Poor Daniela Hantuchova, the poor girl can’t seem to catch a break. Hantuchova looses her second round to seasoned veteran Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-1. Hantuchova is the third seeded player to be rolled over by a qualifier in the tournament. Sugiyama trailed 3-0 in the first set before winning six in a row to take […]
Tommy Haas is in the quarterfinals of Indy. The once number 2 player in the world makes his way to the quarters after disposing of American John Isner. Haas took the match 6-3, 6-4. Today Haas has produced what the Tommy of four years ago was able to produce. Tommy Haas is really a good […]
Written by Darren Whitfield - guest blogger
Lindsay Davenport, once a number one player, has withdrawn from the Bank of the West Classic tournament due to a ongoing knee injury. Davenport stated “she wants to give her knee the proper time to heal.” Lindsay is joinning the long list of players who have become injured due […]
Wow time sure flies in the tennis world. It feels like just yesterday I was watching Venus capture her fifth Wimbledon title and now it is the start of the US Open Series. For those first timers to the series, it is a 6 week long run to the start of the US Open. During […]
Juan Martin Del Potro won his first ATP today taking the finals of the Mercedes Open in Stuttgart, Germany. 19 year old Del Potro defeated Richard Gaquest of France 6-4 7-5. The first break of serve happened in the first set 5-4. After the break he went on to win the first set 6-4. Again […]
By Darren Whitfield - guest blogger
On Saturday, great American tennis player Michael Chang was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Chang was a member of the American Dynasty of men’s tennis in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s which include Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.
Chang joins a prestige tennis few including […]
By Darren Whitfield - guest blogger
As Erica mentioned I am going to be writing on the blog while she is absent. I am not sure that I can do as good of a job that she has done but I will try my best. I love tennis so I guess that makes me qualified […]
Well, I have some good news and some more good news.
I’m going on a little trip-a-roo over the next two weeks: visiting the parentals in the ocean Midwest and then road tripping to the east coast. As much fun as I’ll be having, I sadly won’t be able to blog. (I’m not sure if that’s […]
Talk about calling matches in advance. Laura Robson is at 6-1 odds to win the ladies title at Wimbledon by 2020. Really? By 2020? What crystal ball are you looking at?
I’m not saying Robson isn’t without talent. For those who don’t follow it, Robson won the Wimbledon junior title this past week with a 6-3, […]
I’ve tried to avoid looking at all the headlines, because I don’t want to see all the Roger Federer-bashers climbing out of the woodwork now that he no longer has a strangle-hold on grass.
Now that I’m a day removed from the felling of the king, I’m…yep…still just as sad, haha. But at the end […]
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