When Roddick is unhappy with a call, he can be really unhappy. Conversations can run long, as he is unable to put it past him. While Roddick never promised to stuff tennis balls down a person's throat, his complaint that his right foot was not the cause of a foot fault (although his left foot
It is a bit weird. The Spanish game seems better suited to clay than other surfaces. Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Sure, many of these players can play other surfaces, but clay seems to be very Spanish. This is backed up by recent Spanish winners of the French Open. Aside from
Unseeded Ana Ivanovic pulled an upset over No. 21 seed, Zheng Jie, in round 2 of the 2010 U.S. Open. The former world No 1 from Serbia, who has dropped to 40th in the past year due to injuries and a loss of confidence, produced one of her recent best performances to crush Jie of
Victoria Azarenka collapsed on Wednesday during her 2nd round match at the 2010 U.S. Open. Azarenka collapsed and fell to the ground while chasing down a ball on the baseline and had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair, withdrawing from the sweltering U.S. Open with what tournament officials said were "headache-like" symptoms.
The No. 1 seed, Caroline Wozniacki, cruised to an easy win over Chelsey Gullickson, 6-1, 6-1 in her first round match at the 2010 U.S. Open Tuesday. Wozniacki of Denmark is currently ranked No. 2, but was given the No. 1 seeding when World No. 1, Serena Williams, withdrew because an ongoing foot injury. Wozniacki
You say Teimuraz, I say Teymuraz. Like Oleksandr became Aleksander Dologopolov (who lost in straights to Ferrer), Gabashvili has chanced the spelling of his first name now preferring to use the "y" instead of the "i". And with maturity, he's now tamed some of his hard-hitting but erratic tennis. And for two plus sets, Gabashvili
For a second day in a row, the temperature reached the 90s (around 30C) in New York City, and the heat appears to have produced upsets. Marcos Baghdatis may be rethinking his decision to play New Haven. He didn't win the tournament, but he had been playing hot tennis up to then. The lesson? Be
No. 14 seed, Maria Sharapova, survived a 3-set scare in her match against No. 60 ranked, Jarmila Groth, while 4th seed, Jelena Jankovic was given a huge scare by 18-year-old Romanian Simona Halep. Sharapova overcame a deficit and a big-hitting opponent to avoid a significant upset in the first round of the U.S. Open. Sharapova,
Kateryna Bondarenko from Ukaraine pulled a huge upset in round one of the U.S. Open, defeating No. 8 seed, Na Li of China. Li admitted she wilted in the stifling heat with temperatures peaking at around 95 degrees Fahrenheit. "From the middle of the second set I was feeling the energy was going down," Li
No. 24 seed, Daniela Hantuchova downed former World No. 1 Dinara Safina in the first round of the 2010 U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Safina was the top seed here last year, but was eliminated in the 3rd round. She has been plagued by a back injury which has forced her to miss almost three
