April 27th, 2008
What a week of clay court tennis it has been! If there was any doubt that Rafael Nadal still owned the clay court crown, he dispelled those doubts with 7-5, 7-5 victory over Roger Federer in the Monte Carlo Masters final.
Rafa was facing a dismal 4-0 hole in the second set but clawed his way […]
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April 25th, 2008
Like one it says in one of those old western movies I used to watch with my pa, “You fit a good fight, Querrey.”
And he did. Sam Querrey was ousted by Novak Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters 6-4, 6-0 in the quarters, but boy, did Querrey give the American tennis fans something to bank […]
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April 24th, 2008
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, […]
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April 23rd, 2008
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 […]
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April 21st, 2008
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 […]
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