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US Open Day 10 Preview
Quality over quantity is the idea in the second week of slams, which is why we have only four matches on tap for Wednesday's Day 10 action at the 2010 US Open. I think the two women's matches could be quite lopsided, but the men could put on a pretty good show. Kaia Kanepi (EST)[31] v. Vera...
US Open Men's Singles Predictions (Fourth Quarter)
Next we have the predictions for the bottom fourth of the 2010 US Open Men's Singles draw, the Roger Federer Quarter. Fourth Quarter:Robin Soderling SWE (5) v Andreas Haider-Maurier AUT [Q]Taylor Dent USA v Alejandro Falla COLThiemo de Bakker NED v Marc Gicquel FRA [Q]Ivan Dodig CRO [Q] v Fernando...
Australian Open Day 14 Open Thread: Men's Final
255 matches down, 1 to go... Rod Laver Arena Not Before 19:30 Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Andy Murray (GBR)[5] I'm predicting Federer in 4. I think part of the reason he lost to del Potro in that final was a real lack of fight and killer instinct against an opponent in del Potro whom Federer...
Australian Open Day 12 Open Thread
Only one match tonight, and each of the next two nights as well. And then there will be zero grand slam matches per night for about four months, so make the most of these while you can. Rod Laver Arena Not Before 19:30 Roger Federer (SUI)[1] v. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)[10] I'll go out on not...
Australian Open Day 10 Open Thread
Things are getting serious, folks. What was once 256 is now 12, and we'll be in single digits by the end of the night. This should be a seriously awesome day of action. Rod Laver Arena 11:00 Start Time 1. Li Na (CHN)[16] v. Venus Williams (USA)[6] 2. Serena Williams (USA)[1] v. Victoria...
Tiger vs. Roger: Best of the Decade
Comparison from 2000-09 Tiger Woods Roger Federer Nationality USA Switzerland Major/Slam Titles 12 15 Major/Slam Runner-Up Finishes 6 6 Major/Slam Titles Successfully Defended 4 9 Major/Slam Streak of Top Four/Semifinal Finishes 5 24 (Active) Number of Players Lost to at a...
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 (4-3) for the two semifinal spots, despite being the two lowest ranked players in their group. But as...
WTF! Federer, Murray Battle Through on Day 1
Andy Murray got the 2009 WTF off to a rousing start in his home country's largest city Sunday, outlasting Juan Martin del Potro over three sets to get the first win of the round robin by the score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. With the crowd on his side and the slow, hard courts in the O2 arena being exactly...
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 to France's Julien Benneteau, who pulled off the upset by the score of 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4. With his...
The Daily Forehand Talks to Tomas Berdych (Part 2)
As promised, here is the second part of the interview I did a little while back with Tomas Berdych. Since making some waves with his comments about Nicole Vaidisova in the first part of the interview, Berdych has had a pretty decent run through the Asian swing and European indoor circuit, making...
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