WTA Today's Posts - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-29T09:32:21ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtodayhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3139206344?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://tennisopolis.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=05uumlr00wit8&xn_auth=noHow to Navigate WTAtoday.comtag:tennisopolis.com,2011-09-28:1869403:BlogPost:7975462011-09-28T17:52:51.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
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Many of you know that I was covering both ATP and WTA tours at <strong>This Week in Tennis</strong> and then recently, I narrowed my focus to just the WTA tour via the <strong>WTA Today</strong> newsletter. The WTA Today newsletter has been such a nice success in a very short period of time that quite a few people don't even know about …
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Many of you know that I was covering both ATP and WTA tours at <strong>This Week in Tennis</strong> and then recently, I narrowed my focus to just the WTA tour via the <strong>WTA Today</strong> newsletter. The WTA Today newsletter has been such a nice success in a very short period of time that quite a few people don't even know about <a target="_blank" href="http://wtatoday.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7e35435a9f41a654633bc2f07&id=768d09a25d&e=ce77b5b620">WTAtoday.com</a>. This website is an archive of all the WTA Today newsletters and the new <a target="_blank" href="http://wtatoday.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7e35435a9f41a654633bc2f07&id=8da06fdcea&e=ce77b5b620">ITF Today newsletters</a> I started pushing out a couple days ago. Seems like there isn't a need to go to WTAtoday.com if you subscribe to both newsletters, right? WRONG! Please read below for a quick guide for how to navigate WTAtoday.com.<br/>
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<p><strong><span>PLEASE</span></strong> let me know if you'd like to see additional information on the website. I'm always looking for ways to improve the viewing experience and want to come as close as possible to a one-stop shop.</p>This Week in Tennis is now WTA Todaytag:tennisopolis.com,2011-09-08:1869403:BlogPost:7765832011-09-08T21:02:36.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>This Week in Tennis is now WTA Today and comes out in a daily newsletter format. Free subscription link is located at <a href="http://eepurl.com/fwByU" class="ot-anchor">http://eepurl.com/fwByU</a> and the official website is located at <a href="http://wtatoday.com/" class="ot-anchor">http://WTAtoday.com</a>.</p>
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<p>-Dutch</p>Citi Open Quarterfinal Previewtag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-29:1869403:BlogPost:7103382011-07-29T19:33:19.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
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<p>Today is quarterfinal day at the Citi Open in College Park, Maryland. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th seeds all survived early rounds and are ready to battle their opponents on the other side of the net and the heat. It was a suffocating kind of heat yesterday afternoon when I arrived at The Tennis Center at College Park, but after the first match and a half it seemed to cool off a bit. This…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
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<p>Today is quarterfinal day at the Citi Open in College Park, Maryland. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th seeds all survived early rounds and are ready to battle their opponents on the other side of the net and the heat. It was a suffocating kind of heat yesterday afternoon when I arrived at The Tennis Center at College Park, but after the first match and a half it seemed to cool off a bit. This afternoon, Shahar Peer plays Alberta Brianti in that first match (3 PM Eastern) and it's followed by Virginie Razzano vs. Irina Falconi.</p>
<p>Yesterday, the match of the day was Heather Watson vs. Stephanie Dubois. Heather Watson played well in the first set, but Dubois came roaring back and took advantage of Watson's sluggish performance over the next two sets. I was extremely blessed to be able to watch the last two sets of that match with <a href="http://www.elena-baltacha.com/main.html" target="_blank">Elena Baltacha's</a> coach, <a href="http://twitter.com/NSeverino" target="_blank">Nino Severino</a>. It was a very informal conversation that ranged from his star student to how some players find it annoying that ball kids aren't trained to be more flexible if a player only wants to receive balls for serving from one side of the court or the other. A lot of players are superstitious and that's just one of the many quirky habits on tour. It must be said that without Twitter, my invite to sit with Coach Nino wouldn't have happened and that's why I think Twitter is such a great service. There are a ton of tennis players tweeting every day and I'm glad there are coaches like Coach Nino that have followed suit and given their followers a different perspective on the sport we all love. Next up for Coach Nino and Elena Baltacha is next week's Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, California.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Citi Open</strong></span></span><br/>(College Park, Maryland)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Quarterfinal</strong></span></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Order of Play</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span><strong>3:00 PM</strong></span> (Eastern)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[1] Shahar Peer vs. [8] Alberta Brianti</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 1-0)<ul>
<li><span>2nd Round Results</span><ul>
<li>Peer d. Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-4</li>
<li>Brianti d. Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-2</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Virginie Razzano vs. Irina Falconi</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 0-0)<ul>
<li> <span>2nd Round Results</span><ul>
<li>Razzano d. [6] Elena Baltacha 6-4, 6-2</li>
<li>Falconi d. Shuai Zhang 6-4, (retired-head illness)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span><strong>Not before 6:30 PM</strong></span> (Eastern)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[3] Tamira Paszek vs. Stephanie Dubois</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 1-0)<ul>
<li><span>2nd Round Results</span><ul>
<li>Paszek d. Madison Brengle 6-3, 6-1</li>
<li>Dubois d. [Q] Heather Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>[2][WC] Nadia Petrova vs. [5] Bojana Jovanovski</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 0-0)<ul>
