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Mason tennis ‘liveliest in the word’
That’s what men’s doubles champion Robert Lindstedt called the Western & Southern Open courts. “Here it’s the liveliest conditions in the world. The ball bounces higher here than almost anywhere else. It’s quick and it flies. It’s very tough conditions...
Posted: 8/19/2012 6:57 PM
Attendance record at W&S Open
This week the W&S Open set an attendance record with 175,963 fans. And CBS commentators had plenty of good to say about the event during the Roger Federer-Novak Djokovic match. “”If you can’t make the US Open, come here,” Mary Carillo said during the...
Posted: 8/19/2012 6:44 PM
Li Na becomes oldest women’s W&S Open winner
A coaching change paid immediate dividends for Li Na. Li, the 2011 French Open champion who just began working with the coach of former world No. 1 Justine Henin, rallied from a poor start to overwhelm Angelique Kerber 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 and win her first...
Posted: 8/19/2012 5:58 PM
Men’s stats leaders at W&S Open
Here are the ATP World Tour players that led the stats this week at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. Aces (Player, Number of Matches, Aces) 1. Raonic 4 71 2. Wawrinka 5 40 3. Federer 5 37 1st Serve Percentage (Player, Number of Matches, Percentage,...
Posted: 8/19/2012 5:33 PM
Women’s final: Li wins second set
No. 9 seed Li Na has taken the second 6-3 set in her Western & Southern Open championship match vs. No. 5 Angelique Kerber. Error-prone in the first set, Li began hitting winners off both sides in the second, and took advantage of Kerber’s lackluster...
Posted: 8/19/2012 5:30 PM
Kerber wins first set 6-1
Angelique Kerber wins the first set 6-1 over Li Na in the women’s final of the Western & Southern Open. Kerber built on her quick 3-0 lead, adding another break in the sixth game and then hanging on to win a marathon service game that saw Li fight off...
Posted: 8/19/2012 4:46 PM
Women’s final: Kerber quickly up 3-0
No. 5 seed Angelique Kerber has a quick 3-0 lead over No. 9 Li Na in the women’s final of the Western & Southern Open. Kerber has won 12 of the first 15 points. Kerber got the first break in the second game after Li’s forehand was called wide. Li approached...
Posted: 8/19/2012 4:21 PM
Hlavackova/Hradecka win women’s doubles final
Olympic silver medalists Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova beat Katarina Srebotnik and Jie Zheng in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) to win the Western & Southern women’s doubles title this afternoon. It was the Czech pair’s first W&S Open title. They also...
Posted: 8/19/2012 3:35 PM
Previewing the women’s final
A quick look at the women’s final between fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany and ninth-seeded Li Na of China: Kerber, 24, has won her first two career titles this year and is playing in her fourth final. She’s 1-4 in her career vs. Li, but 1-1 this...
Posted: 8/19/2012 3:14 PM
The Federer-Djokovic tiebreaker
How the second-set tiebreaker unfolded in Roger Federer’s 6-0, 7-6 victory over Novak Djokovic for the Western & Southern Open title: 1-0, Federer: Federer gets the mini-break with an overhead. 2-0, Federer: Djokovic nets a backhand. 3-0, Federer: Djokovic...
Posted: 8/19/2012 3:03 PM
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