Top Seeded Nadal Draws a Testy Bracket

27 Aug 2010 by Hiland in US Open 2010
Top Seeded Nadal Draws a Testy Bracket

The official draws for the U.S. Open were announced Thursday and for the third time this season, the bookmakers and the men’s seeding committee do not see eye-to-eye in a Grand Slam event.


Murray Guns Rafa down, Federer Helps Djokovic Self Destruct

15 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Rogers Cup
Murray Guns Rafa down, Federer Helps Djokovic Self Destruct

The top four seeds battled on Saturday in the Toronto semifinals and the best player to have not won a major will meet the king of the majors as finalists on Sunday.


Nadal – Murray, Djokovic – Federer in Semifinals

14 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Rogers Cup
Nadal – Murray, Djokovic – Federer in Semifinals

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer escaped tough matches while Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray cruised through their quarterfinal pairings and into the semifinal round at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.


Nalbandian Superior in Washington

09 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Nalbandian Superior in Washington

Argentine David Nalbandian matched an impeccable first set with a streaky second set to capture his 11th career ATP title.


Baghdatis To Meet Nalbandian In Finals

08 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Baghdatis To Meet Nalbandian In Finals

Marcos Baghdatis and David Nalbandian proved to be the two best players at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington this week where there is just one match left on Sunday.


Malisse Upsets Sloppy Berdych

08 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Malisse Upsets Sloppy Berdych

There was spectacular tennis and error-prone tennis at Friday’s Legg Mason Quarterfinals in Washington but whatever it was it was highly competitive as the tournament was reduced to the final four.


Roddick, Fish, Isner All Out In D.C.

06 Aug 2010 by Hiland in Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Roddick, Fish, Isner All Out In D.C.

The rain could not hide the tears as American’s Fish, Roddick, Sweeting and Isner all fell at the Legg Mason Tournament on Thursday.


Nadal – Roddick on Collision Course

30 Mar 2010 by Hiland in Sony Ericsson Open 2010
Nadal – Roddick on Collision Course

Rehabilitated David Nalbandian has always been tough on Rafa Nadal, and the one-time world number three showed why on Sunday.


Marat Safin – A Tormented Talent

12 Feb 2010 by Matthew Zemek in Player Profiles
Marat Safin – A Tormented Talent

The first thing that needs to be said about Marat Safin is that 99.5 percent of human beings would love to have this enigmatic Russian’s problems. This magnetic Muscovite with movie-star looks, a body tailor-made for tennis success, and a full assortment of formidable skills won over $14 million, traveled the world, won two Major [...]


David is no Goliath

21 Jan 2009 by Matthew Zemek in Australian Open 2009
David is no Goliath

In one sense, it was a huge surprise that tenth-seeded David Nalbandian crashed out of the Australian Open in the second round. Then again, one of the tennis world’s most puzzling players can never proceed through a tournament without serving up a surprise. On paper, the Argentine had no business ducking out of the year’s [...]

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