Archive: valencia
How can I add Anything more to this day in Valencia, where Spain ended up victorious over Germany.
Germany earned a humongous doubles victory at Spain, taking a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarterfinal tie on the red clay of Valencia on Saturday afternoon.
First Day at the Davis Cup between Spain and Germany in Valencia. Traveling is part of my life for the Past 37 years and the past weeks have not been different.
It has been a rough week for Americans in Basel, Valencia, and in Singapore. Steve Johnson lost his Swiss Indoors Basel opener to Milos Raonic 7-6(4), 6-4. John Isner and Stefan Kozlov, the only two USA representatives in the Valencia singles draw, lost in the first round. Even Serena Williams suffered a shocking 6-0, 6-2 defeat to Simona Halep at the women's year-end championship.
This is about as good as it gets when it comes to a pair of 500-point tournaments. Roger Federer will play in front of home fans as the No. 1 seed at the Swiss Indoors Basel, where Rafael Nadal’s comeback from a wrist injury and perseverance through appendicitis will continue.
This was pretty straightforward: Marin Cilic broke once in the middle of the first set, and again at the beginning of the second, and he was never broken. It's his fourth title of the year -- twice as many as he had ever won before even if you ignore the fact that one of them was the U. S. Open.
We keep crossing Ernests Gulbis out of London, and it's never quite officially true. But this makes it incredibly close (more in the Feature). Roberto Bautista Agut can't quite make London, but with this, he's up to #14. That's as high as he can go this week, and probably this year, but still, what a breakthrough season!
It was almost as if Roger Federer had magically seen the Paris draw (which all but assures that he will earn a London spot) and slacked off.
Legend Rod Laver has quietly offered some much-needed wise words to young Australian tear-away Bernard Tomic, whose lack of desire and consistent quitter's attitude are starting to reflect badly on the proud heritage of the game on the island-continent.
Novak Djokovic has chosen to rest next week instead of accepting a late - and presumably lucrative - invitation to play as a wild card in the Valencia 500 ATP event...
