Archive: October 2014
Dawn’s light crawls up the Santa Catalina’s mountains’ pale red rocks. A lone crow caws into the morning’s chill. As the Sonoran desert heats up, hundreds of amateur athletes lace up their sneaks and descend onto the newly-paved courts. This is the second annual US TENNIS CONGRESS, now taking place at El Conquistador Resort in Tucson, Arizona.
Check out these EPA photos of the ATP tennis in Paris.
The 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles Champion Jamie Murray, and former British Davis Cup player Ross Hutchins will team up in the doubles field at the Statoil Masters Tennis, the IMG-owned and staged event which will be held at the Royal Albert Hall from 3-7 December.
I write not as a tennis player, only as a passionate Roger Federer fan. I’ve never played a day of tennis in my life but I fell in love with how Roger played tennis at Wimbledon some years ago.
Russian tennis star, Maria Sharapova and boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov confirmed their participation for the XXII edition of the 2015 Mexican Tennis Open held in Acapulco from February 23-28. While Dimitrov will be back for seconds after winning the men’s field in 2014 against Kevin Anderson, this will be Sharapova’s first time playing in the famed Mexican resort town.
The stakes cannot get much higher at a Masters 1000 event. Not only is the BNP Paribas Masters title on the line, but there are also four World Tour Finals spots left to be decided this week in Paris. Six contenders are battling for the remaining berths in London: Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer, Milos Raonic, and Grigor Dimitrov.
Check out these photos from Sven Groeneveld in Singapore.
Check out these EPA photos of the doubles team Sania Mirza of & Cara Black at the WTA Year End Doubles Tennis Championships in Singapore.
Overheard in Shanghai during the Federer run at The 2014 Master Series 1000 Event:
A Moment of Magic, Jaw-dropping, Sublime, A Thing of Beauty, Exquisite, Such Lovely Feel, Simply Too Good, Of the Highest Order, Wonderful Shot Making, Neutralizing, Nice Variation, What a Spectacular Winner to End a Spectacular Set of Tennis, Foot to the Floor, It’s Just Gorgeous, Superb Net Coverage, Sweetly Timed, Great Anticipation, So Quick to Transition, World Class Isn’t It?
Click here to see photos of Serena Williams from the WTA finals match in Singapore.
Andy Murray soared from eighth to fifth in the 2014 ATP race to the World Tour Finals by outlasting Tommy Robredo 3-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(8) in an epic final of the Valencia Open on Sunday. Although he has not yet mathematically clinched, Murray's third title of the fall swing makes him virtually a lock to qualify for London.
Check out these photos of Roger Federer after winning the title in Basel.
Ivo Karlovic's serve was humming -- you don't hit 33 aces against Roger Federer otherwise! Federer's serve was pretty good, too -- he faced only two break points, whereas Karlovic faced four. But Karlovic managed to convert on one chance, and in the second set, Karlovic's serve was untouchable -- 13 aces in the set, 78% of first serves in, 88% of points won on first serve.
Click here to view some of the latest photos from Singapore.
Last call. That’s the usual description of Paris: The last chance to earn points before the Race is closed. And, for all but the Top Eight, the last chance to settle their year-end rankings. The effects of that are curious. Some years, when the Race is tight, Paris is extraordinarily strong. Other years, it ends up extremely weak.
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