Archive: March 2014
The Bryan brothers and Bruno Soares, who reached the finals of the men's doubles at Miami, have called for ATP doubles finals to be televised online.
Novak Djokovic vigorously denies that new coach Boris Becker is a jinx on his game despite having lost this season at the first two events where he was joined by the German. With Becker absent due to hip surgery, Djokovic resumed his winning pace by taking the Indian Wells title this month over Roger Federer.
Some players just never lose that winning habit and after becoming an unlikely doubles champion at Miami’s Sony Open again, 17 years after first winning the singles title at the Florida event, Martina Hingis is gearing up to play many more events on this season’s WTA calendar.
If the purpose of the lesser events is to set the tone for Slams, Rafael Nadal is hearing sirens. This was about as one-sided as a Nadal/Djokovic match can be. It took only an hour and 23 minutes (a very short contest by their standards), and Djokovic won 60% of the points. He broke three times; he saved the only break point he faced.
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Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, a former Top 10 player and Australian Open finalist, has received the first wild card for the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men's Clay Court Championship that will be held at River Oaks Country Club April 7-13.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) named Cooper Anderson of Western Washington University, the USTA Tennis On Campus National Leader of the Year for the 2013-2014 season. The award is presented annually to the college student who has made significant contributions to the USTA’s Tennis On Campus program in a manner that benefits the well-being of their fellow students and the surrounding community.
Although it was close, the Bryans never really felt like they were under threat here; they faced only one break point, which they saved, while earning five break points of their own. All through the match, it felt as if they would win it in tiebreaks if not before. As it turned out, in the second set, it was before.
Twice in this match, Li Na seemed to just vanish for a few points. One was in the last game of the first set. Having blown a 5-2 lead, she served for the tiebreak, had game points, and couldn't make it through. In the fourth game of the second set, same story: game points, but no game. Those two failed game points cost her the match.
This is almost unheard of ! How is it possible that both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal got what we call in tennis a "WALKOVER" ....ok , we get it a groin injury and a stomach bug. But really. There's no plan B ? You couldn't dig thru your mighty Rolodexes and make magic happen ?
For the first time in four years, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams is returning to Philadelphia when she visits the Villanova University Pavilion with the three-time defending Mylan World TeamTennis (WTT) Champion Washington Kastles to challenge the Philadelphia Freedoms on Thursday, July 17.
The Asics Easter Bowl 47th annual tournament will move to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden this year where the nation’s top boys’ and girls’ junior tennis players will have a chance to play on the same courts as their favorite players did three weeks ago at the BNP Paribas Open. Admission is FREE DAILY to attend the event.
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Not much to say about this except that Kei Nishikori waited until about two hours before his match to pull it. We'll have to see if he can play Davis Cup. The loss means that he will leave here at #18. Djokovic has now had two walkovers and has played only three matches here!
Every time Serena Williams wins a match in the Sony Open, and she made quite a habit of doing so over the years after reaching the final nine times and winning the title on six of those occasions, the world no.1 gets asked the question: You really do love Miami.
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