Querrey’s 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
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Archive for August, 2008
Querrey’s 2nd upset of Open earns match vs. Nadal
Sam Querrey is so young that there isn’t a trace of irony when he mentions growing up rooting for Andy Roddick and James Blake, two guys still very much on tour and still in their 20s.
Srebotnik springs a surprise on Kuznetsova
NEW YORK: A drizzly Flushing Meadows proved an inhospitable place for former champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Lindsay Davenport on Friday, with both skidding out of the U.S. Open tennis in the third round.
Williams sisters one round away from head-to-head meeting
When they were little girls, Venus and Serena Williams played tennis with matching beads.
Roger Federer gets his game straight at Open
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic battles through tiebreaker against American Robert Kendrick in first set, but takes next two to move on to third round.
2004 champion Kuznetsova upset in Open’s 3rd round
It was standing-room-only in a small secondary interview room Saturday. The world’s top-ranked men’s player, Rafael Nadal, was holding his post-match news conference nearby, but still reporters crowded around a …
Venus Williams Advances To Fourth Round
Seventh-seed Venus Williams advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine.
2008 featured a summer of love for sports fans
It may not feel like autumn. In fact, it won’t feel anything like autumn around Dallas when fall actually arrives in another three weeks.
Rafael Nadal on course to level Rod Laver’s greatest ever tennis season
Rafael Nadal’s image is being used on the top of some yellow New York cabs, all thanks to Don King’s ‘Grapple in the Apple’ promotion.
Top-seeded Ivanovic loses in huge upset at US Open
The top-ranked player in the world seemed tentative, while No. 188 was assertive.
‘I thought she was maybe nervous more than I was,’ said Julie Coin, who had to advance through qualifying to even reach the U.S. Open, about her opponent, the French Open champ.
The tennis world was turned upside down Thursday when Coin stunned the No. 1 seed, Ana Ivanovic. Coin won 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round. Never before in the 40-year Open era had a top women’s seed lost so early.
‘I think what I experienced so far is girls, when they play against higher-ranked players, they have nothing to lose so they go for their shots,’ Ivanovic said. ‘Many times they play matches of their life.’
Chile’s Gonzalez is no villain
Fernando Gonzalez doesn’t exactly make a good villain. He’s a nice guy, he plays hard, he comes from a country, Chile, that doesn’t exactly mass produce elite tennis players.
Roddick leads U.S. men’s advance to second round
This is roughly the fifth year in which American male tennis players are hearing a refrain consigning them to that old Bullwinkle cartoon institution, Whatsamatta U. Only three Yank men are ranked among the …
Underdog Federer continues title defense
Roger Federer, reveling in the unusual role of being the underdog, will continue his bid for a fifth successive U.S. Open title on Friday when he plays little-known Brazilian Thiago Alves in the second round.
Federer through to second round of US Open
Four-times defending champion Roger Federer is through to the second round of the US Open after a comfortable first-round win last night.
Tennis star Rafael Nadal doesn’t like being disrupted during practice
TENNIS star Rafael Nadal doesn’t like being disrupted during practice. The Spaniard was hitting with Italy’s Fabio Fognini at Flushing Meadows on Friday while reborn boy band Menudo was doing a sound check.