By Philip Oliver on May 12, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis Feature | 0 Comments
The Madrid Masters is underway and is sure to be hotly-contested as it is the last major tournament before the French Open commences on 24th May. All the big guns are present and it would be a major surprise if Rafael Nadal, more dominant on clay than ever, was to be beaten. Nadal slipped up [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 12, 2009 in Tennis Feature, Tennis Tidbits | 1 Comment
Some articles worth mentioning… “Why I Don’t Like to See Nadal at #1“: An interesting entry written by a professional coach. It has generated mixed reactions so far. Check it out and share your thoughts. ESPN Classic to broadcast Wimbledon exhibition matches: “A Centre Court Celebration” indeed. Read related article HERE. Grand Slam title drought [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 12, 2009 in Featured, Maria Sharapova, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announced on her website Monday that she’ll be playing her first singles match in almost 10 months at a claycourt tournament in Warsaw, Poland next week. “I know it is going to take me a while to get back into the groove of playing tournaments and matches, but I [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 12, 2009 in Serena Williams, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Serena Williams lost her third consecutive match by pulling out of the first round match at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open on Monday. The American, who lost the first set against Italian Francesca Schiavone before quitting, said that she had aggravated the injury to her right knee but stated that she’s definitely going to take [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 11, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 0 Comments
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has provisionally suspended French tennis star Richard Gasquet. This is in relation with the results of the urine samples Gasquet provided during the Miami Masters which showed traces of cocaine. ITF’s anti-doping commission chairman Dr. Stuart Miller confirmed that the suspension started on Monday. The Frenchman is expected to appear [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 11, 2009 in ATP, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Italian Open (WTA): Dinara Safina (singles), Hsieh-Su Wei, Peng Shuai (doubles) Estoril Open (WTA): Yanina Wickmayer (singles), Raquel Kops-Jones, Abigail Spears (doubles) Estoril Open (ATP): Albert Montanes (singles), Eric Butorac, Scott Lipsky (doubles) BMW Open (ATP): Tomas Berdych (singles), Jan Hernych, Ivo Minar (doubles) Serbia Open (ATP): Novak Djokovic (singles), Lukasz Kubot, Oliver Marach (doubles)
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2009 in Madrid Open, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Eight of the world’s top ten WTA singles players are taking part in this week’s Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, a $4.5 million Premier claycourt event that made a grand debut in the women’s tour calendar this year. This tournament serves as a major tune-up for the Roland Garros which takes place later this month. Co-world [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2009 in ATP, Featured, Tennis News | 1 Comment
French tennis star Richard Gasquet stressed that he’s innocent for taking illegal substances and is now in the process of gathering proof to clear himself. “I am gathering together proof of my innocence and I will choose an appropriate moment to express myself,” Gasquet said in a statement released on Sunday. According to the report [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2009 in Dinara Safina, Featured, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Having lost her past three final appearances this season, world number one Dinara Safina this time played one of her best tennis and won the prestigious Italian Open title, her 10th career WTA title, beating compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in two sets 6-3, 6-2. It was simply a one-sided affair with Kuznetsova committing 30 unforced errors [...]
By Tennis Guru on May 10, 2009 in ATP, Rafael Nadal, Tennis News | 0 Comments
World number one Rafael Nadal said that despite the “overloaded” men’s tour calendar, he’s still in good shape and ready to slug it out in this week’s Madrid Open – an ATP 1000 claycourt tournament. “It’s a fact that there are too many matches but that’s the way the calendar has been set,” Nadal was [...]
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