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Serena, Fish, Bryan Bros, Huber, King, and Ditty Roll on Day 3 at Wimbledon; Querrey, Spadea, Craybas, Dent, Ram, Martin, Kops-Jones and Spears Eliminated
Day 3 at Wimbledon
US Men Singles:
Sam Querrey had the opportunity of his life today up a set and a break on Centre Court at Wimbledon, but momentum turned on the first point with Querrey serving at 5-3 in the second as he watched a miss-hit, yet playable, topper catch the baseline. Sam remarked in his [...]
24Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
Four US Men One Match Away From Wimbledon Main Draw
US Men in Wimbledon Qualifying Singles:
Rajeev Ram defeated fellow American Sam Warburg 3 & 2
Ram will face Andrea Stoppini in the final qualifying round.
Taylor Dent advanced over Peter Luczak 6(4) & 3
Dent will face Pablo Cuevas for a berth in the main singles draw.
Michael Yani will face the #28 seed, Prakash Amritraj, in the third [...]
For Many American Men, Wimbledon Started Yesterday
Men’s Singles:
America’s ’second team’ took to the grass yesterday in an attempt to secure a berth in the coveted main draw of Wimbledon.
Scoville Jenkins was defeated in three sets by Roger-Vasselin 7-6(4), 3-6, 0-6
Todd Widom was also eliminated in straight sets by Bachinger 3&3
Michael Yani advanced over Mark Lopez 1 & 1 on Monday and [...]
American Women Made Red Dirt Progress In 2009; American Men Slide
Four American women advanced past the first round in both 2008 and 2009, but Serena William’s quarterfinal appearance at the French Open this year helped the US women mark forward progress in singles as last year no US woman made it past the third round. In Women’s doubles, seven teams with an American pro advanced [...]
7Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | ContinuedBlake and Fish Could Meet in Estoril Open Semifinal
#4 seed James Blake advanced over Federico Gil in Estoril’s first round 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 and today reached the quarterfinals by defeating Marc Gicquel 7-6(6), 6-2. Florrent Serra is next up for James Blake.
#6 seed Mardy Fish won his first round match vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili 3&4. After defeating Ivan Navarro in the 2nd [...]
Sweeting, Isner, Young, Kendrick, Butorac, Lipsky, Simmonds, Witten, Deheart, Kuznetsov, Mirzadeh, Sykut Advance in Tallahassee
US Men are in action this week at USTA’s Comcast Tallahassee Tennis Challenger at Forest Meadows.
Kevin Kim was eliminated by Kyu Tae Im from South Korea. 6-7(8), 2-6. USTA’s article on the matches provides some great summaries, but was a bit harsh calling Kim’s upset a treat for the fans. “Fans who showed up early [...]
Last American’s, Lepchenko and Mattek-Sands, Eliminated From Singles in Ponte Vedra Beach. Raymond, Haynes Advance
Ponte Vedra Beach Singles Results:
Varvara Lepchenko lost a close match to Tamira Paszek 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. After 8 breaks of serve, Paszek took the final and pivotal 9th break of serve and the match. Although Paszek had 7 double faults and made only 47% of her first serves, her aggresive serving approach resulted in an [...]
Jenkins and Russell Qualify in Houston. Delic and Kendrick Eliminated in Singles and Doubles
Scoville Jenkins took out Donald Young 6-4, 6-4 to get a berth in main singles draw. Donald Young won just 58% of his first serve points and 52% of his second serve points. While Jenkins did win 80% of his first serve points, he will need to address the fact that he lost 14 of [...]
6Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued