Doubles
Huber & Raymond To Clash In Madrid Final; Federer Takes Roddick Down In Three
Liezel Huber (w/ Black) will battle Lisa Raymond (w/ Peschke) in the Madrid Doubles Final.
Last month in Ponte Vedra Beach, Sania Mirza unleashed many powerful groundstrokes helping Mirza and her partner, Chia-Jung Chuang, take the title from Raymond & Peschke 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. Today in Madrid, however, Raymond and Peschke defeated Chuang & Mirza 7-6(4), [...]
Blake Eliminated by Federer, Roddick Gets Free Pass to Quarters; Fish, Huber, Raymond in Dubs Semi
Roger Federer defeated James Blake 6-2, 6-4 ending another good clay court run for Blake.
Andy Roddick did not play due to Davydenko’s withdrawl due to injury.
Men’s Doubles:
Mardy Fish (w/ Del Potro) advanced to the quarter finals defeating Huss/Hutchins 6-7(9), 6-2, 10-4
Travis Parrott (w/ Fisher) was eliminated by Soares/Uliyett 5-7, 6-4, 10-12
Women’s Doubles:
Huber (w/ Black) defeated [...]
Blake/Roddick Win In Madrid, Querrey Defeated by Seppi; Bryan Bros & King Eliminated; Parrott, Fish Advance
James Blake advanced to the round of 16 in Madrid defeating Ivo Karlovic 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4). It was difficult to tell who would pull out the final tie-break, but Blake took the first mini-break and never looked back.
Andy Roddick had to save match points to advance over Tommy Haas 1-6, 7-6(9), 6-4: Good Article [...]
Bearded Blake Into 2nd Round in Madrid; Fish Out of Singles Draw; Venus Williams and Lepchenko Eliminated; Huber Advances Over M-Sands
James Blake rolled on to another clay court victory over Hanescu 6-2, 6-4. While closing out the match, unshaven Blake wore a face of quite determination and focus that could take him deeper in this draw. Next up for James is Ivo Karlovic who played three set match vs. Benneteau today. The [...]
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Serena Drops Out of Madrid, Lepchenko Into 2nd Round, M-Sands, King Lose in Singles, Win in Doubles, Kops-Jones, Spears, Craybas Out of Madrid
Lepchenko was the only American woman to advance in singles play today defeating Magdalena Rybarikova 7-6(12), 5-7, 6-1.
Venus Williams will take the court tomorrow.
Serena bagged the first match in Madrid with statements that indicate she never wanted to even start the match but was forced to play the mandatory event or face a significant fine. [...]
Blake Defeates Davydenko In Three & Loses to Montanes in Final; Butorac/Lipsky take Doubles Title
James Blake came from behind against Davydenko finishing their semifinal match today after it was called on account of darkness yesterday. Blake reached the clay court final with his impressive victory over Davydenko 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-3, but then had to play the final later in the day.
Blake nearly pulled off the championship, but lost in [...]
Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears Win Doubles Title In Estoril
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears defeated Fichman & Marosi 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the Estoril Open Doubles Championship Final.
Fichman/Marosi had a higher 1st serve percentage, but won only 29% of their 2nd serve points.
Kops-Jones and Spears leave Portugal with 8,228 Euros and 280 WTA ranking points.
Venus Williams, Huber, Raymond All Out of Rome Tournament
Venus Williams was almost “inch perfect” today in her loss to Safina. Williams agressive play came within fractions of an inch of paying off, but in multiple critical moments, Venus’ impressive drives brought the umpire out of her chair, but were ultimately ruled out. Extraordinary powerful forehand strikes by Safina continued even when Safina started [...]
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