<li><span>2nd Round Results</span><ul>
<li>Petrova d. [WC] Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2</li>
<li>Jovanovski d. Jill Craybas 6-4, 5-7, 6-4</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>Delaware native is one of six winnerstag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-28:1869403:BlogPost:7082372011-07-28T14:11:53.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Delaware native Madison Brengle was one of six qualifiers to win a main draw match this week at WTA Tour and ATP World Tour tournaments. Brengle, ranked 222nd and from Dover, Delaware beat Melinda Czink 7-6(5), 7-5 in the first round at the <a href="http://www.citiopentennis.com/" target="_blank">Citi Open</a>in College Park, Maryland.</p>
<p>Congrats to the below qualifiers with at least one main draw…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Delaware native Madison Brengle was one of six qualifiers to win a main draw match this week at WTA Tour and ATP World Tour tournaments. Brengle, ranked 222nd and from Dover, Delaware beat Melinda Czink 7-6(5), 7-5 in the first round at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.citiopentennis.com/">Citi Open</a>in College Park, Maryland.</p>
<p>Congrats to the below qualifiers with at least one main draw victory this week.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Citi Open</strong></span><br/>(College Park, Maryland)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Madison Brengle</strong> d. Melinda Czink 7-6(5), 7-5<ul>
<li>Brengle plays [3] Tamira Paszek in second round</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Bank of the West Classic</strong></span><br/>(Stanford, CA)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Marina Erakovic</strong> d. Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1<ul>
<li>Erakovic plays [1] Victoria Azarenka in second round</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Urszula Radwanska</strong> d. [Q] Olga Savchuk 6-4, 6-2<ul>
<li>Radwanska plays Ayumi Morita in second round. Morita defeated [7] Ana Ivanovic in first round.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Farmers Classic</strong></span><br/>(Los Angeles, California)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Daniel Kosakowski</strong> d. [Q] Tim Smyczek 2-6, 6-2, 6-3<ul>
<li>Kosakowski plays Ernests Gulbis in second round</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>ATP Studena Croatia Open</strong></span><br/>(Umag, Croatia)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Gianluca Naso</strong> d. [WC] Mate Delic 6-4, 6-2<ul>
<li>Naso played Albert Ramos in second round and lost 1-6, 3-6</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Credit Agricole Suisse Open</strong></span><br/>(Gstaad, Switzerland)</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Peter Luczak</strong> d. [WC] Alexander Sadecky 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)<ul>
<li>Luczak plays [2] Stanislas Wawrinka in second round</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>First 'Citi Open' Impressionstag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-26:1869403:BlogPost:7041312011-07-26T09:25:01.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
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<p>This Week in Tennis headquarters packed up bright and early this morning to drive the 2.5 hours to College Park, Maryland for the inaugural Citi Open. The WTA tournament is being held at the Tennis Center at College Park and features main draw players from 18 different countries.</p>
<p>When I arrived at the event site I was greeted by friendly staff that pointed me in the direction of the credential…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
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<p>This Week in Tennis headquarters packed up bright and early this morning to drive the 2.5 hours to College Park, Maryland for the inaugural Citi Open. The WTA tournament is being held at the Tennis Center at College Park and features main draw players from 18 different countries.</p>
<p>When I arrived at the event site I was greeted by friendly staff that pointed me in the direction of the credential trailer. Once inside the trailer I met media contact, Vanessa<br/>French. She made me feel welcome and gave me a quick overview of the ground rules once inside the media tent. I don’t have any special needs when covering tennis events. Basically, if there are plenty of power outlets in the media area I’m happy. Mainly because my Android phone has terrible battery life and I can’t live-tweet matches if my phone is dead!</p>
<p>The tournament is in its second rain delay and it’s given me some time to relay my initial observations about the grounds and stadium court.</p>
<p>– The grounds are a tennis fan’s dream come true. Players walk and run down the same sidewalks that spectators are on; making it feel like your nearby recreational tennis courts.</p>
<p>– I’m slightly confused by stadium court seating. I don’t have a ticket, but I’m told the tickets have seat sections and seat numbers. More than a couple people asked me if I knew how to get to their seats and I tried to help the best I could, but the sections aren’t clearly marked. Another stadium court seating issue is the inclusion of ropes that block walking paths and one too many seats at the end of rows. The extra seats at the end of rows increase seating, but force attendees to walk through rows and interrupt others needlessly. If the one seat at the end of each row was eliminated it would create much better traffic flow.</p>
<p>– There’s a juice bar directly behind stadium court and up against a practice court fence. I don’t think the qualifiers care that the juice blender is loud and maybe the higher ranked players will block out the sound, but I’d be mad if I was serving in a quiet stadium and then all of a sudden the sounds of freshly blended fruit happened in the middle of my service motion.</p>
<p>Citi Open is well on its way to a successful inaugural tournament if the only gripes come from extra seats and fresh fruit. This Week in Tennis will be on-site every day, except for Tuesday and Wednesday and we hope you’ll join us on this site and on Twitter.</p>
<p>-Dutch</p>
<p> </p>Olympus US Open Series Preview (My guest post on GrandSlamGal.com)tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-25:1869403:BlogPost:7024502011-07-25T09:46:45.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
This Week in Tennis did a guest post for GrandSlamGal.com yesterday. Please take a look at the <a target="_blank" href="http://grandslamgal.com/olympus-us-open-series-preview-by-michael-barber/">Olympus US Open Series Preview</a>.
