atp-washington Stories - The Daily Forehand
Juan Martin del Potro Wins Back-to-Back Washington Titles, Heartbreak Deep in the Third Set Again for Andy Roddick
WASHINGTON--Juan Martin del Potro successfully defended his title at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington Sunday afternoon, holding off Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) in a sweltering final. Rodd...
Andy Roddick Defeats John Isner In A Thriller, Reaches Legg Mason Tennis Classic Final in Washington
WASHINGTON--After the match between the #1 and #2 South Americans in men's tennis proved to be a dud, the stage was set for the #1 and #7 Americans to do battle in the second semifinal of the 2009 Leg...
Del Potro Advances to Legg Mason Final in a Mess of a Match
WASHINGTON--With the type of tennis displayed by the two top ranked South Americans in the ATP today, it's not only Argentina that should be cried for--it's Chile as well. Argentina's Juan Martin del ...
Open Thread: Washington Semifinal -- #1 Andy Roddick vs. John Isner
After the garbage that was the del Potro-Gonzalez semifinal, the Washington crowd will hopefully have the day salvaged by the night session, in which top seed Andy Roddick takes on unseed John Isner i...
Open Thread: Washington QF -- #1 Andy Roddick vs. #11 Ivo Karlovic
I'm at the first quarterfinal of the night session on Friday at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, the ATP tour's 500 level tournament in Washington, DC.This match is on ESPN2 (and various internet livest...
Soderling Pulls Out With Elbow Injury, Gonzalez Beats Haas
WASHINGTON--I was all set to write up the most thorough, blow-by-blow recap of the del Potro-Soderling quarterfinal throwdown possible. So here I go: It didn't happen. The end. Robin Soderling p...
Andy Roddick Beats Sam Querrey, Secures 500th Career Win
WASHINGTON--A match between two of the biggest servers on the ATP Tour, on a court described by Ivo Karlovic as the fastest court on the ATP circuit, somehow dissolved into a match of finesse games. T...
The Daily Forehand Talks to Tommy Haas About Anger, Loneliness, and German Tennis
Germany's Tommy Haas is known in tennis circles as somewhat of a forlorn, star-crossed miser. His career has been peppered with freak injuries (tripping over a stray ball during warm ups) and su...
Legg Mason Day 5: In Late Action, Seeds Cropped by Underdogs
WASHINGTON--Only five of twelve seeds in action on Wednesday in Washington at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic advanced to the third round, with rust clearly hanging off some of the more potent racquets ...
The Daily Forehand Freestyles With Ivo Karlovic
Ivo Karlovic came into the press room at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Wednesday, presumably to discuss his first round win over Rainer Schuettler, a match the 6'10'' Croatian won 6-4, 7-5. H...
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