesley Whitehouse and Izak Van Der Merwe continued their successful partnership Friday, securing a spot in the doubles championship of the … via Tallahassee Democrat
De Voest knocks off Challenger’s top seed in semis The jinx continued for the top seed in the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger on Friday, as third-seeded Rik De Voest knocked off No. via Tallahassee Democrat
Top-seeded Davide Sanguinetti played the first scoreless set Wednesday in the Tallahassee Challenger while sending error-prone Nick Lindahl to the fastest exit so far with a 37-minute 6-1, 6-0 loss in the … via Tallahassee Democrat
SUNRISE Nenad ‘Ziki’ Zimonjic, No. 630 in the ATP rankings, had a lot of thanks to spread around after upsetting No. Read more