This Week in Tennis did a guest post for GrandSlamGal.com yesterday. Please take a look at the <a target="_blank" href="http://grandslamgal.com/olympus-us-open-series-preview-by-michael-barber/">Olympus US Open Series Preview</a>.Mardy Fish, Gilles Simon, and Vera Zvonareva win titlestag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-24:1869403:BlogPost:7015602011-07-24T23:46:01.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Mardy Fish, Gilles Simon, and Vera Zvonareva were all victorious on Sunday. Fish and Zvonareva took home hard court trophies and Simon won on the red clay of Hamburg, Germany. The Atlanta Tennis Championship victory by Mardy Fish marks the first time in his career that he successfully defended an ATP World Tour title. Vera Zvonareva's win in Baku, Azerbaijan is her second title of the year and 12th of her career.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Championship…</strong></span></p>
<p>Mardy Fish, Gilles Simon, and Vera Zvonareva were all victorious on Sunday. Fish and Zvonareva took home hard court trophies and Simon won on the red clay of Hamburg, Germany. The Atlanta Tennis Championship victory by Mardy Fish marks the first time in his career that he successfully defended an ATP World Tour title. Vera Zvonareva's win in Baku, Azerbaijan is her second title of the year and 12th of her career.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong>Championship Reviews</strong></span><br/>July 24, 2011</p>
<p> <strong>Atlanta Tennis Championships</strong> (Atlanta, Georgia)</p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Mardy Fish d. [3] John Isner 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>bet-at-home German Tennis Championships</strong> (Hamburg, Germany)</p>
<ul>
<li>[5] Gilles Simon d. [3] Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 4-6, 6-4</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Baku Cup</strong> (Baku, Azerbaijan)</p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Vera Zvonareva d. [7] Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-4</li>
</ul>Three Americans reach semifinals at Atlanta Tennis Championshipstag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-23:1869403:BlogPost:6995542011-07-23T11:00:00.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Three Americans reached the semifinal round of the first tournament of the Olympus US Open Series at the Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The non-American left in the draw is Gilles Muller from Luxembourg. Muller will play John Isner in the first match of the day starting at 1 PM eastern. The other semifinal match is between defending champion Mardy Fish and Ryan Harrison.…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Three Americans reached the semifinal round of the first tournament of the Olympus US Open Series at the Atlanta Tennis Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The non-American left in the draw is Gilles Muller from Luxembourg. Muller will play John Isner in the first match of the day starting at 1 PM eastern. The other semifinal match is between defending champion Mardy Fish and Ryan Harrison.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Atlanta Tennis Championships</strong></span></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Semifinal Preview</strong></span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>[1] Mardy Fish vs. Ryan Harrison</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 0-0)<ul>
<li><span>Quarterfinal Results</span><ul>
<li>Fish def. [8] Somdev Devvarman 6-4, 6-3</li>
<li>Harrison def. [Q] Rajeev Ram 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>[3] John Isner vs. Gilles Muller</strong><br/>(Head to Head: 1-0)<ul>
<li><span>Quarterfinal Results</span><ul>
<li>Isner def. Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1, 6-2</li>
<li>Muller def. [2] Kevin Anderson 7-6(3), 7-6(3)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>Citi Open (Washington, D.C.) Tournament Previewtag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-22:1869403:BlogPost:6986822011-07-22T22:42:58.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>This Week in Tennis will be covering the majority of main draw matches at the Citi Open event next week in College Park, Maryland. You may have also heard the tournament referred to as being in Washington, D.C area. Citi Open is a first year event at the WTA International level and will feature Shahar Peer, Nadia Petrova, Tamira Paszek, and Jelena Dokic as its top four seeds. There are only three International level tournaments in the United States.</p>
<p>The Citi Open consists of a 32…</p>
<p>This Week in Tennis will be covering the majority of main draw matches at the Citi Open event next week in College Park, Maryland. You may have also heard the tournament referred to as being in Washington, D.C area. Citi Open is a first year event at the WTA International level and will feature Shahar Peer, Nadia Petrova, Tamira Paszek, and Jelena Dokic as its top four seeds. There are only three International level tournaments in the United States.</p>
