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Rackets and Balls - Tennis News

May 11th, 2008

Novak Wins Rome; Dinara Wins Berlin

Well, the Rome Masters finally saw a complete match played after several of the tour’s top players withdrew because of injuries. Novak Djokovic came from a set down (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) to beat Stanislas Wawrinka in the Rome Masters final.
The victory was Djoko’s 10th career title It also puts him 310 points behind second-ranked Rafael […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

May 9th, 2008

Tourney Topplers: Big Serve Serena and King Roger Felled

Apparently Rafa was only the first in a string of toppled giants. Roger Federer lost a tightly-contested two-set match to Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals 7-6(4), 7-6(7). I don’t know which type of loss is harder: the one where you get completely blown off the court or the one where you’re so incredibly […]

By Erica -- 4 comments

May 8th, 2008

German Open: Henin Toppled by Safina

Her hope of using the German Open to get ready for the French didn’t materialize for Justine Henin after Dinara Safina used three sets to send Henin packing in the third round.
Henin had been to the last six German Open finals and won three of them. Two of those victories preluded her first two French […]

By Erica -- 2 comments

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