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New Guard Will Wait for Roger Federer, Serena Williams
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe end of the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal era has been proclaimed everywhere from Andre Agassi, now theoretically clear-headed, to John McEnroe, still stuck in the 1980s. Analysts, experts insist that Group Next is here. And it is true that more players than ever are ready to win a major. But looking at the draw for the Australian Open, which starts Sunday night (ET), I have to wonder if Group Next really knows how big of a step this last one to the mountaintop really is.So this prediction seems like a no-brainer to me, but I haven't seen anyone else making it anywhere: Federer and Nadal will ...
Grueling Season Claims Stars From Davis Cup Rosters
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsIt doesn't look good or feel right when the face of American men's tennis, the guy carrying the sport in this country, decides not to play for his flag. Meanwhile, he's planning to make it to all the regular tournaments for himself. But Andy Roddick says he's off the U.S. Davis Cup team for 2010. And James Blake, the second face, reportedly also won't play, as the longtime base of the team has been ripped apart. You could say that in Davis Cup, the U.S. is going to lose face. But the truth is, both players are making the right decision, weighing the grueling demands of the tour with aging, ...
'The Match' Tops List of 12 Best Tennis Matches of Decade
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsOver the next two weeks, FanHouse will be covering the top sports stories of the decade. In this installment, Greg Couch looks at the top 12 tennis matches of the decade. My favorite story about The Match was the electrical spike. It has been reported, and official-sounding people were quoted. Still, it sounds like the stuff of myth and is a little hard to believe. But here goes:Just as Rafael Nadal was holding up the trophy after beating Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon title in 2008, there was a sudden surge in electrical use in Britain. A 1,400-megawatt spike, roughly equal to what it ...
Spain Retains Davis Cup Title
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Rafael Nadal closed out his most challenging season with another title, ending a four-match losing streak by earning two points for Spain in the Davis Cup final.Nadal opened the best-of-five series on indoor clay with a victory over Tomas Berdych. He then beat Jan Hajek 6-3, 6-4 Sunday at Palau Sant Jordi to help Spain close out its 5-0 win over the Czech Republic."To finish the second half of the season with this ending is very important and nice, especially after all of the problems I had over those two months," the Australian Open champion said about the knee ...
WADA Crock: Making Wickmayer Pay for Agassi's Sin
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe head of the World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledged that it's too late to punish Andre Agassi for his failed drug test from 1997, darned statute of limitations. But WADA said it still wants some punishment, anyway. Maybe for Agassi's lies to doping officials, which he admits in his book? Maybe for perjury?Doubtful. But I knew tennis would get its pound of flesh, anyway, as Agassi has embarrassed the sport's governing bodies. What I didn't know was how fast they would get that flesh.Or that they would take it from Yanina Wickmayer.She was banned Thursday for a year for a doping offense. It ...
No Pain, No Gain on the Tours
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThree weeks. That's all Andy Roddick is expected to miss with the knee injury that knocked him out of the Shanghai Masters last week in the middle of his first-round match.It should still give him time to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London in November."Results of the MRI [scan] showed a mild sprain of his medial collateral ligament of the left knee," said a statement on Roddick's website. "The news was very good for Andy. No surgery will be needed and Andy is expected to make a 100 percent recovery."But Roddick's warning still stands. This time every year, players ...
Shanghai Masters Semifinals Preview
By Chris Sesno - AOL NewsFive days and eight injury retirements later, the Shanghai Masters semifinals are set. In the last quarterfinals match on Friday, Ivan Ljubicic pulled out of his match against Rafael Nadal in the third set with noticeable pain in his left thigh. He joined an absurdly long list of players to withdraw due to injury in Shanghai, including reigning U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and world No. 6 Andy Roddick.Ljubicic withdrew in the first game of the third set and handed Nadal a spot in the semifinals where he will take on fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who topped the No. 9-seeded Robin ...
Serena Loses, Nadal Tops Blake to Advance to Quarters
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams was knocked out of the China Open on Thursday, losing to Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) only days before regaining the No. 1 ranking.Williams, who will take over the top spot in the rankings from Dinara Safina on Monday, looked sluggish in the first set before recovering in the second. Neither player was able to earn a break in the third set."I don't feel like I ever got into high gear," Williams said. "I ran into a girl today who has never played so good in her life."Petrova, who finished with 14 aces, said her strong serve was the key.Petrova will ...
Man Faces Charges After Kissing Nadal
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsNEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City man arrested for running onto the court at the U.S. Open to kiss Rafael Nadal will be charged with trespassing and faces possible jail time if convicted, prosecutors said Wednesday.Noam U. Aorta dashed out of the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens just after midnight Wednesday after Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Gael Monfils, prosecutors said. Aorta ran onto the court, then hugged and kissed the Spanish star as he was changing shirts on the sideline before security guards took him into custody, they said. U.S. Open: Women's Scoreboard | ...
Women Come Out Swinging at the U.S. Open
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWhile much of the tennis world continues to be consumed with the Rafa/Roger rivalry -- will Rafael Nadal's over-stressed knees give out, thus preventing the Spaniard from capturing his first U.S. Open title, or will Roger Federer win a record-breaking sixth consecutive U.S. Open title? -- I have been captivated by the stories, not to mention the amazing match play, of some of the women in this year's tournament. ...
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