FROM THE BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC AT STANFORD, JULY 25 – Maria Sharapova reminded me on Monday that it has only been three weeks since Wimbledon as I had thought that the doors on the All England Club had closed a month ago. Not that I feel totally refreshed going into the summer hardcourt season as it
Archives for July 2011
Isner Can
Mardy Repeats In Atlanta, First Title Defense
NORCROSS, GA
Muller Joins Three Americans In Atlanta Semis
Fish, Isner on track to get back to final
Gilles Muller has two distinctions at the Atlanta Tennis Championships: He
Daily Tennis Business News a must for insiders
Harrison
American Makes Second Quarterfinal In Atlanta
NORCROSS, GA — For a player ranked No. 120, Ryan Harrison has had a pretty good year, even though he just reached his first tour quarterfinal today at the Atlanta Tennis Championships.
In beating Xavier Malisse 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4, Harrison moved his 2011 record against top 50 players to 5-3, losing only to three players in the top six: Roger Federer, Robin Soderling and David Ferrer. Against those between seven and 50, he
Notes on a Draw Sheet, ATL version
James Blake rightly commented that John Isner
Georgia Faithful Cheer On Isner Over Blake
ATLANTA — Woof, woof, woof! That was the Bulldog chant ringing through the sunken bowl stadium of the Atlanta Tennis Championship.
John Isner, four-time All-American at the University of Georgia, pulled out a close three-set match against James Blake, his close friend and doubles partner here in Atlanta 7-6(8), 6-7(3), 7-5.
The former Bulldog prevailed in the first-set tiebreak that went 18 points. At the end of the second set and into the tiebreak, Isner
US Open Series kicks off with Blake win, Young loss
The Atlanta Tennis Championships has kicked off the US Open Series in hot as expected weather and on Monday, one man who will not make the main draw cut at the US Open, Donald Young, went down to Michael Russell 6-0, 6-3. After losing in the first week of Aptos the week prior, Young