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Kevin Anderson lives one and a half miles from the site of the Delray Beach Open and the 6 ft 8” South African could not have looked more at home as he swept into the final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Steve Johnson.
Steve Johnson, a four time NCAA titlist during his time at USC, scored the best win of his pro career in the second round of the Delray Beach Open by ousting top seed Tommy Haas 6-4, 2-6, 7-6.
Greg Norman turned up at the Delray Beach Open to support his former caddy and Lleyton Hewitt did not disappoint the Great White Shark, getting his jaws into Bradley Klahn to win 6-3, 6-1.
Let me apologize up front. What I am laying out here is not new. It is the basis of a format for the Davis Cup that I forwarded to the Davis Cup committee, at the specific suggestion of Mr Davis Cup himself, Neale Fraser, four years ago.
Is the work load too much? Novak Djokovic is about to find out. The Serb collected his 6th title of the year with a hard-earned 7-5, 7-5 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer in the BNP Paribas Masters...
Roger Federer played brilliantly for a while and lost; Rafael Nadal played poorly all match and he lost, too, leaving Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer to battle it out here in Paris on Sunday when the other six, amongst the world’s top players, are preparing for the ATP World finals across the Channel.
Roger Federer had a succinct phrase to describe the fact that all eight players who have qualified for the ATP World Finals in London
Roger Federer looked smooth; Juan Martin del Potro and Stan Wawrinka determined but it was Tomas Berdych who put an end to the faint hopes Milos Raonic had of making the ATP World Finals
The Parisians love style so, of course, they love Roger Federer.
Tuesday report from Bercy
Chess aficiandos may know that Anand, the five time world chess champion, grew up on Sterling Road in what was then known as Madras.
There was Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Stretching the field, you can talk of Rolls and Royce, Rogers and Hammerstein. But a quartet?
If you asked questions of Hoadie you got straight answers with no bullshit. So one popped into my head and I asked, “What was the toughest shot you ever had to handle on a tennis court?”
Marion Bartoli’s retirement has created the most surprising story of the tennis year so far, many are comparing it to Bjorn Borg’s early retirement
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