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Venus Reaches for the Stars
2007-09-28 18:02:00
Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals of the Hansel Korea Open with another straight-set drubbing, this one over Poland's Marta Domachowska 6-2, 6-3. She'll play Italy's Flavia Pennetta who tossed aside Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-2. In the bottom half of the draw, Eleni Daniilidou advanced when red-hot Agnes Szavay retired with a right thigh injury after leveling the match at a set all.
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The Year That Was - 2004
2007-09-28 16:40:00
by Savannah The final three months. It was suggested that I find and post the year 2005. I'll look for it this weekend. As I read this while editing it all I could do is shake my head. OCTOBER Credit ATP CEO Mark Miles for taking advantage of the money gushing out of China, this week visiting the construction site for the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai and the Thailand Open in Bangkok
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Pacific Coast Portland to Host Davis Cup Final
2007-09-28 00:13:00
The USTA announced that it has chosen the Memorial Coliseum in Portland , Oregon, for the Davis Cup final to be contested November 30 - December 1, 2007. We will battle Russia, the defending champions. We haven't had contested a DC final on home soil since 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas when we beat Switzerland. I can't be more excited. I've never been to the Pacific coast Portland, and I've heard
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Venus Advances to Quarterfinals in Seoul
2007-09-27 23:36:00
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Venus Williams coasted into the Korea Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn on Thursday. Despite wearing strapping on her right leg, the top-seeded Williams made short work of Tanasugarn on an overcast afternoon before heavy rain forced a suspension of play at Olympic Park with two second-round matches remaining. "It was a good
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Andy Roddick Withdraws from Thailand Open
2007-09-26 14:55:00
Half an hour before he was scheduled to play his first-round match, Andy Roddick told reporters at a press conference that he would not play after injuring his left foot upon arriving in Bangkok. The Thai fans cannot be happy. Nor can Chaipak Siriwat (pictured below), the tournament organizer. Andy's withdrawal follows Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Joachim Johansson, Thomas
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Tatiana Golovin in L'Equipe
2007-09-26 03:17:00
She caused quite a stir at Wimbledon with her red panties. Now, she's playing with red balls and the French magazine L'Equipe can't get enough of it. Thanks, Savannah.
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Davis Cup World Group Playoffs
2007-09-24 21:33:00
SERBIA defeated AUSTRALIA 4-1 Venue: Belgrade, Serbia (clay – indoors) Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Peter Luczak (AUS) 61 64 62 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 62 36 46 61 61 Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. Paul Hanley/Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 36 64 63 62 Novak Djokovic (SRB) d. Chris Guccione (AUS) 63 76(3) 76(5) Boris Pashanski (SRB) d. Peter Luczak (AUS) 46 63 61 The Djokster
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Comment of the Week: Appreciate Her
2007-09-24 16:47:00
This week's winner comes from Make It Like It Was: Vicki said... I've been a Lindsay Davenport fan for years and I know this is just a tier three event. Instead of saying that the tour is in bad shape because Lindsay won why can't we say that Lindsay had great week, played well and leave at that? I only read match reports most of the week and saw the semi final and final. Lindsay is a former
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Heard Around
2007-09-23 18:12:00
by Savannah The Thailand Open This was going to be a very light-hearted look at the past week in tennis. Instead I find myself a little annoyed about the antics of the ATP and the tournament officials in Thailand. The Main Draw was released early this morning for those of us in the United States. It shows Novak Djokovic as the top seed as opposed to Rafael Nadal who had been seeded first. Rafa,

USA & Russia Advance To Davis Cup Final
2007-09-23 17:39:00
Wow. I finally got some predictions right. German and Russia do down to the wire, and USA wins 4-1, just as I foresaw. Think this win didn't mean a lot to Andy Roddick? With James Blake unable to play tennis, Andy handled the pressure, took care of business, and made Jonas Bjorkman, who played rather well, look rather ordinary today. He practically kissed the Teraflex after clenching the
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Doubles Day: USA & Germany Take The Lead
2007-09-22 20:11:00
I've never been one to write well about doubles matches, so I'm not going to try now. All I'll say is that the USA - Sweden tie featured great tennis on the lightning fast carpet, including a dramatic first-set tiebreak won by the USA 13-11. When three of the world's best doubles players are on the court, a high-quality battle is virtually guaranteed. The Russia - Germ any affair was
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Davis Cup Semis Day 1: All Level
2007-09-21 22:31:00
I wasn't up early enough to watch Igor Andreev hand Tommy Haas his ass on a dirty platter, but I saw Philip Kohlschreiber fight tooth and nail to outlast Nikolay Davydenko in a tight fifth set. Great drama. Not a fan of the loooooooooooong points, but it was nice to see the underdog notch a win, even though I was rooting for Russia. But then there's that James Blake. Ugh. We love his story, no
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The Jerk Sauce Has Arrived!
2007-09-21 15:58:00
Regulars readers will know that our very own karen has been threatening on and off to send me authentic Jamaican jerk sauce from her native land. When I finally told the world I would root for her beloved player in the US Open final, the threat was on again. Threat turned to promise. Promise made good. Just a few minutes ago, FedEx (appropriately!) delivered not just one but two bottles of
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Davis Cup World Group Semifinals
2007-09-20 16:20:00
It's Davis Cup weekend and the teams are preparing for battle. SWEDEN v USA Venue: Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden (carpet-indoors) SWEDEN Jonas Bjorkman Thomas Johansson Joachim Johansson Simon Aspelin Captain: Mats Wilander USA Andy Roddick James Blake Mike Bryan Bob Bryan Captain: Patrick McEnroe I haven't seen Joachim Johansson's name since the Australian Open. Sure he's got weapons,
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Tuesday Tirade: Comment of the Week
2007-09-19 15:25:00
I took a day or so off. Good for me. So I'm going to combine my Tuesday Tirade (I didn't have much to rant about anyway... hell, Lindsay and Amelie have returned!) with Comment of the Week , which qualifies as a mini rant of sorts, don't you think? Here's tristann in International Hall of Shame: Very interesting stories and very illustrative. Unfortunately the overt racism of yesteryear has