Archive: March 2014
It was right there for Jiri Vesely's taking in round three of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday afternoon. Andy Murray was in foul mood even by Andy Murray standards and his game was no better than his demeanor.
Maybe we’re spoiled. In the first year of the luxurious but also intimate Stadium 2, we expect every match in there to live up to the standard of the host building itself.
Fresh from inspiring Roger Federer to some of his best tennis in years, six-time Grand Slam champion Stefan Edberg will try to defend his Kings of Tennis title in Stockholm, Sweden, starting on Tuesday.
BNP Paribas is the most generous sponsor in tennis today and has been a major backer of the sport since taking its first steps into tennis sponsorship in 1973 with the French Open at Roland Garros.
Andy Murray won with a sub-par performance while Roger Federer stayed cool under pressure as both seeds advanced. Australian Open winner Stanislas Wawrinka maintained championship form at his first event in a month, crushing Italian Andreas Seppi 6-0, 6-2.
Aleksandr Dolgopolov knows a thing or two about overcoming adversity. The 25-year-old Ukrainian has Gilbert’s Syndrome, a hereditary condition that affects a person’s liver and can sap energy almost at any moment.
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal bowed out of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday evening at the hands of Aleksandr Dolgopolov. In a rematch of last month’s Acapulco final, won by Nadal, the Spaniard went down to Dolgopolov 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) during third-round action.
The "Thiem" is Dominic...Big Hitting Dominic Thiem powers his way through another win!
Walking into the tennis garden I spot the 10sBalls.com crew. I turn around and there he is, Roger Federer!
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) joined Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday in Indian Wells, California.
Stanislas Wawrinka confirmed that a long rest of nearly a month was exactly what he needed to clear his head and prepare for a resumption of tennis after winning the Australian Open.
In the BNP Paribas Open lunch area on Tuesday, where players, coaches and media can casually mingle amidst perfect weather and a mountainous backdrop while enjoying the pasta bar or whatever delicacy suits their fancies, Rick Leach talked about the popcorn match between Grigor Dimitrov and Ernests Gulbis scheduled for later that afternoon.
Juan Martin Del Potro continues to be hopeful of his left wrist will allow him to play in the upcoming Sony Open in Miami after quitting mid-match in the recent Dubai Duty Free Championships and then withdrawing from the ongoing BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after using a doubles match to gauge his fitness.
Elena Baltacha's tennis career was for the most part a battle against superior forces such as illness, injury and opposing players she admitted were far more talented. Yet she made her mark by becoming Britain’s first woman to figure in the world’s top 50 since Anne Hobbs 24 years previously.
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