<p>The Citi Open consists of a 32 players in the singles main draw, 32 in the qualifying singles draw, and 16 teams in the doubles draw. Compensation will total $400,000 and will be broadcast live nationally on the Tennis Channel during the singles semifinals and final.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2011/1045/MDS.pdf" target="_blank">singles main draw</a> was selected this afternoon and we're told the qualifying singles draw will be posted later tonight. Qualifying singles round matches begin July 23 at 9 AM eastern and main draw singles matches open on July 25 at 3 PM.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Citi Open</strong></span></span><br/><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>1st Round Matches</span></span><br/>(Top Seeds)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Shahar Peer vs. Qualifier</li>
<li>[2] [WC] Nadia Petrova vs. Qualifier</li>
<li>[3] Tamira Paszek (my pick to win Citi Open) vs. Melanie Oudin</li>
<li>[4] Jelena Dokic vs. Shuai Zhang</li>
<li>[5] Bojana Jovanovski vs. Qualifier</li>
<li>[6] Elena Baltacha vs. Yaroslava Shvedova</li>
<li>[7] Sania Mirza vs. Stephanie Dubois</li>
<li>[8] Alberta Brianti vs. Anne Keothavong</li>
</ul>
<p>Citi Open on social media is alive and well and can be located on <a href="http://twitter.com/citiopen" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/citiopen" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Stay tuned to this site and our <a href="http://twitter.com/TennisThisWeek" target="_blank">Twitter</a> account all week as we cover the inaugural Citi Open tournament on July 25, 28, 29, and 31.</p>Quarterfinal Previews for July 22, 2011tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-22:1869403:BlogPost:6977112011-07-22T09:30:00.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a><br></br>
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<p>It's quarterfinals days at the two ATP World Tour events and the lone WTA Tour event this week. Unlike last week's Stuttgart event that featured no seeds in the quarterfinals, Hamburg seeds are in each quarterfinal spot this week. In Atlanta, at the first US Open Series event, the top three seeds survived the opening rounds. On the women's side, the Baku, Azerbaijan event's big story has been the…</p>
Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a><br/>
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<p>It's quarterfinals days at the two ATP World Tour events and the lone WTA Tour event this week. Unlike last week's Stuttgart event that featured no seeds in the quarterfinals, Hamburg seeds are in each quarterfinal spot this week. In Atlanta, at the first US Open Series event, the top three seeds survived the opening rounds. On the women's side, the Baku, Azerbaijan event's big story has been the service motion change of 2nd-seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. In multiple matches she's thrown up over 20 doubles faults.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Quarterfinal Previews<br/><br/></strong></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ATP World Tour</span><br/> </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships</strong><br/>(Hamburg, Germany)</p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Gael Monfils vs. [5] Gilles Simon</li>
<li>[2] Jurgen Melzer vs. [8] Fernando Verdasco</li>
<li>[3] Nicolas Almagro vs. [6] Florian Mayer</li>
<li>[4] Mikhail Youzhny vs. [12] Marin Cilic</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Atlanta Tennis Championships<br/></strong>(Atlanta, Georgia)</p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Mardy Fish vs. [8] Somdev Devvarman</li>
<li>[2] Kevin Anderson vs. Gilles Muller</li>
<li>[3] John Isner vs. Yen-Hsun Lu</li>
<li>Ryan Harrison vs. [Q] Rajeev Ram</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WTA Tour</span><br/> </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Baku Cup 2011<br/></strong>(Baku, Azerbaijan)</p>
<ul>
<li>[1] Vera Zvonareva vs. Anna Tatishvili</li>
<li>[2] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Galina Voskoboeva</li>
<li>[7] Ksenia Pervak vs. Aravane Rezai</li>
<li>Kateryna Bondarenko vs. Mariya Koryttseva</li>
</ul>Daily Tennis Stats by Daily Scores - July 18, 2011tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-18:1869403:BlogPost:6897952011-07-18T09:21:40.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>The kind owner of Daily Scores was kind enough to post some interesting stats about the tournaments that finished yesterday. Robin Soderling, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, and Anabel Medina Garrigues all took home singles titles on July 17, 2011.</p>
<p>All stats provided by <a href="http://twitter.com/daily_scores">@Daily_Scores</a>. Check out his website at <a href="http://dailyscores.wordpress.com/">Daily Scores</a> and tell him you appreciate his information!…</p>
<p>The kind owner of Daily Scores was kind enough to post some interesting stats about the tournaments that finished yesterday. Robin Soderling, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, and Anabel Medina Garrigues all took home singles titles on July 17, 2011.</p>
<p>All stats provided by <a href="http://twitter.com/daily_scores">@Daily_Scores</a>. Check out his website at <a href="http://dailyscores.wordpress.com/">Daily Scores</a> and tell him you appreciate his information!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Daily Tennis Stats</strong></span></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>July 18, 2011</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>BASTAD, Sweden - Robin Soderling of Sweden was able to win his 5th consecutive career final. His record in ATP World Tour finals now stands at 10-10.</li>
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<li>BASTAD, Sweden - Six of Soderling's ten titles came in either Sweden or France.</li>
