Archive for September, 2007
Djokovic Offered Over $200K to Throw a Match; Elseneer, Norman Also Approached
September 27th, 2007
This story is a couple days old, but worth refreshing. On the heels on Nikolay Davenko’s investigation last month, I wrote about how tennis is an easy target for criminal organizations looking to cash in by fixing matches. Well, things are not getting any better for tennis.
Sweden Blunders Davis Cup Surface Choice, Says McEnroe
September 20th, 2007
"I'm a little bit tight for my brother just because he's being doing it for a while and hasn't won it yet and the pressure's on," said McEnroe
Davis Cup Semifinals: Looking the other way
September 20th, 2007
Sure enough, Russia and Germany could get involved in a close encounter in Moscow, but who cares about teams headlined by Nikolay Davydenko and Tommy Haas, when you have Novak Djokovic and Lleyton Hewitt grind it out on a moon-landscaped clay court, in front of nearly 20,000 out-of-their-mind Serbs, which just happens to be the biggest Davis Cup crowd ever, outside of a final.
Bali-hoo for WTA Tour Season-ending Championships: The Biggest Losers
September 18th, 2007
There's a method to the seeming madness in the WTA Tour announcing a second season-ending tournament to start in 2009 in Bali, Indonesia.
Federer, Tennis Again Snubbed by Sports Illustrated
September 17th, 2007
Surprise, surprise. Well, not really. For the 12th time in his career Roger Federer has been passed over as the Sports Illustrated cover boy following a Grand Slam title.
UPDATE 3-China Open men’s singles results
September 12th, 2007
Sept 12 (Reuters) - China Open men's singles results on
Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * = new result).
Ljubicic eases into China Open quarter-finals
September 12th, 2007
BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Fourth seed Ivan Ljubicic
swept into the quarter-finals of the China Open on Wednesday
with an emphatic 6-1 6-1 win over Viktor Troicki.
UPDATE 2-China Open men’s singles results
September 12th, 2007
Sept 12 (Reuters) - China Open men's singles results on
Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * = new result).
UPDATE 1-China Open men’s singles results
September 12th, 2007
First round
6-Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) beat Bjoern Phau (Germany) 7-6
6-1
3-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Denis Gremelmayr (Germany) 6-2
6-4
(Compiled by Infostrada Sports)
Henin pulls out of China Open
September 12th, 2007
BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin
has pulled out of next week's China Open because of a
respiratory infection, organisers said on Wednesday.





