Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Saturday was a good day at the Natomas/USTA $50,000 Men's Professional Tennis Tournament to get home early and watch college football or do yard work. Otherwise, it was enough to make John McEnroe gag. The operative word here is "ugly." Three matches, all consecutive, were scheduled at the Natomas Racquet Club. The first ball was struck at 11:23 a.m., and fans were out of there by 2 p.m....
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
This just wasn't Robert Kendrick's week. The top seed's troubles began even before a ball was struck in the Natomas/USTA $50,000 Men's Professional Tennis Tournament at the Natomas Racquet Club. Kendrick woke up Monday morning with a sore back and withdrew from doubles. The Fresno native, ranked No. 82 in the world, then survived three-set matches against No. 282 Izak Van Der Merwe and No. 259 Lester...
Gambling Cos Building's Up The Spout (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
A triumph for John Isner last night, taking out Andy Roddick with a 38 ace performance in Flushing Meadow. The 6‘9” from North Carolina came to my attention a couple of years ago, when he was a lowly ranked wild card in Washington but reached the final ( losing to Roddick ), firing huge quantities of aces whilst beating Henman, Haas and Monfils. When I saw the result this morning, two things...
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Order of Play Arthur Ashe Stadium 11:00 Start Time 1. Men's Singles - 3rd Round Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)[31] Not Before:13:00 2. Women's Singles - 3rd Round Melanie Oudin (USA) v. Maria Sharapova (RUS)[29] 3. Men's Singles - 3rd Round John Isner (USA) v. Andy Roddick (USA)[5] Arthur Ashe Stadium 19:00 Start Time 1. Women's Singles - 3rd Round Dinara Safina (RUS)[1] v. Petra Kvitova...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
US Open interview with Sam Querrey September 3rd Day 4 S. QUERREY/K. Kim 7 5, 6 7, 6 4, 6 4 Q. That wasn't so easy. SAM QUERREY: No, not at all (smiling). Kevin is a tough player. He played well today. Q. Was he disrupting your game or were you having trouble? SAM QUERREY: I wasn't playing unbelievable. I played better this summer. But I just fought hard and I thought he played great. He was hitting...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
Mens Doubles: Round 2 Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) & Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spa) & Tommy Robredo (Spa) w/o (5) Max Mirnyi (Blr) & Andy Ram (Isr) bt Dusan Vemic (Ser) & Mischa Zverev (Ger) 7-5 3-6 6-1 Robert Kendrick (USA) & Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) leads Rik De Voest (Rsa) & Rajeev Ram (USA) 4-0 Mens Singles: Round 2 (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin)...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
US Open: Taylor Dent, Jesse Levine among US Open wild cards Taylor Dent will return to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2005 after receiving one of eight men’s wild cards. Dent will be joined by Jesse Levine, Devin Britton, Chase Buchanan, Brendan Evans, and Rajeev Ram. Levine made it to the third round of Wimbledon in June as a qualifier, upsetting former No. 1 Marat Safin along the way....
ESPN (Free subscription) | 19/08/2009
Taylor Dent will return to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2005 after receiving one of eight men's wild cards.
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Mens Singles: Round 1 Andrey Golubev (Kaz) bt (16) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3 6-4 Alejandro Falla (Col) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-1 6-4 (11) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 (10) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 John Isner...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 31/07/2009
LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Tommy Haas breezed past Jesse Levine Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Los Angeles Tennis Open. Haas, in action for the first time since losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals, recorded a 6-1, 6-3 victory that set up a quarterfinal match against eighth-seeded Marat Safin. Haas is seeking his second tournament title of the year. Sam...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
Isner on top in L Open, Safin and Haas also advance John Isner scored a 6-3 7-6 victory over Marcos Baghdatis in the second round of the LA Open. A day after upseting Benjamin Becker, Isner overcame Baghdatis and a late ankle injury with another confident display at the LA Tennis Center. Although Baghdatis saved five match points in the second set tiebreak, Isner scraped through 13-11 to seal the...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
July 29 (Reuters) - LA Open men's singles second round results on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * is new result) *1-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Jesse Levine (U.S.) 6-1 6-3 8-Marat Safin (Russia) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 2-6 6-3 6-4
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- Sam Querrey, who lost in the finals of his last two tournaments, moved past the first round of the Los Angeles Tennis Open Wednesday with a straight-sets win. Querrey defeated Denis Istomin in the last of the first-round matches 6-2, 6-0. Querry, seeded sixth this week, recently fell to Rajeev Ram in the finals of the Hall of Fame Championships and then dropped a decision...
ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
Levine advances to second round at Los Angeles Jesse Levine beat Bobby Reynolds 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the L.A. Tennis Open. Levine won for the sixth time in nine matches, and will face Tommy Haas in the second round. “I felt I played well,” Levine said. “My first-serve percentage was pretty high and I was hitting the ball really good.” If he advances further, Levine...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
LOS ANGELES, July 27 (UPI) -- Americans Jesse Levine and Robert Kendrick were first-round winners Monday at the $700,000 LA Tennis Open. Levine, a former University of Florida star, defeated fellow American Bobby Reynolds 6-2, 6-3. Kendrick defeated fellow American Vincent Spadea 6-0, 6-0 in just 36 minutes, eight seconds. Australian Chris Guccione beat American Kevin Kim 6-1, 6-4. Argentine Juan...
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