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<li>STUTTGART, Germany - The final was only the second this year to feature two unseeded players, after Halle, Germany. Ferrero was able to secure his 16th career title.</li>
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<li>PALERMO, Italy - Anabel Medina Garrigues won her 11th career WTA Tour title. She ties Vera Zvonareva for ninth among active players). 10 of her titles were on clay and no active players have matched that title total.</li>
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<li>BAD GASTEIN, Austria - Unseeded players now 9-10 in WTA Tour finals in 2011.</li>
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<li>BAD GASTEIN, Austria - Lucie Hradecka has won ALL the Bad Gastein doubles tournaments she's played so far. She's accumulated five titles with three different partners. Her overall doubles record in Bad Gastein is 19-0 with one walkover.</li>
</ul>Tennis Tournament Previews for July 18-24, 2011tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-18:1869403:BlogPost:6899442011-07-18T00:00:00.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
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<p>This week marks the start of the Olympus US Open Series as first round matches start in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlantic Tennis Championships on July 18th. If you're still clinging to the clay court season, you'll be happy to learn the ATP World Tour event in Hamburg, Germany is being played on the red stuff. There's only one women's tournament this week and that's in Baku, Azerbaijan on hard courts. Maybe by the end of the week I'll be able to spell Azerbaijan from…</p>
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<p>This week marks the start of the Olympus US Open Series as first round matches start in Atlanta, Georgia at the Atlantic Tennis Championships on July 18th. If you're still clinging to the clay court season, you'll be happy to learn the ATP World Tour event in Hamburg, Germany is being played on the red stuff. There's only one women's tournament this week and that's in Baku, Azerbaijan on hard courts. Maybe by the end of the week I'll be able to spell Azerbaijan from memory.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span>Tournament Previews</span></strong></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span>for July 18-24, 2011</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>ATP World Tour</strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong>Atlanta Tennis Championships</strong> (Atlanta, Georgia)<br/><strong>Surface</strong> - Outdoor Hard<br/><strong>Category</strong> - ATP World Tour 250<br/><a href="http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/6116/mds.pdf" target="_blank">Singles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/6116/mdd.pdf" target="_blank">Doubles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://www.atlantatennischampionships.com/" target="_blank">Website</a><br/><a href="http://twitter.com/ATChampionships/" target="_blank">Twitter</a></p>
<p><strong>About</strong> - Mardy Fish defeated John Isner in a third set tiebreaker in 2010.</p>
<p><strong>Defending Singles Champion</strong> - Mardy Fish<br/><strong>Defending Doubles Champions</strong> - Scott Lipsky/Rajeev Ram</p>
<p><strong>Seeded Players</strong> - [1] Mardy Fish, [2] Kevin Anderson, [3] John Isner, [4] Xavier Malisse, [5] Grigor Dimitrov, [6] Igor Kunitsyn, [7] Alex Bogomolov Jr., [8] Somdev Devvarman</p>
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<p><strong>bet-at-home Open - German Tennis Championships</strong> (Hamburg, Germany)</p>
<p><strong>Surface</strong> - Outdoor Clay w/retractable roof stadium<br/><strong>Category</strong> - ATP World Tour 500<br/><a href="http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/414/mds.pdf" target="_blank">Singles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/414/mdd.pdf" target="_blank">Doubles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://bet-at-home-open.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></p>
<p><strong>About</strong> - The retractable roof stadium seats 13,200 spectators - making it the largest center court in Germany.</p>
<p><strong>Defending Singles Champion</strong> - Andrey Golubev<br/><strong>Defending Doubles Champions</strong> - Marc Lopez/David Marrero</p>
<p><strong>Seeded Players</strong> (Top 8) - [1] Gael Monfils, [2] Jurgen Melzer, [3] Nicolas Almagro, [4] Mikhail Youzhny, [5] Gilles Simon, [6] Florian Mayer, [7] Juan Ignacio Chela, [8] Fernando Verdasco</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>WTA Tour</strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong>Baku Cup</strong> (Baku, Azerbaijan)<br/><strong>Surface</strong> - Outdoor Hard<br/><strong>Tier</strong> - International<br/><a href="http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2011/1044/MDS.pdf" target="_blank">Singles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2011/1044/MDD.pdf" target="_blank">Doubles Draw</a><br/><a href="http://bakucup.az/?lang=2" target="_blank">Website</a></p>
<p><strong>About</strong> - It's the inaugural event in Baku, Azerbaijan.</p>
