All Posts Tagged With: "Odesnik"

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Oudin, Williams Sisters, King, Craybas, Levine, Spadea, Querrey, Fish, Roddick, Butorac/Levine Into 2nd Round at Wimbledon

1st Round of Wimbledon US Tennis Results:
American Men’s Singles:
Taylor Dent’s match vs Daniel Gimeno-Traver was suspended due to darkness with Dent down 2 sets to one 5-7, 6-7, 6-4
Jesse Levine upset #14 seed, Marat Safin, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
James Blake was eliminated by Andreas Seppi 5, 4 & 6(5)
Vincent Spadea defeated Paul Capdeville 0, 4 [...]

23Jun2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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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 | Continued
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Wayne Odesnik, Lauren Embree, Sam Querrey, Robert Kendrick & Varvara Lepchenko Challenge The Clay Sunday

The Roland Garros first round begins in a few hours:
US Men:
Wayne Odesnik vs. #7 seed Gilles Simon
Robert Kendrick vs. Daniel Brands
Sam Querrey vs. Ernests Gulbis
US Women:
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
Wildcard Lauren Embree vs. #11 seed Nadia Petrova

23May2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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Odesnik & Querrey Eliminated In Serbia’s First Round

Wayne Odesnik could be the break through American at the French Open this year as he is one of the rare American players with a winning record on clay.  Odesnik made the third round last year and has shown promise this year reaching his first ATP final at the clay court tournament in Houston.  Odesnik, [...]

7May2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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Challengers Update: Delic, Kim, Evans, Ram Advance in Greece; Yani Advances in Tenerife; Bass, Nunez Advance in Pereira

Rhodos, Greece:  Aegean Tennis Cup

Amer Delic over Joachim Johansson 6-3, 7-6(5) – #1 seed Dudi Sela is up next
Kevin Kim advanced over Noam Okun 6-4, 7-6(9)
In a reversal of fortune from the Indian Wells tournament where Rajeev Ram was defeated by Michael Berrer and Brendan Evans was defeated by Sergly Stakhovsky, Brendan Evans took a [...]

28Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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Wayne Odesnik Takes 2nd Place in US Men’s Clay Court Championship.

Wayne Odesnik defended his 2008 Houston points and then added a few more.  Wayne’s performance last week will secure him a berth in the French Open as the only American other than Andy Roddick with a winning percentage on clay will be looking forward to the opportunity.
In Odesnik’s first ATP final, he went down an [...]

13Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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Odesnik Into His First ATP World Tour Final In Houston

A nervous start to the match for Odesnik and Phau who each were going for their first ATP final.
The birds could be heard loud and clear over the tame River Oaks Country Club fans.  The match was sold out, but as with many first matches of the day, most seats were empty at the start [...]

11Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued
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Odesnik Defeats Isner… Bjorn Awaits in Houston Semifinal – Extended USTN Match Coverage

Odesnik advanced to the US Men’s Clay Court Championships semifinal in which he lost last year to the eventual champion, Marcel Granollers.

Playing in front of a sold out crowd in Houston, at 5 all in the first set, Odesnik and Isner had just finished a clay court serving clinic. Both winning ~70% of their [...]

10Apr2009 | US Tennis Network | Comments Off | Continued