Open Court:
After all the photo ops and trash talk (well, not much trash talk), the ATP World Tour finals finally get under way on Sunday at the O2 in London.ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, 2009 DAY SESSION (12:30 pm - 7:30 a.m. EST)[1] Daniel Nestor (CAN) / Nenad (SRB) vs [8] Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (POL)[4] (Read More)
Talk Tennis:
Federer and Nadal 2004-2009Sampras 1993-1998Federer on Hard Courts:SF-2F-2W-8Nadal on HC:Missed-12R-13R-24R-2QF-2SF-3W-1Sampras on HC:3R-14R-2QF-1SF-2F-1W-5Fed on Clay:3R-1SF-1F-3W-1Nadal on Clay:Missed - 14R -1W-4Sampras on Clay:1R-12R-13R-1QF-2SF-1Fed on Grass:F-1W-5Nadal on Grass:Missed -22R-1F-2W-1Sampras on Grass:QF-1 (Read More)
ZooTennis:
Jack Sock has reached the finals of the Amelia Island Futures tournament after defeating Michael Venus today 7-6(5), 6-4. The 17-year-old from Nebraska will face No. 2 seed Artem Sitak, a 23-year-old Russian, in Sunday afternoon's final. For a trip down memory lane, check out this post of mine from 2005, when Sock had swep (Read More)
MensTennisForums.com:
They played a set which Roger won 6-3
so good to see how good their relationship is, they aren't BFFs, but they respect and like the other a LOT :). (Read More)
Open Court:
Jeff Tarango (USA), 41The fiery American lefty had a pretty good career, getting to No. 42 in singles and No. 10 in doubles.But he's most remembered for his on-court explosions and generally grating personality, sort of a McEnroe lite, without all the trophies and and any kind of redemptive charm.He played three years at St (Read More)
Open Court:
Wayne Odesnik (USA), 24He's probably the best American male lefty out there at the moment, which doesn't say a ton for American tennis. He and Can-American Jesse Levine are duking this one out – coincidentally, two of the very few Jewish players on Tour.Odesnik is actually South-African born. He moved to Florida when he was (Read More)
Open Court:
It was photo-op time in London in advance of the ATP World Tour finals, which get under way on Sunday.And the handsome fellows of the ATP Tour really clean up well, don't they?While the ladies went individualistic for their photos at the women's year-end championships, even if there was an overarching colour theme, the boys (Read More)
Talk Tennis:
I'd be shocked if Rafa passed Federer for No. 1 in London.
I won't be surprised at all if Djokovic passes Nadal considering the group they are in.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2...overtake-Nadal. (Read More)
Open Court:
Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Alexandra Stevenson (that was a decade ago, and counting) is just about to turn 29.But her mom Samantha apparently still thinks her little girl is back in the junior ranks, them against the world.Here's a great story from the Globe and Mail's Tom Tebbutt about Mama Sam's behaviour during her d (Read More)
Down the Line - a raw + uncut approach to tennis:
Anyone else thinking this Barclays ATP World Tour Final will be theater of the highest order (read: EPIC?)Here's how the boys have been grouped:Group A Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Murray (GBR) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)Fernando Verdasco (ESP)Group BRafael Nadal (ESP)Novak Djokovic (SRB)Nikola (Read More)
Open Court:
They probably heard every joke there was about winning the mother-daughter doubles championship.But 38-year-old veteran Maureen Drake of Toronto and 16-year-old Marianne Jodoin of Varennes, QC (and the national training centre at Jarry Park) took the doubles crown at the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto.They caught a br (Read More)