<p><strong>Seeded Players</strong> - [1] Vera Zvonareva, [2] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, [3] Elena Vesnina, [4] Ekaterina Makarova, [5] Monica Niculescu, [6] Elena Baltacha, [7] Ksenia Pervak, [8] Evgeniya Rodina</p>Championship Previews for July 17, 2011tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-17:1869403:BlogPost:6892742011-07-17T09:32:01.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Source: <a href="http://tennisthisweek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Yesterday, the ATP World Tour proved that just because the top four seeds are playing in the semifinal round doesn't mean the quality is going to be spectacular. In the Skistar Swedish Open at Bastad, Sweden the top four seeds were in action and in the first match Robin Soderling gave up only one game against Tomas Berdych and the second match wasn't much better as David Ferrer only surrendered four…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://tennisthisweek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>Yesterday, the ATP World Tour proved that just because the top four seeds are playing in the semifinal round doesn't mean the quality is going to be spectacular. In the Skistar Swedish Open at Bastad, Sweden the top four seeds were in action and in the first match Robin Soderling gave up only one game against Tomas Berdych and the second match wasn't much better as David Ferrer only surrendered four games to Nicolas Almagro. In contrast, the MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany was seed-less as early as the quarterfinal round and both semifinal matches reached three sets.</p>
<p>In the Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 event in Bad Gastein, Austria the only remaining seed, [8] Ksenia Pervak, was double-bageled by Austrian Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. The Austrian was granted a wild card into the tournament and is seeking her first WTA title today against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>ATP World Tour & WTA Tour</strong></span></span><br/><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Championship Previews</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>ATP World Tour</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Skistar Swedish Open</strong> (Bastad, Sweden)</p>
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<li>[1] Robin Soderling vs. [2] David Ferrer<br/>(Head to Head: 9-4)</li>
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<p><strong>MercedesCup</strong> (Stuttgart, Germany)</p>
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<li>Juan Carlos Ferrero vs. Pablo Andujar<br/>(Head to Head: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4)</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>WTA Tour</strong></span></span><br/><strong>Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11</strong> (Bad Gastein, Austria)</p>
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<li>Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez vs. [WC] Patricia Mayr-Achleitner<br/>(Head to Head: 1-0)</li>
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<p><strong>XXIV SNAI Open</strong> (Palermo, Italy)</p>
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<li>[5] Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. [7] Polona Hercog<br/>(Head to Head: 0-0)</li>
</ul>Alisa Kleybanova fighting cancer at age 22tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-15:1869403:BlogPost:6885532011-07-15T23:00:00.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>On her 22nd birthday, Alisa Kleybanova, posted an update on her life on the <a href="http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20110715/alisas-message_2256076_2393558" target="_blank">WTA Tour website</a>. In the blog post, the rising star from Moscow, Russia revealed that she’s fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is a form of cancer. Kleybanova hasn’t played on tour since May and instead of enjoying her youth on…</p>
<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>On her 22nd birthday, Alisa Kleybanova, posted an update on her life on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20110715/alisas-message_2256076_2393558">WTA Tour website</a>. In the blog post, the rising star from Moscow, Russia revealed that she’s fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which is a form of cancer. Kleybanova hasn’t played on tour since May and instead of enjoying her youth on the tennis court, she’s undergoing treatment in Perugia, Italy and trying to stay positive.</p>
<p>Kleybanova’s news strikes close to home for me, as my father fought Hodgkins back in the 80′s and thankfully survived after many years of worrying and annual check ups. The important thing right now for Alisa is to stay strong by surrounding herself with her family and positive influences. She can fight this just like my Dad did many years ago and will come out of it a much stronger person. One thing is for sure, Alisa Kleybanova has strong support from This Week in Tennis and fans around the world.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Alisa Kleybanova Facts</strong></span></p>
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<li>Birthplace & Residence – Moscow, Russia</li>
<li>Date of Birth – July 15, 1989</li>
<li>Turned pro in August 2003</li>
<li>Career High Rank (Singles) – #20 on February 21, 2011</li>
<li>Career High Rank (Doubles) – #10 on February 1, 2010</li>
<li>Career Prize Money - $2,083,688</li>
