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Americans Fish, Roddick Reach U.S. Open Quarterfinals

September 3, 2008 - No Comments Despite a disappointing summer where many were led to believe Andy Roddick had lost “it”, the most well-recognized American tennis player has reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Roddick advanced with an impressive straight sets win over Olympic Silver Medalist and 11th seeded Fernando Gonzalez. Roddick took apart the Chilean 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 and looks primed to compete for his 2nd U.S. Open title. Roddick will face 3rd seeded Novak....

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U.S. Open ‘Wide Open’ in 2008

August 29, 2008 - No Comments For the first time in years, both the men’s and women’s draws in this year’s U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis event are there for the taking. Defending women’s champion Justine Henin is now retired. Four time defending men’s champion Roger Federer is struggling (comparatively). With these factors involved, who is going to step up and take the crown? In the women’s draw, number one seed Ana Ivanovic is gone–upset....

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Nadal Ends Federer’s Reign of Terror at Wimbledon

July 6, 2008 - No Comments In a far cry from the systematic destruction that was the French Open final, Rafael Nadal edged out reigning 5-time Champion Roger Federer to win the Wimbledon Championship for the first time on Sunday evening.  The match, which ended 6-4,6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7, in favor of Nadal, was certainly one for the ages between the undisputed two top players in men’s tennis today.  The match turned out to be the longest in Wimbledon history, and....

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Federer and Nadal to Clash in Wimbledon Final

July 4, 2008 - No Comments Roger Federer is the undisputed world’s #1 tennis player and just may be, quite possibly, the greatest player ever to play the game.  Even so, all the buzz is about whether or not he can beat one young Spaniard named Rafael Nadal.  In their last meeting (albeit on clay, Nadal’s forte), he couldn’t even put up a fight, winning only four GAMES in the entire match.  But Wimbledon is Federer’s turf–the 5-time defending....

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Roger Federer Gets Top Seed in Wimbledon

June 20, 2008 - No Comments Pete Sampras is confident that Roger Federer will break his grand slam record with a win at Wimbledon. Federer has been the most dominant player in tennis for as long as anyone can remember, and he’s coming into Wimbledon after winning a smaller event in Europe. There is a burning desire in Roger to break my record, and when he does it I would like to be there, Sampras said Thursday. I said to Roger, ˜Just make sure it’s in New York....

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