Archive: March 2014
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It has been a while since my last entry to 10sBalls.com. I’ve been off the radar for a bit, I had some tough months before having hip surgery.
If Dominika Cibulkova has a favorite animal, it has to be the chameleon. When she first came up, her speed made her a clay player. Then she turned into an indoor hardcourt player. This year, she's an outdoor hardcourt player, with the Australian Open final on her record and now this.
Grigor Dimitrov had had a very late semifinal the night before (all matches at this event take place late; you'd think it was a cartel hiding from public scrutiny). He admitted he didn't feel too good after that, and when asked how he managed to come back from a break down in the third set of this three hour match, he declared, "Belief is the only thing that kept me going today...
It's all about Indian Wells, California! I've been coming to this fan friendly event for 40 years. Almost, maybe...My first time I arrived by bus to Palm Springs and made my way down to Mission Hills resort. That was an adventure.
Just as in the semifinal against Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer started stronger than the scoreline. He and Tomas Berdych were almost even in the first set, but Berdych won it, and went up by a break in the second -- and then Federer started amping up the pressure.
On Monday, March 3, in conjunction with World Tennis Day, the International Tennis Hall of Fame will announce the Enshrinement Class of 2014.
In the first set of this, Roger Federer kept threatening Novak Djokovic and not quite getting the break. Things didn't look good. But he really does seem to be rediscovering his confidence. Or something...
Chris Kermode’s appointment as the ATP World Tour’s Executive Chairman and President has left a vacancy as Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships, the London grass court event that is long established in the Wimbledon build up and next year elevates to a 500 series.
With a successful run of February events in South America concluded, the ATP has its eyes on possible expansion in the region, where the bottom line is looking more than positive after decades of tennis famine.
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