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Comment on Weekly Recap by Reem

Reem — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:37:46 +0000

It was an incredible week to start the season. So much has happened, and the matches were pretty good. I was following Doha religiously and the matches were unbelievable. Monfils/Rafa, Murray/Fed….
And of course the most interesting part of the week was Stepanek’s shirt!! haha… and then break-dancing on court after he beat Verdasco?!?! come on!!! Priceless…
I’ve been on a blogging spree all week…. can’t wait till Melbourne starts…
Oh and about the prize money in Doha…. welcome to the Gulf man!! Credit crunch or not, these people can still throw a party.
Cheers!
R

Comment on Roddick Withdraws From Masters Cup by Google Conquest

Google Conquest — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:25:16 +0000

Well that gives murry a slightly better chance then.

Comment on Davis Cup Preview by jasontennis

jasontennis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:22:09 +0000

exactly, davis cup is the one place he has been consistent over the past few years. 4-1 in live rubbers this year.

Comment on Davis Cup Preview by chris

chris — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:43:10 +0000

Though Nalbandian has been uneven the past few years, I don’t bet against him in the Cup. Kinda like McEnroe during his run.

Comment on The (Overdue) End of Etienne de Villiers by jasontennis

jasontennis — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:50:20 +0000

marc, here is some information on the ATP board. it is current, so I do not know who it was when he was hired. but these are the people in charge of hiring the next CEO.

The ATP Board includes Etienne de Villiers along with tournament representatives, Željko Franulović, Charlie Pasarell and Graham Pearce. It also includes three player representatives with two-year terms, Ivan Ljubičić as the European representative (until the end of 2009 term), David Edges as the International representative and Justin Gimelstob as the Americas representative. The player representatives are elected by the ATP Player Council.

The 10-member ATP Player Council delivers advisory decisions to the Board of Directors, which has the power to accept or reject the Council’s suggestions. The Council consists of four players who are ranked within top 50 in singles (Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and a vacancy), two players who are ranked between 51 and 100 in singles (Peter Luczak and Michael Berrer), two top 100 players in doubles (Yves Allegro and Eric Butorac) and two at-large members (David Martin and Martín García).

butorac is a former d3 player. nice to see.

Comment on The (Overdue) End of Etienne de Villiers by BrianBridgePro

BrianBridgePro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:35:06 +0000

Tennis is hardly the 1st sport to go looking for a commissioner in the ranks of TV execs. This time worked about as well as most of the others,which is to say:
craptacularly.

Comment on The (Overdue) End of Etienne de Villiers by Marc

Marc — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:28:11 +0000

stupid question. who (or what group of people) hired him in the first place??

Comment on Masters Cup Draws Announced by jasontennis

jasontennis — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:14:30 +0000

gilles simon got in after nadal withdrew.

most surprising players who didn’t make would have to be james blake. he had a poor fall which hurt him badly. also i didn’t quite expect him to make but at least challenge for a spot was richard gasquet. instead he finished 24th. he is way too talented to be 24th.

Comment on Masters Cup Draws Announced by Marc

Marc — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:06:04 +0000

who was the player that got in because nadal dropped out??
Who were the players that missed out that suprised you the most??

Comment on Andy Roddick Masters Cup Preview by Marc

Marc — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:54:07 +0000

Jason,
What adivse would you give regarding college recruiting?? We are going to be making a video of my son to send to coaches.
thanks