By Tennis Guru on Mar 22, 2009 in ATP, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Some of the early round losers of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California flew all the way to Florida to take part at the BMW Tennis Championships (an ATP Challenger event). Frequent rains forced some of the players to play two matches in the same day and that applies once more in the [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 22, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Retired tennis greats Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter will square off for the first time since the 2001 U.S. Open via an Outback Champions Series event in Los Cabos Mexico. Sampras and Rafter will meet each other for the title match of the $150,000 Del Mar Development Champions Cup. This is the 3rd event of [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 22, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Rafael Nadal will gun for his second Indian Wells title after beating Andy Roddick, the lone American left in the singles draw, in two tight sets (6-4, 7-6). The Spaniard was the champion in 2007 but was beaten in the semifinals last year by Novak Djokovic. The rematch between the two was [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 22, 2009 in Tennis Feature | 1 Comment
I’ve been doing some blog and news-hopping and I came across some articles that are worth sharing. So check it out and see why it’s worth the read: A blog entry from Tennis Times featured the possible look of Roger Federer’s kid. A New York Times article titled “Nadal Shows Why He’s Number One; and [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 21, 2009 in Featured, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
After suffering early losses in several tournaments this season, it is just a matter of time that former world number one Jelena Jankovic will do something to remedy the situation. This time, she’s taking major steps to regain her confidence in court. According to her latest blog entry, Jankovic revealed that she’s going to work [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 21, 2009 in ATP, WTA | 0 Comments
For live coverage and updates on the ongoing tournament, please visit TennisTV.com. It’s going to be a Serbia-Russia match in the BNP Paribas Open Women’s Singles event as both 4th-seed Vera Zvonareva and defending champion Ana Ivanovic dispatched their semifinal opponents in straight sets. Here are the results: Vera Zvonareva(4) def. Victoria Azarenka(8), 6-3, 6-3 [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 20, 2009 in Tennis News, WTA | 1 Comment
For live coverage and updates on the ongoing tournament, please visit TennisTV.com. Defending champion Ana Ivanovic has the easiest win among the remaining four players in the singles event, thanks to the walkover from Austrian 23rd seed Sybille Bammer who had to pull out due to a left shoulder injury. Quarterfinal Results: Victoria Azarenka(8) def. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 20, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News | 1 Comment
Australian former world number one Patrick Rafter made a successful debut at the Outback Champions Series by beating local player Luis Herrera (6-1, 6-4) in the quarterfinals of the Del Mar Development Champions Cup, a $150,000 tournament currently held in Mexico this week. The Outback Champions Series feature retired tennis players 30 years and above. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 20, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
It’s confirmed! Former world number one Russian Maria Sharapova won’t be competing in next week’s Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Miami. This announcement was made this week, delaying once again the highly-anticipated comeback of one of the most popular tennis players. Sharapova only took part in the doubles competition of the ongoing BNP Paribas [...]
By Tennis Guru on Mar 20, 2009 in Tennis News | 0 Comments
Former singles top 50 player Mashona Washington was reportedly arrested on felony vandalism accusations on Wednesday. This was revealed by the officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Deaprment in Indio, California. Authorities said that the 32-year old tennis player was arrested at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resorts in Indian Wells. Washington took part in the [...]