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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 9, 2010
Shanghai Rolex Masters—China The culminating men’s event in Asia will feature all top 20 players in the world taking part in a Masters 1000 event for the first time this season. Highlighted by 56 determined competitors, the Shanghai Rolex Masters will boast Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Robin Soderling. Considering that the Asian swing has provided a...
Published: October 9, 2010
HP Japan Women’s Open—Osaka The women of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will end their Asian swing this week, in Osaka, Japan. The 32 draw event will feature French Open finalist, Sam Stosur, competing against a workable field, that will include Marion Bartoli, Shahar Peer, Maria Kirilenko, and Kimiko Date Krumm. Hometown supporters will be excited to cheer on eight main-draw Japanese contenders....
Published: October 6, 2010
What would you deem a successful accomplishment for a 24-year-old? Completing a masters degree with honors? Moving up the corporate ladder within a year of being hired? How about owning a few condos, while saving up for an early retirement? While these and other well-deserved accomplishments have been met by hundreds of thousands of young adults around the globe, very few will ever lay claim to...
Published: October 3, 2010
China Open—Beijing Site of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, the China Open will boast two spectacular fields during the week-long dual-gender event. With seven top 10 players participating in each draw, the China Open’s prize money—which is the highest payout for any 500 series event on the ATP World Tour—will feature the likes of Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Robin...
Published: October 3, 2010
Japan Open—Tokyo With the Asian Tour kicking off last week in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, this week’s ATP World Tour event in Tokyo, Japan will continue to take the world’s best players toward a possible appearance at the World Tour finale in London. While Rafael Nadal recorded his worst performance of the season against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Bangkok, Andy Roddick, Juan...
Published: September 16, 2010
Falling just short of his seventh straight US Open final, Roger Federer entered the final Slam of the season by capturing his 17th career Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati. Defeating Mardy Fish in the championship match in Ohio, Federer captured his 63rd career title (tying him for fifth place on the all-time list with Bjorn Borg), while ending a seventh month title-drought after winning the Australian...
Published: September 13, 2010
Davis Cup Preview: Playing for one’s country often brings out the best level of play from the world’s greatest tennis players. With the Davis Cup World Group competition shaved down to four elite teams, this weekend’s action in France and Serbia should bring forth some exhilarating storylines. Fresh off of his great run in New York, Novak Djokovic will quickly head to Serbia in...
Published: September 12, 2010
US Open—New York Two match points stood between a potential historic encounter between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at this year’s US Open. Never in the history of the game had the top two players in the world faced off for all four Major titles, and as it appears now, that mark may never be achieved. While Nadal was bashing and crashing his way past a visibly spent Mikhail Youzhny,...
Published: September 10, 2010
US Open—New York One of the most difficult tasks a male tennis player can be asked to accomplish is winning back-to-back semifinal and final matches at the US Open. Remaining the lone Grand Slam that operates under this format, semifinal Saturday is unique in the sense that players are required to battle for three out of five sets before being forced to come back less than 24 hours later...
Published: September 8, 2010
US Open—New York Faster serves, record temperatures, and no American men left in the American Slam—that’s what the first week and a half of the US Open has provided. We’ve seen our fair share of five-set matches, emerging youngsters, and crowd disappointing retirements. But within all of the action that has been witnessed thus far, the business end of the event is now upon...