An Interview With Mary Jo Fernandez

Mary Joe Fernandez TIM CURRY: We have on the call with us live from Australia, U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez. It’s 7:30 in the morning in Melbourne, and she’s preparing again today for ESPN commentary duties once again but is joining us to announce the U.S. Fed Cup team that will take on [...]

Nadal Loses In Thailand Semis

PTT Thailand Open ATP WORLD TOUR 250 $551,000 ($608,500 Total Financial Commitment) Bangkok, Thailand (+6 hours GMT) 27 September – 3 October, 2010 Surface: Hard www.ATPWorldTour.com RESULTS – SATURDAY, 2 OCTOBER, 2010 Singles – Semi-finals G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) d [1] R Nadal (ESP) 26 76(3) 63 J Nieminen (FIN) d B Becker (GER) 63 62 [...]

PTT Thailand Open: Nadal To The Semis

PTT Thailand Open ATP WORLD TOUR 250 $551,000 ($608,500 Total Financial Commitment) Bangkok, Thailand (+6 hours GMT) 27 September – 3 October, 2010 Surface: Hard www.ATPWorldTour.com RESULTS – FRIDAY, 1 OCTOBER, 2010 Singles – Quarter-finals [1] R Nadal (ESP) d M Kukushkin (KAZ) 62 63 J Nieminen (FIN) d [3] J Melzer (AUT) 63 76(4) [...]

WTA Tour – Guangzhou (Fri): Groth Marches Into Semis

LANDSKY LIGHTING GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S OPEN Guangzhou-CHN September 13-19, 2010 $220,000/International Hard/Outdoors Results – Friday, September 17, 2010 Singles – Quarterfinals (1) Jarmila Groth (AUS) d. Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 60 62 Edina Gallovits (ROU) d. (WC) Han Xinyun (CHN) 36 62 64 Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) d. Ksenia Pervak (RUS) 63 61 Zhang Shuai (CHN) [...]

Nadal’s Rise Comes As No Shock

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – As Rafael Nadal sat on the podium with his well-earned US Open Men’s Singles Trophy, a smile came over his face when he was asked the last English question of the night. You see, Nadal is a huge soccer fan, and since he doesn’t play the sport, but rather watches it [...]

All-Star Matchup In The Semis As Federer Takes On Djokovic

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – In a match where timely shotmaking turned the tide time after time, Roger Federer fittingly rocked the court-side clock with one final authoritative ace to cap a 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 sweep of Robin Soderling and fly into the US Open final four for the seventh straight year. Continuing his quest to [...]

The Djoker Goes To The Semis

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Novak Djokovic came to court with a dragon on his back, fire in his eyes and after an early mis-step found the swagger in his step in scorching a flat and floundering Gael Monfils, 7-6(2), 6-1, 6-2, to storm into the US Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. The highly [...]

Z-Girl Goes To the Semis

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – Vera Zvonareva fell over the edge in an emotional meltdown on Arthur Ashe Stadium last year. Today, Zvonareva successfully straddled the physical and emotional tightrope to march into the US Open semifinals. The seventh-seed Zvonareva swept Kaia Kanepi, 6-3, 7-5, to reach her second straight major semifinal. Zvonareva has always been [...]

Petrova Out, Wozniak to the Semis

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec – They are now down to the final four up in Canada. The big story is top seed Nadia Petrova retiring before the second set due to an illness, meaning fifth seed Melinda Czink advances after a 7-6 (4) first set. Czink will be taking on Aleksandra Wozniak. The Quebec native beat [...]

Nadal/Gonzalez Suspended Along with Fans

A really good men’s quarter between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez was suspended due to incoming rain. The entertaining match to take on previous winner Juan Martin Del Potro in the semis had already been stopped twice and apparently, reports of more rain made it impossible to complete before disappointed Ashe spectators who patiently waited [...]

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