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Hewitt Breaks Down Isner in Shanghai
In what could have been an epic battle of youth and power vs. age and speed, Lleyton Hewitt dismantled John Isner, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that was nowhere near as close as the score would indicate. Isne...
US Open Day 8: Men Follow Script, Women Still Unpredictable
The men's draw remained true to form and without any major surprises Monday, while the shambles that is the top half of the women's draw remained as stable as a a toothpick sculpture in a wind tunnel....
US Open Day 1: Venus Wobbles, But Stars Stay in Orbit
The Daily Forehand's US Open Coverage The odd days of US Open action are much stronger than the evens in terms of star power. With Federer, Roddick, Venus and Serena all playing today, the fans ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Fish Flounders, but Guccione Fails to Put Him On the Barbie
As you might expect from a match that featured a fish and a ginger, the tennis was pretty raw. It's the L.A. tournament, folks, a sushi joke was in order. Mardy Fish defeated wild card Chris Guc...

