Archive for August, 2010
U.S. Open: del Potro withdraws with wrist injury
Tennis newsCBSSports.com wire reportsAug. 21, 2010 Defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro withdrew from the U.S. Open on Saturday, saying he “cannot compete at the top level yet” after having an operation on his right wrist in May. He becomes only the third U.S. Open mens champion in the 42-year Open era who didnt defend the [...]
Fish beats Roddick, advances to Cincinnati final
Tennis newsCBSSports. A seven-minute rain delay saved Mardy Fish. Fish turned the brief break in the second set into a rallying point Saturday. Only one game away from a straight-set defeat, he pulled out 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over boyhood friend and high school teammate Andy Roddick in an all-American semifinal at the Cincinnati Masters. [...]
Foot laceration forces Serena to pull out of Open
Tennis newsCBSSpor Serena Williams withdrew from the U.S. Open on Friday, saying she still is recovering from surgery to repair cuts on her right foot. The top-ranked Williams has won three titles at Flushing Meadows, part of her 13 Grand Slam singles championships, the most among active women. Last year, she lost in the U.S. Open [...]
Fish upsets Murray to gain Cincinnati semifinals
Tennis newsCBSSports. Andy Murray wasnt pleased with the start of hi and didnt like the finish, eit the exhausted 23-year-old Scot had enough left in the tank to force two tiebreakers, but not enough to finish the job. The fourth-seeded Murray fell to unseeded Mardy Fish 6-7 (7), 6-1, 7-6 (5 on a court where the [...]
Safina added to Pilot Pen, Querrey withdraws
Tennis newsCBSSports.com w Dinara Safina has become the latest big-name woman to enter next weeks Pilot Pen tennis tournament, the final hard-court tuneup before the U.S. Open. Safina and mens players Taylor Dent and Donald Young were granted wild card entries on Thursday, while American Sam Querrey announced he is withdrawing from the tournament. Qualifying for [...]
Murray needs 3 sets, tiebreak to avoid upset
Tennis newsCBSSports. Top-ranked Raf to avoid a huge upset, while other stars also labored to tough wins at the Cincinnati Masters on Thursday. Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray were pushed to their limits before moving on to the quarterfinals, and both got some help with their matches on the line. Nadal survived a set point [...]
Nadal, Djokovic win opening match in Cincinnati
Tennis newsCBSSports. Four games, 16 minutes, only nine points lost. Rafael Nadal couldnt have gotten off to a much better start. The top-ranked player defeated American Taylor Dent 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday in his opening match at the Cincinnati Masters. He took control by dominating the first four games, setting up his 35th victory in his [...]
Federer says trick-shot video for ad is little magic
Tennis newsCBSSports. Roger Federer says there a little bit of magic at work in his trick-shot video that has drawn more than 1.2 million views on YouTube. The video shows Federer knocking a metal can off a mans head with a serve while shooting an ad for Gillette. Then, he does it again, drawing applause from [...]
Gasquet, Fish KO Youzhny, Monfils in Cincinnati
Tennis newsCBSSports. Twelfth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny and 16th-seed Gael Monfils were the latest seeded players to get knocked out of the Cincinnati Masters. Youzhny fell to 41st-ranked Frenchman Richard Gasquet 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, just after Monfils was upset by 67th-ranked Colombian Alejandro Falla 6-3, 6-4. Also, Mardy Fish took out 34th-ranked Gilles Simon 7-6 (4), 7-5 and [...]
Kuznetsova tops compatriot in Montreal opener
Tennis newsCBSSpor Svetlana Kuznetsova beat fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in her opening match Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. Kuznetsova, the No. 11 seed, reached a career-best No. 2 in the rankings in 2007, but she arrived in Montreal ranked 16th. She feels she is slowly regaining her top-5 form. “Before, I was more [...]
