Holy smokes! Apparently I started talking about Sam Querrey at just the right moment, because he’s doing some American Wonderkid stunts. Querrey just beat Richard Gasquet at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Querrey got soundly beat in the first set 6-2 by Gasquet. Querrey showed his tenacity and mental strength by winning the final two sets 6-4, […]
So Roger Federer almost lost in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. Down 5-1 in the third set, he won five games in a row and won the tiebreak over 137th-ranked Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo. But really, what’s the big deal? I’m tired of talking about Federer and what his recent slump means. I’d […]
It took a long time, three years worth of long, for Robert Dee to finally get his first victory as a professional tennis player. Dee was one loss short of tying the record of 55 consecutive losses when he notched the big W in Barcelona last week with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Arzhang Derakhshani.
Dee […]
The Monte Carlo Masters kicked off today. Juan Carlos Ferrero needed three sets to beat out Michael Llodra; Ferrero lost the first set 7-6 but leveled Llodra in the final two sets at 6-1 apiece.
Andy Murray and Mario Ancic persevered in the first round as well, but the Cinderella story (if you can have one […]
Ryan Harrison became the third youngest player (since 1990) to win an ATP match. Harrison defeated Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay 6-4, 6-3 at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston, Texas. It took Harrison 57 minutes to establish his place in history.
The American is 15 years, 11 months and seven days old and is […]
Basically, there are two words that can sum up the United States representation in men’s tennis - it sucks.
Donnie Collins of the Times Tribune gives a great breakdown of the lackluster era in American men’s tennis. A few points from Collins’ article:
- Since 2003, an American has faced Roger Federer 41 times…and lost 41 times.
- […]
I haven’t talked about one of the most talked about tennis players for awhile so I thought it was about time I slip a little something-something back into here about him.
Sandra Harwitt writes about Roger Federer for Tennis.com in her article Clocking the Fed Express: Losing or gaining speed? Ever since Federer wound up the 2007 […]
I’ve talked about Mr. Big-time before and today, he took another step on his way to building up his own majesty.
Andy Murray, ranked No. 11 in the world, has said he is considering not representing Great Britain in future team events.
“I don’t know exactly how long I will continue playing Davis Cup,” said Murray. “The […]
So. I just posted a late post that I thought had already been posted but it turned out it hadn’t been posted but I didn’t realize it hadn’t been posted until I was here to write this post.
Okay then, enough forms of the word “post.”
I live in the inland of the Pacific Northwest and we […]
They say it’s better late than never and the WTA Tour apparently agreed.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley was awarded the No. 1 spot in women’s tennis rankings 31 years after she was actually there. Due to lost paperwork in 1976, Goolagong Cawley (No. 2 at the time) was not recognized for her two-week span at No. 1 in […]
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Written by Erica Beck [email] for b5media.
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