If Argentina and Andy Roddick had a love child, qualifier Leonardo Mayer would be it. The 22-year-old upset James Blake in the first round of the 2009 French Open with a 7-6 (6), 7-5, 6-2 win. Someone get him in touch with the Roland Garros barber and he’ll be golden. Scoreline: Leonardo will face Tommy […]
trophy watch: estoril, serbia, and roma
One less salute: Fourth seed Tomas Berdych topped Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) in the final of the BMW Open in Munich. Tomas took home a Z4 Roadster along with two business class tickets from South African Airways and €71,700. Blake falls down the Montanes: Spaniard Albert Montanes won the Portuguese bullfight against American […]
something’s fishy in delray beach
The inventive folks at Delray Beach ITC are back at it again with additions to the graffiti artwork on their tourney’s show court. As you may remember, they made a splash at last year’s tournament by painting waves on the court’s back walls. This time, they’ve brought back artist Doug Hoekzema to embellish the side […]
shoeless in san jose
By Nick McCarvel Pete Sampras has been going exo-crazy recently (perhaps the coffers are a little emptier around tax season?), making a brief cameo at last week’s SAP Open in San Jose, battling it out with Tommy Haas; the German won 7-6(4), 4-6, 12-10. During the Sampras avoided any talk of coming out of retirement […]
blake flatlines, but fila’s baseline shines
American James Blake had the misfortune of running head-long into the Tsonga train in the fourth round of this year’s Australian Open. Tsonga took out the ninth seed 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3). While it didn’t seem like Jo-Wilfried would spring back to defend last year’s run to the finals, his game peaked at the right […]
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