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Roland Garros
Down the Line - a raw + uncut approach to tennis:
"Blech."Well, not quite.But Rafael Nadal's quest to snatch the year-end No.1 ranking from Roger Federer took a hit today in London.The 6-time Grand Slammer was sidetracked momentarily losing his opening round robin match in t (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
• World No1 loses 6-4, 6-4 to Paris conqueror• Nadal struggling to adjust style to weight lossEven the Spanish are confused. When Rafael Nadal took over from Roger Federer as the world No1 last year, and then beat the Swiss i (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Well, it took ten years worth of tennis action, condensed and spread out over nearly a year's worth of "Decade's Best" special editions of Backspin, to get to this. The best two players of the decade.Funny thing is, I probab (Read More)
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Open Court:
ATP World Tour FinalsPlace: O2 Arena, London, U.K. Date: Nov 22-29 2009 Draw Size: S-8 D-8 (Round-robin format) Surface: Indoor Hard Prize Money: $4,450,000 U.S.The other four players in the eight-man singles field get into a (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer would be a keenly anticipated climax to the ATP World Tour Finals – but Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic aim to have their sayAside from the clamouring parochialism that demands a win for Andy Murr (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's continues today with #3, a player whose career both represents (and maybe surpasses) the most far-reaching development on tour over th (Read More)
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
It's at this point that Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's gets sticky... at least as far as the odd placing of the #3 and #4 players is concerned.For all intents and pu (Read More)
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MensTennisForums.com:
Nadal retiring from tendinitoes, Federer not retiring but playing less great, Del Potro very good on clay but not the best movement, Murray not very good in grand slams, maybe Djokovic being the best claycourter for a few yea (Read More)
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Backspin's "Decade's Best" countdown of the final five of the Top 25 players of the 2000's begins today, with an additional edition arriving every day until the end of this year-long series on Sunday.Unlike the past five-play (Read More)
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MensTennisForums.com:
after dodging many questions about the 1990 Roland Garros final, a clearly upset Andres Gomez finally let it show that he found Agassi's revelations funny but very disrespectful... Gomez did not like the fact that Agassi writ (Read More)
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Talk Tennis:
This is the first match on Monday for Group B.
Who's going to win in this re-match of the 4th round match at Roland Garros?
I think you will all find the poll very balanced and fair :). (Read More)
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Topic:
Nadal
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Andy Murray's first opponent at the ATP World Tour finals has to be constantly reminded just how good he isIt was the grand slam that many thought Andy Murray would win. Instead, it was the one that launched Juan Martín del (Read More)
6 days ago
ZooTennis:
Andy Gladstone, Competitive Tennis Coordinator at USTA Florida, launched his new junior tennis podcast, called the G Cast, earlier this month, and he snared an impressive guest for his first episode, Patrick McEnroe. In the (Read More)
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Open Court:
Another interview session with one of the combatants at next week's ATP World Tour finals in London.This time, Rafael Nadal sits down with the Guardian, last week in ParisThe entire story is here.Some quotes:On his parents sp (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
Rafael Nadal talks about the personal and physical problems that have disrupted his season as he prepares to head to London for the ATP Tour World FinalsIn a discreet corner of an elegant hotel in Paris, Rafael Nadal remember (Read More)
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Forty-four weeks of tennis action and it's come to this... trying to determine the "top" performer(s) in a year in which the player who spent the most time at #1 was most renowned for her no-shows and collapses in slams, wh (Read More)
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Talk Tennis:
Djokovic record 36-6 or 86% wonMurray record 27-4 or 87% wonFederer record 24-4 or 86% wonNadal record 20-6 or 77% wonClearly Djokovic is the best player since French Open this year, even though Murray has one percent better (Read More)
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker:
Lists have always been a stock and trade component of WTA Backspin, and that's never more the case than with the annual Backspin Awards.The final "Ms. Backspin" standings won't show up in this space for a day or two, but don' (Read More)
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Women's Tennis Blog:
As promised, Women's Tennis Blog is continuing its tradition of revising on-court outfits from the season behind us. This year's retrospections will start with the best-dressed WTA player – Nike-clad Maria Sharapova.Sharapova (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
• British No1 loses 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Czech Stepanek• 'It was going to be difficult with limited recovery time'There are defeats that hurt, and defeats that are merely incidental to a greater plan. Andy Murray's 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 (Read More)
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