Serbia's Janro Tipsarevic sends Roddick packing...
The 2003 US Open champion will have to wait for his second Grand Slam as Tipsarevic triumphed 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 (4). Roddick ought to have been wary of the world number 39. After all, Tipsarevic defeated him in the second round of Wimbledon 2008, and has a reputation for upping his game dramatically against the highest ranked players. Complete results of the US Open at www.usopen.org |
NEWSWIRE John Mc Enroe: "Women's Tour Too Tough"
"NEW YORK - John McEnroe says women aren't cut out to play as many tournaments as they're asked to by their tour. "There should be less events for women," McEnroe said in a conference call this week to preview CBS' coverage of the US Open, which starts tonight."You need an actual meltdown on court or someone to quit the game altogether bef
ore they realise you need to change the schedule". The same day that McEnroe was voicing his opinion, the Women's Tennis Association released an update on initiatives it's taking to make the season less of a grind. Read ...> |
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| With Li Na, Yan Zi and Zheng Jie is China ready for a Grand Slam title?

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| The performance of chinese players in recent gland slam tournaments has caused excitement in the world of tennis. Their success is being attributed to China's increasing investment in sports development and its ever growing middle class. Given the scale of their population and the scale of investment, there will be more tennis champions coming out of China. The communist nation is constantly developing, becoming more westernized, and is adopting a different approach to professional sports, in particular tennis. There will be a Chinese tennis champion of a grand slam event. It's just a question of when? |
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| Andres Gomez, Ecuador. The most famous athlete from Ecuador won the French Open in 1990 beating American sensation Agassi. Read |
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