TennisGrandStand

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week, Bob summarizes the first week of the Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, and other happenings around the game.

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

It’s becoming a regular pattern, and – for now at least – a small crisis for Andy Murray and his camp: a fine tournament win followed by a weak first round loss to a journeyman.

Serbian tennisplayer Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open 2008 this Sunday. Djokovic defeated French tournament revelation Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.