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Daily Roundup, Sunday: Djokovic takes Pacific Life Open

By Around the ATP Team • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Other Tennis News

In today’s Pacific Life Open final, #3 Novak Djokovic took on unseeded Cindarella story Mardy Fish. Fish started out a bit sluggish and perhaps nervous.



Weeks 11 & 12 Preview: Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells

By Around the ATP Team • Mar 13th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News, Other Tennis News

The first ATP Masters Series event of the year kicks off in the California Desert.



Federer, Nadal go Dubai while Gonzalez goes to Vegas

By Around the ATP Team • Mar 5th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News, Featured Columns

A comprehensive preview for the tournaments that are being played this week. First up is Dubai that features prominent players such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. And then there is the tournament in Las Vegas. It doesn’t have the starpower of Dubai but it’s still an interesting one feating Fernando Gonzalez among others.
Dubai

Singles Draw
Doubles [...]



Week 7 Preview: Buenos Aires, Rotterdam, San Jose

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 24th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

The 7th week of the ATP Tour is coming up and so here is another preview. The preview includes Buenos Aires (Argentina), ABN Amro in Rotterdam (Netherlands), San Jose (USA).



Daily Roundup: Tuesday, February 12

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

All the important news from the first round of play in this week’s three events!



Week 6 Preview: Costa do Sauipe, Delray Beach, Marseille

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

A comprehensive preview of this week’s ATP Tournaments. The preview includes Marseille, the Brasil Open and Delray Beach. Gustavo Kuerten makes his final appearance at the Costa do Sauipe.
Costa do Sauipe (Brasil Open)
As expected, the only ATP tournament played in Brazil is full of clay court specialists. Carlos Moya comes back to play there after [...]



Davis Cup Roundup: First Round Day 3, February 10

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

A Davis Cup Round Up of Day three with the final scores between Russia-Serbia, Israel - Sweden and many others.
 
Russia vs Serbia
As we expected, Novak Djokovic attempted to play for Serbia to keep their hopes alive. Despite Djokovic not being 100% fit, Nikolay Davydenko played even worse and Djokovic was able to build a 2 [...]



Davis Cup Roundup: First Round Day 2 Doubles Action, February 9

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

A Davis Cup weekend with some interesting matches between Russia - Serbia, Argentina - Great Britain and Austria - USA.
Russia vs. Serbia
The doubles was a must-win match for the Serbians to stay alive, so despite neither player being 100%, Serbia fielded its best possible team in Novak Djokovic and top doubles player Nenad Zimonjic (pictured [...]



Complacent Hantuchova Falls In Paris

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Daniela Hantuchova, WTA Tour News

After the fine form she showed in Australia - disregarding that wasteful semi final loss - even her biggest critics would have expected Daniela Hantuchova to continue such form at least in the short term. It was clear however that the Slovak has slumped back into the days of losing to players she really shouldn’t, [...]



Davis Cup Draw Ceremony Roundup: February 7

By Around the ATP Team • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: ATP Tour News

All around the world today, the First Round Davis Cup draw ceremonies were held. Here’s all the important news and photos from around the globe! We won’t bore you with the “who plays whom first” stuff that you can get easily at the Davis Cup website. Instead, here are a few things that we think [...]