</ul>US Open increases prize money by one million dollarstag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-14:1869403:BlogPost:6860412011-07-14T09:41:46.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>US Open prize money has reached record totals with an increase of one million dollars in 2011. The additional prize money makes the total purse, $23.7 million dollars and for the 39th straight year, the United States Tennis Association will offer equal prize money to both men and women. Additionally, the top three men and women finishers in the Olympus US Open Series could earn up to $2.6 million extra…</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://TennisThisWeek.com" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>
<p>US Open prize money has reached record totals with an increase of one million dollars in 2011. The additional prize money makes the total purse, $23.7 million dollars and for the 39th straight year, the United States Tennis Association will offer equal prize money to both men and women. Additionally, the top three men and women finishers in the Olympus US Open Series could earn up to $2.6 million extra dollars in prize money at the US Open this year. In order to qualify for bonus prize money at the US Open, players must earn points in at least two Olympus US Open Series events.</p>
<p>The 2011 US Open singles champions will earn a record $1.8 million dollars and have the ability to bring in an extra $1 million in bonus prize money based on their Olympus US Open Series results.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><strong>Olympus US Open Series Schedule</strong></span></span></p>
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<li>Atlanta Tennis Championships (Atlanta, Georgia) - July 18-24</li>
<li>Bank of the West Classic (Stanford, California) - July 25-31</li>
<li>Farmers Classic (Los Angeles, California) - July 25-31</li>
<li>Mercury Insurance Open (Carlsbad, California) - August 1-7</li>
<li>Legg Mason Tennis Classic (Washington, D.C.) - August 1-7</li>
<li>Rogers Cup (Women) (Toronto, Canada) - August 8-14</li>
<li>Rogers Cup (Men) (Montreal, Canada) - August 8-14</li>
<li>Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati, Ohio) - August 15-21</li>
<li>Winston-Salem Open (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) - August 21-27</li>
<li>New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven, Connecticut) - August 21-27</li>
<li>US Open (New York City) - August 29-September 11</li>
</ul>Julia Goerges and Jarmila Gajdosova out at Austriatag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-12:1869403:BlogPost:6839672011-07-12T23:55:06.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>On Monday, 1st-seed Julia Goerges and 2nd-seed Jarmila Gajdosova traveled to the side of Stubnerkogel mountain in Bad Gastein, Austria. The two took part of a stunt for Sony Ericsson that saw them rally on a mini-tennis court with barely room to move. The cameras were rolling as the duo hit tennis balls and they had to be blown away by the breathtaking surroundings, but the two players weren't rolling on Tuesday as they both bowed out of the Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 event in Bad…</p>
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On Monday, 1st-seed Julia Goerges and 2nd-seed Jarmila Gajdosova traveled to the side of Stubnerkogel mountain in Bad Gastein, Austria. The two took part of a stunt for Sony Ericsson that saw them rally on a mini-tennis court with barely room to move. The cameras were rolling as the duo hit tennis balls and they had to be blown away by the breathtaking surroundings, but the two players weren't rolling on Tuesday as they both bowed out of the Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 event in Bad Gastein, Austria. Defending champion Julia Goerges fell to Laura Pous-Tio 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 and Jarmila Gajdosova lost to Bastad-finalist Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-2. Goerges and Gajdosova weren't the only upset victims. The only seed that played and won her first round match at Bad Gastein was 8th-seed Ksenia Pervak. If 6th-seed Simona Halep loses on Wednesday the tournament will have lost seven out of eight seeds in the first round and the surviving seed would be the 8th-seed.</p>
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<p>First round upsets at Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 (Bad Gastein, Austria)</p>
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<li>Laura Pous-Tio d. [1] Julia Goerges 6-1, 2-6, 6-1</li>
<li>Johanna Larsson d. [2] Jarmila Gajdosova 6-4, 6-2</li>
<li>Sandra Zahlavova d. [3] Lucie Hradecka 7-5, 6-3</li>
<li>[WC] Nikola Hofmanova d. [4] Iveta Benesova 7-5, 3-2 (retired)</li>
<li>[WC] Patricia Mayr-Achleitner d. [5] Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0, 7-6(5)</li>
<li>Carla Suarez Navarro d. [7] Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-6(7), 6-2</li>
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<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>Congrats to the qualifiers at Stuttgart, Germany and Palermo, Italy!tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-12:1869403:BlogPost:6829472011-07-12T09:41:55.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Players in the qualifying rounds of the ATP MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany and the WTA XXIV SNAI OPEN-Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo in Palermo, Italy had to make it through three rounds of qualifying in order to make it into the main draws. I've listed the main draw qualifiers (country in parenthesis) for each tournament below.…</p>
