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Federer, del Potro, Soderling, Davydenko Through on Tiebreakers
With three players finishing round robin play Group B was decided by the first tiebreaking criteria, number of sets won and lost. Soderling (5-2) and Davydenko (5-3) barely edged out Djokovic (4...
WTF! Soderling Blasts Through Nadal Again, Djokovic Outlasts Davydenko
In his first time playing in London since winning that epic Wimbledon final in 2008, Rafael Nadal looked like a shadow of the player he was then in his first WTF match against Robin Soderling, which w...
King Roger Guillotined by Commoner in Paris
There was only one upset in the matches second round matches Wednesday involving top ten players, but it was a big one. Top seed and world #1 Roger Federer fell in his first match at Paris-Bercy...
Cilic Chops Up Nadal in Beijing
Marin Cilic demolished top-seed Rafael Nadal in the Beijing semifinals, winning 6-1, 6-3 in a match that was exactly as close as the score indicates. It's tough to know what to make of Marin Cilic the...
US Open Day 14: Mama Knocks Out Second US Open Title
Women's Singles Final: Kim Clijsters BEL def. Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9) 7-5, 6-3 -- The player who won the U.S. Open wasn't even playing professional tennis as of July. That's pretty crazy. In...
US Open Day 13: Serena's Foot (and Mouth) Fault Ends Match
One of the most bizarre days of tennis I can remember. I'll have more on the ending of Serena-Clijsters a bit later, but for now a more tennis-focused recap of the day's matches: Women's Semifin...
US Open Day 11: Del Potro Wakes Up In Time, Rain On Nadal's Parade
For the first time in this tournament, there was a rain delay. For the first time in this tournament, there was a rain delay so long that matches had to be postponed until the next day. Fo...
US Open Day 11 Predictions: Men's Quarterfinals
A fairly quiet day of tennis today, with only two singles matches to be played. There are some pretty intriguing doubles matches going on as well (Williams Sisters in doubles semifinals, Travis ...
US Open Day 9: Murray Muffs Up, Serena Serves Into Semis
The other Andy was sent home Tuesday in the only major shake up on a day that featured tennis of varying degrees of quality. A highly anticipated semifinal on the women's side was realized, whi...
US Open Day 9 Predictions
Six matches for Tuesday, as the stakes get higher and higher for not only the players but also for my predicting reputation... Women's Bottom Half Quarterfinals Flavia Pennetta ITA (10) vs. Serena Wil...
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