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Through Saturday, the United States leads the International team 13-9 at the 2011 Presidents Cup, which is a lead big enough that the US will maintain it through Sunday for the win. On Sunday, all golfers involved will participate in Sunday Singles, which pits each individual in head-to-head action with a member from the opposition. Despite Tiger Woods’ 1-3 performance thus far, the Americans...
Published: November 17, 2011
Golf is a game of hot and cold days, and at the Presidents Cup, the ups and downs of each golfer are on constant display among such elite competition. This year, the US has a 4-2 lead after Thursday Foursomes. However, the Europeans’ only win was a big one. Adam Scott and K.J. Choi embarrassed Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker by a 7 and 6 score. In 2009, Stricker and Woods went undefeated at the...
Published: May 26, 2011
Rafael Nadal has had to fight through two tough matches in the opening rounds at the 2011 French Open at Roland Garros. Nadal was surprisingly pushed to a fifth set in the first round by American John Isner. He lost two tiebreakers in the match, both by the score, 7-2. If Isner’s legs hadn’t given out on him in the final two sets, it could have been an even bigger scare for Nadal. In the...
Published: May 26, 2011
Day 5 at Roland Garros is complete. Sorry, there was no Wednesday edition, but let’s look at the biggest matches from Thursday. Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray were the biggest names to take the court, with one of them being sent home early. The French Open is claiming one or two big names each day with no ground-shaking upsets yet. As long as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic remain...
Published: May 20, 2011
Roger Federer is not familiar with the feeling of watching another player dominate men’s tennis like Novak Djokovic currently is. Federer is the No. 3 ranked player in the world, which would be considered incredible for many. However, Federer is considered by some to be the greatest player of all time—or GOAT for short. With that distinction, it’s hard for people to watch Federer...
Published: March 21, 2011
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have held the reins of the ATP World Tour for roughly the last seven years. The two have combined for 110 career singles titles and over $100 million in prize money. Their rivalry is already one of the most heralded in men’s tennis history. When both players enter their names into a draw, one of the two usual goes home with first place. Excluding the ATP World Tour...
Published: March 11, 2011
The best of the best on the ATP tour are back in action today at Indian Wells, Calif. The tournament is the first ATP Masters event of the season and the biggest draw since the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic won down under and has been the hottest player on the tour this year. In fact, Djokovic has yet to lose a match in 2011. Djokovic is closing on the No. 2 ranking, putting serious pressure on a...
Published: March 1, 2011
Novak Djokovic stormed onto the scene when he won the 2008 Australian Open. Many people thought that would open a floodgate of major titles for the young Serb. Surprisingly, Djokovic hit what some would call a slump. He continued to make deep runs in big tournaments but couldn’t break through on the big stage. Everything would be fine until he ran into a top opponent. He would squander chances...
Published: November 10, 2010
Nine was the magic number for Andy Roddick on Wednesday in Paris. Roddick hit nine aces on Wednesday, while only dropping nine points in his nine service games to motor past an in-form Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-4 at the BNP Paribas Masters. It took just over an hour for the American, who did not double fault or face a break point to defeat the 39th-ranked Fin. Roddick started off the first match...
Published: November 10, 2010
Fernando Verdasco only won four points during five Arnaud Clement service games in the first set of Tuesday’s second-round match at Paris. Everything looked grim for the Spaniard at first, but he completely turned it around, ultimately winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 in under two hours. Clement converted the first set’s only break point to cruise to a one set to love lead. Verdasco hit six aces in...