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US Open Men's Singles Preview (Second Quarter)
This last of the eight previews here at The Daily Forehand for this 2010 US Open is of the second fourth of the men's singles draw, the Andy Murray Quarter. Second Quarter: Andy Murray GBR (4) v Lukas Lacko SVKRuben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP v Dustin Brown JAMJuan Ignacio Chela ARG v Yen-Hsun Lu...
Isner Beats Anderson and the Heat to Advance in Atlanta
ATLANTA--It may not look pretty and is usually a struggle, but more often than not John Isner finds a way to advance. As previously evidenced by his 11-hour plus Wimbledon marathon, Isner has again proved he's one of the toughest opponents on the ATP Tour in Atlanta. Saturday, Isner battled a...
John Isner Quickly Distancing Himself From the American Pack
The scoreline, 7-6(3), 6-4, was fairly close. But the widening gap between young Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey was clear during Isner's win over his friend and compatriot in their third round match at the Isner's rise to the upper echelon of the sport has been meteoric. He needed a wild...
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. Isner is now at a ranking of #42, just shy of the career-high #38 he reached in September. Defending...
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. Here are some thoughts from each of Monday's eight fourth round singles matches, starting with the...
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 had a lot of big names to see on the big stages. There were a fair number of interesting matches on the...
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 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, an ATP 500 tournament in Washington, DC. The two delivered, with top-seed...
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 in a battle of ace-happy Americans. It's also a rematch of their 2007 final here in Washington,...
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 in the draw. The biggest upset of the day was one of the last. In a match interrupted by the...
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 Guccione the match 6-7(3), 7-6(12), 6-4. The #2 seeded American fended off four match points in the second...
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