By Dave Gertler (July 8, 2014) NEWPORT - Tuesday was always going to be an exciting day at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, with a defending champion, No.1 seed, and a dual grand slam champion in action. All … [Read more...]
Defending Champ Mahut Feels Like Home in Newport
By Dave Gertler (July 8, 2014) NEWPORT - Day Two of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships promised plenty of top-seed grass court action for the tennis-loving community of Newport, Rhode Island, but it delivered much more than the crowd … [Read more...]
Juan Martin Del Potro Wins Sydney International
By Dave Gertler (January 11, 2014) SYDNEY - A flurry of unforced errors in the first set between Bernard Tomic and Juan Martin Del Potro was the beginning of the end of Tomic’s campaign to defend the Apia International title, in Sydney on Saturday … [Read more...]
Qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova Wins Sydney Title
By Dave Gertler (January 10, 2014) SYDNEY - Tsvetana Pironkova has ended an astounding run at the Apia International with a history-making win in the final over Angelique Kerber of Germany. The 26-year-old Pironkova had never reached the final of a … [Read more...]
Del Potro and Tomic advance to the finals of the Apia International
By Dave Gertler (January 10, 2014) SYDNEY - Juan Martin Del Potro put on a clinical display of dominant tennis to beat Dmitry Tursunov in the semifinals of the Apia International, on Friday. Tursunov mustered all the defensive skills he could manage … [Read more...]
Defending Champion Tomic Tops Crafty Dolgopolov
By Dave Gertler (January 9, 2014) SYDNEY - Bernard Tomic has beaten Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the semifinals of the Apia International in Sydney. It was an entertaining match from the start, both players being known for their crafty and … [Read more...]
Pironkova Stuns Kvitova in Sydney
By Dave Gertler (January 9, 2014) World No. 107 Tsvetana Pironkova will be the first women’s qualifier to reach the finals of the Apia International after taking out the No.2 seed Czech Petra Kvitova in straight sets on Ken Rosewall Arena on … [Read more...]
Top Seed Del Potro Pushed by Stepanek
By Dave Gertler (January 9, 2014) We’re into the sharp end of the 2014 Apia International in Sydney, on a Thursday that features men’s quarterfinals and women’s semifinals matches on Ken Rosewall Arena, with a mix of singles and doubles matches being … [Read more...]
After Ousting Top Seed Mattek-Sands Forced to Retire in match against Keys
By Dave Gertler (January 8, 2014) SYDNEY - After surviving three rounds of qualifying, then claiming two big scalps in the first and second rounds of the Apia International, Bethanie Mattek-Sands retired hurt from her quarterfinal match … [Read more...]
Matosevic Gets Home Support in Win over Seppi
By Dave Gertler (January 8, 2014) SYDNEY – Twenty-eight-year-old Australian Marinko Matosevic has had a confident second round win over world No.25 Andreas Seppi in front of an appreciative Grandstand Court crowd, on the 6th day of the Apia … [Read more...]