By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in ATP, Tennis Feature, Tennis Tidbits | 1 Comment
* Rivalry: On Sunday, the rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will be reignited once again as the duo meets for 20th time at the final of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. Both dispatched their semifinal opponents in contrasting fashion yesterday (read related article). The ATP World Tour website came up with this feature [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The WTA Tour Board has reportedly decided with finality to reject the appeal made by the Dubai organizers on the record $300,000 fine and other penalties imposed against the latter. This is in relation with United Arab Emirates‘ decision to reject the visa of Israeli player Shahar Peer, thereby prohibiting her from taking part at [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 17, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis News | 3 Comments
It was a match worthy of a final. World number one Rafael Nadal outlasted Novak Djokovic of Serbia in an epic three-set semifinal match at the ATP Madrid Masters. The score: 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9). Nadal was at the brink of defeat several times in the third set tiebreaker with Djokovic having several opportunities [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 16, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
World number one Dinara Safina is through to her third consecutive final after a convincing semifinal win over claycourt specialist Patty Schnyder at the WTA Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. The Russian beat the Swiss veteran in two sets 6-4, 6-2. In the other semifinal, 18-year old Danish player Caroline Wozniacki reached her third final of [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 16, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Madrid Open, Tennis News | 0 Comments
It would have been the “Big 4″ reaching the final four of the ATP Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open had it not been for the impressive play by Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro, who ruined the 22nd birthday celebration of new world number 3 Andy Murray. Del Potro outclassed the defending champion in two sets 7-6, [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 16, 2009 in Madrid Open, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Veteran tennis stars Patty Schnyder and Amelie Mauresmo proved that they’re still dangerous competitors on the tennis area after surging through to the semifinals of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, a new premier claycourt event under the WTA tour calendar. Both players are unseeded in this event Schnyder ousted no. 4 seed Jelena Jankovic 7-6, [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 15, 2009 in Featured, Tennis Feature, Tennis Tidbits | 1 Comment
Read on: * Russian Marat Safin is looking forward to a life after tennis. He stressed during a news conference following his loss to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Madrid Masters that he’s NOT slacking off from his game even though it’s a known fact that this is his final year on tour. He’s currently [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 15, 2009 in ATP, Madrid Open, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick did not break any sweat during their scheduled 3rd round matches at the Madrid Masters after their opponents announced their withdrawal from the tournament, citing injuries. According to the ATP, German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Russian Nikolay Davydenko cited left leg injuries and decided not to continue with the tournament. Kohlschreiber [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 14, 2009 in Grand Slam, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Two years from now, the Roland Garros Stadium will have a retractable roof to prevent rain delays at the French Open tournament. This plan got the green signal from the French Tennis Federation, which already chose the architect for this multimillion-dollar project. On Wednesday, the organization unanimously chose Marc Mimram to spearhead the project. Mimram [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 12, 2009 in Featured, Rafael Nadal, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Crain’s New York Business reported that world number one Rafael Nadal may soon be penning a memoir chronicling his lustrous tennis career. Literary agent Larry Kirshbaum is said to be making the rounds at a number of publishers, sending feelers as to who would be interested to market the autobiography of the 22-year old Spaniard. [...]
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