Czechs To Take on Spain in Davis Cup Finals
September 20, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
It will be a Czech-Spanish extravaganza for all the marbles in Davis Cup. Both European countries came through posting doubles wins for insurmountable 3-0 leads in their respective best-of-five semifinals Saturday.
For the Czech Republic who used tandem Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek’s straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win over Croatia’s Marin Cilic and Lovro Zovko [...]
Del Potro Ends Cilic’s Run
September 11, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
In his first grand slam quarterfinal, Marin Cilic gave it his best but ultimately it was the higher ranked Juan Martin Del Potro who proved too much. The 20 year-old sixth seeded Argentine continued to ride the wave, rallying from a set and break down to dispatch the No.16 Croat 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 at [...]
Now Murray Has To Answer Questions
September 8, 2009 by Joe McDonald · Leave a Comment
FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – And now Andy Murray will have a few months to ask himself, what went wrong.
His straight set defeat to Marin Cilic, 5-7, 2-6, 2-6 was such a dismantling, you have to wonder what was wrong.
Was it his wrist? Well no.
“I had a problem with it for a week or so,” he [...]
Cilic stuns Murray
September 8, 2009 by Derek Felix · Leave a Comment
There won’t be a repeat of last year’s men’s final. That’s because Marin Cilic took out Andy Murray in grand style stunning the No.2 seed in straights, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 at Ashe Stadium.
While it’s a surprising result, the 20 year-old Cilic was expected to have a breakout year. On one of the biggest stages, the [...]