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Players in the qualifying rounds of the ATP MercedesCup in Stuttgart, Germany and the WTA XXIV SNAI OPEN-Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo in Palermo, Italy had to make it through three rounds of qualifying in order to make it into the main draws. I've listed the main draw qualifiers (country in parenthesis) for each tournament below.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Stuttgart%2C_Blickrichtung_Nord_von_der_Weinsteige_aus%2C_Innenstadt.jpg"><img class="align-center" width="350" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Stuttgart%2C_Blickrichtung_Nord_von_der_Weinsteige_aus%2C_Innenstadt.jpg?width=350"/></a>Stuttgart, Germany</p>
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<p><strong>MercedesCup</strong> (Stuttgart, Germany)</p>
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<li>Pavol Cervenak (Slovakia)</li>
<li>Federico Del Bonis (Argentina)</li>
<li>Evgeny Donskoy (Russia)</li>
<li>Victor Crivoi (Romania)</li>
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<p><strong>XXIV SNAI OPEN - Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo</strong> (Palermo, Italy)</p>
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<li>Ani Mijacika (Croatia)</li>
<li>Karin Knapp (Italy)</li>
<li>Elena Bovina (Russia)</li>
<li>Sesil Karatantcheva (Kazakhstan)</li>
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<p>Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://TennisThisWeek.com">This Week in Tennis</a></p>Congrats to the qualifiers at Bad Gastein, Austria and Bastad, Sweden!tag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-11:1869403:BlogPost:6825482011-07-11T20:30:00.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
<p>Players in the qualifying rounds of the WTA Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 in Bad Gastein, Austria and the ATP Skistar Sweden Open in Bastad, Sweden had to make it through three rounds of qualifying in order to make it into the main draws. I’ve listed the main draw qualifiers (country in parenthesis) for each tournament below.</p>
<p><strong>Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11</strong> (Bad Gastein, Austria)</p>
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<li>Nastja Kolar (Slovenia)</li>
<li>Dia Evtimova (Bulgaria)</li>
<li>Sofia…</li>
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<p>Players in the qualifying rounds of the WTA Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11 in Bad Gastein, Austria and the ATP Skistar Sweden Open in Bastad, Sweden had to make it through three rounds of qualifying in order to make it into the main draws. I’ve listed the main draw qualifiers (country in parenthesis) for each tournament below.</p>
<p><strong>Nürnberger Gastein Ladies 11</strong> (Bad Gastein, Austria)</p>
<ul>
<li>Nastja Kolar (Slovenia)</li>
<li>Dia Evtimova (Bulgaria)</li>
<li>Sofia Shapatava (Georgia)</li>
<li>Paula Ormaechea (Argentina)</li>
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<p><strong>Skistar Swedish Open</strong> (Bastad, Sweden)</p>
<ul>
<li>Diego Junqueira (Argentina)</li>
<li>Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy (France)</li>
<li>Antonio Veic (Croatia)</li>
<li>Guillermo Olaso (Spain)</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="http://www.tennisthisweek.com/2011/07/11/tennis_atp_wta_qualifiers_bastad_badgastein_2011/" target="_blank">This Week in Tennis</a></p>John Isner breaks "Casino Curse" at Newport, Rhode Islandtag:tennisopolis.com,2011-07-11:1869403:BlogPost:6805202011-07-11T11:48:57.000ZWTA Todayhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/WTAtoday
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<p>American John Isner broke the 34 year old “Casino Curse” by winning the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships title at Newport, Rhode Island in a straight set victory against Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6). The “Casino Curse” extended back to 1976 and was a curse on all number one seeds. Vijay Amritraj was the last number one seed to win the grass court event at Newport. The big-serving John Isner now has two ATP World Tour singles titles, with his first occurring in Auckland, New Zealand…</p>
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<p>American John Isner broke the 34 year old “Casino Curse” by winning the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships title at Newport, Rhode Island in a straight set victory against Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6). The “Casino Curse” extended back to 1976 and was a curse on all number one seeds. Vijay Amritraj was the last number one seed to win the grass court event at Newport. The big-serving John Isner now has two ATP World Tour singles titles, with his first occurring in Auckland, New Zealand in 2010.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>John Isner’s Path to the 2011 Newport Title </strong></span></p>
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<li>First Round: defeated Karol Beck 6-3, 6-2</li>
<li>Second Round: defeated Arnaud Clement 7-6(6), 6-4</li>
<li>Quarterfinals: defeated [5] Alex Bogomolov Jr. 7-6(5), 6-4</li>
<li>Semifinals: defeated [8] Tobias Kame 7-5, 7-6(4)</li>
<li>Final: defeated [6] Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6(6)</li>
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