Forty-Love News
Indian Wells, CA - The tall American duo of John Isner and Sam Querrey advanced to their 5th doubles final together this afternoon after beating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6-4 6-2
Indian Wells, CA - Novak Djokovic was steady in all departments as he dismissed Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-4 in today's quarterfinal match.
It was a high-quality match, with Andy Murray playing fine defense. But he wasn't doing much to pressure Roger Federer. And Federer was playing his best game.
No movement for Fernando Verdasco yet, but at least he finally managed a very good match, winning almost two-thirds of the points
OK, so John Isner couldn't set a record for longest match. At least he could make a try for a tiebreak record.... It's no help to his ranking, naturally.
Finally the clay caught up with Kei Nishikori. It doesn't appear it will affect his ranking; we show him remaining at #17. Stanislas Wawrinka should return to the Top 25 if he can win his next match.
No, we don't know if this really says anything about twenty-year-old Albano Olivetti. Mardy Fish compared his serve with Ivo Karlovic, but the ATP's web site didn't even know whether he's right- or left-handed.
For the first time in months, Caroline Wozniacki is moving in the right direction. Oh, she remains #4, and will not climb in the rankings any time soon
Roberta Vinci probably should have won this about three games earlier; she had chances to serve it out and let them slip. But she finally managed to hold in the second set. No points yet, though.
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Memphis (Sunday): Defending Champ Rybarikova Defeated In Opener
With all our quarterfinalists being unseeded, this week will produce a lot of firsts. Timea Babos not only reaches her first WTA semifinal, she is also one win away from a spot in the Top Hundred. She will be very close even if she doesn't win her semifinal.
Doha (Thurs): Azarenka Into QFs, Now 14-0 In 2012
WTA - Doha (Tues): Kerber Continues Hot Streak With Win Over Lisicki
Let no one claim that Daniela Hantuchova did not earn this win. She was out there battling for more than three hours. If nothing else, she tired Maria Kirilenko out
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