Archive for August, 2009
Nadal back to pre-injury practice routine
Tennis newsGive Rafael Nadal credit for looking on the bright side.
Yes, hes been dealing with knee tendinitis. Yes, his French Open winning streak ended. Yes, he decided not to defend his Wimbledon championship. Yes, hes dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in the rankings.
On the other hand, while the Spaniard was sidelined, he got to [...]
Fish pulls out of US Open with rib injury
Tennis newsMardy Fish of the United States withdrew from the US Open on Sunday because of a rib injury.
The 25th-seeded Fish, of Tampa, Fla., was a quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows last year.
He had been drawn to face Daniel Koellerer of Austria in the first round. Instead, Koellerer will play Rui Machado of Portugal.
Fish lost in the [...]
ATP-WTA Pilot Pen Results
Tennis newsResults Saturday from the Pilot Pen, a $750,000 ATP and $600,000 WTA event on hard courts at the Connecticut Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Men
Semifinals
Sam Querrey (6), United States, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.
Fernando Verdasco (2), Spain, def. Igor Andreev (7), Russia, 7-6, (4), 7-6 (5).
Final
Fernando Verdasco (2), Spain, def. Sam Querrey (6), United States, [...]
U.S Open Qualifying Results
Tennis newsFriday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
New York
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Qualifying Round
Winners advance to the main draw
Men
Alejandro Falla (31), Colombia, def. Roko Karanusic (8), Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.
Horacio Zeballos (2), Argentina, def. Stefan Koubek (19), Austria, 6-4, 6-1.
Michael Berrer (10), Germany, def. Blaz Kavcic (25), Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2.
Somdev Devvarman, India, leads Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-3, 5-2 [...]
Tennis officials a-Twitter: US Open players warned
Tennis newsWatch what you tweet.
Thats the message tennis authorities are delivering as the U.S. Open gets set to start on Monday, telling players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking site Twitter.
Signs are being posted in the players lounge, locker rooms and referees office at the USTA Billie Jean [...]
ATP-WTA Pilot Pen Results
Tennis newsResults Tuesday from the Pilot Pen, a $750,000 ATP and $600,000 WTA event played on hardcourts at the Connecticut Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses).
Singles
Men
Second Round
Igor Andreev (7), Russia, def. Kevin Kim, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Nicolas Almagro (9), Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Igor Kunitsyn (14), Russia, def. Taylor Dent, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Leonardo [...]
U.S Open Qualifying Results
Tennis newsTuesday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
New York
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Lukas Lacko (28), Slovakia, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 6-4, 6-1.
Peter Polansky, Canada, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Yannick Mertens, Belgium, def. Carlos Poch-Gradin, Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
Roko Karanusic (8), Croatia, def. George Bastl, Switzerland, 6-0, 6-0.
Izak van der Merwe, South Africa, def. Eric [...]
Agassi autobiography to be released in November
Tennis newsAndre Agassis autobiography is heading to book stores in November.
In the book, the eight-time Grand Slam singles champion discusses his start in tennis as a child, his relationship with his father and his failed marriage to Brooke Shields.
Agassi writes: No one ever asked me if I wanted to play tennis, let alone make it my [...]
Kuznetsova tops Jie; Mauresmo beats Sugiyama
Tennis newsTop-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova needed three sets Monday to overcome Chinas Zheng Jie 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4 in the first round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament, the final warmup before the US Open.
The French Open champion, who received a wild-card entry into this tournament last week, won the first set easily and appeared to be [...]
Czech Davis Cup player Minar denies doping
Tennis newsCzech tennis player Ivo Minar tested positive for a banned substance after a Davis Cup match.
Czech Tennis Association president Ivo Kaderka said on Monday that the sample was taken after a Davis Cup quarterfinal victory over Argentine on July 10-12.
Kaderka said Minar was taking an unspecified supplement that apparently contained a derivative of the banned [...]
