http://www.sportsnipe.com Tennis News, Team News, Updates, and Stats from all sports sources, updated continually. http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933186/indiapakistan-duo-in-doubles-final-show-that-anythings-possible.html Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, a Muslim from Pakistan, and Rohan Bopanna, a Hindu from India, hail from prickly nuclear neighbors that have endured three ... Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933185/wozniacki-blows-into-semis-v-crying-game-at-us-open-tennisx-notes.html It is the second straight Grand Slam semifinal for The Crying Game, who benefited from a whopping 60 errors from Kanepi. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933184/wozniacki-blows-into-last-four.html Top seed Caroline Wozniacki defied swirling winds gusting over 30mph to book her place in the semi-finals of the US Open. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933183/swede-revenge.html Roger Federer exorcised a French Open upset in fine fashion, sending Sweden's Robin Soderling home in straight sets and advancing to a semifinal matchup with No. 3 Novak Djokovic. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933182/fanhouse-nadal-reaching-new-levels-greatness.html Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932172/out-bounds-venuswozniacki-battle-short-skirts.html Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932171/2010-us-open-caroline-wozniacki-vera-zvonareva-to-meet-in-semifinals.html Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki stretched her winning streak to 13 matches by beating 45th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 7-5 in the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932168/indiapakistan-doubles-team-makes-final-ap.html The best measure of what India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi accomplished at the U.S. Open could be found in the stands, not the scoreline. The doubles team reached the U.S. Open final Wednesday, winning a match that brought the United Nations ambassadors from their long-at-odds countries to Flushing Meadows to sit in the stands together. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932167/zvonareva-reaches-semifinals-at-us-open-ap.html No. 7 Vera Zvonareva has moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open. Zvonareva won the quarterfinal match by getting balls back and watching her 31st-seeded opponent self-destruct. Kanepi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon this year, made 60 unforced errors in windy Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932166/top-seed-wozniacki-advances-to-semis-ap.html Clearly, Caroline Wozniacki has learned one thing about making it big in the Big Apple: When The Donald asks for something, best to say yes. The top-seeded player at the U.S. Open advanced to the semifinals Wednesday night with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Dominika Cibulkova, a match Donald Trump watched from Wozniacki's player-guest box instead of his usual suite. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932165/indiapakistan-pairing-shows-anything-possible.html The best measure of what India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi accomplished at the U.S. Open could be found in the stands, ... Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932164/vera-zvonareva-interview-us-open-sept-8.html Interview - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. Q. Crazy, crazy kind of weather out there today. Talk about the match and the conditions, how you were able to pr Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932163/monfils-admitted-he-was-amp034completely-lostamp034-in-conditions-as-suffered.html his fifth defeat in five matches with Djokovic. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932162/djokovic-happy-out-spotlight.html Novak Djokovic is happy to still be flying under the radar despite reaching his fourth consecutive US Open semi-final. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932161/wozniacki-shining-media-nitpicks-more.html I must say that I am very happy that Caroline Wozniacki blew your prediction of Sharapova getting to the finals. I detected this anti-Caroline sentiment in your comments ever since that controversy in one of the junior Slams (it might have been the U.S. Open; can't remember now). Hopefully, you will give Caroline credit after she clearly beat Sharapova. --Les Banas, Las Vegas Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932160/princeton-reprimanded-for-major-tennis-violation.html PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - The NCAA has reprimanded and censured Princeton University for a major violation in its women's tennis program. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932159/russian-moves-one-win-from-us-open-final.html Vera Zvonareva is one win away from the U.S. Open final. The 26-year-old sat back and watched opponent Kaia Kanepi self-destruct in Wednesday's first women's quarterfinal. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932158/djokovic-tops-monfils-reaches-semis-for-4th-time.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Third-seeded Novak Djokovic beat No. 17 Gael Monfils 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the fourth consecutive year. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932157/indiapakistan-pairing-improbably-reaches-finals.html NEW YORK (AP) -- The best measure of what India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi accomplished at the U.S. Open could be found in the stands, not the scoreline. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932156/djokovic-beats-belowpar-monfils.html Novak Djokovic makes short work of Gael Monfils to reach the semi-finals of the US Open for the fourth year running. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932155/live-text-federer-v-soderling.html Roger Federer takes on Robin Soderling in the US Open quarter-finals after earlier wins for Caroline Wozniacki and Novak Djokovic. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931325/baghdatis-quits-cyprus-davis-cup-to-focus-on-singles.html Marcos Baghdatis announced on Wednesday he has quit Cyprus' Davis Cup team in order to concentrate on regaining his place in the top 10 of the world rankings. Marcos Baghdatis - Davis Cup - sport - Tennis - Players Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931323/atp-expects-decision-soon-on-longer-offseason.html The head of the men's tennis tour expects a decision soon on proposals to increase the ATP offseason from five weeks to seven or eight by 2012. Tennis - Association of Tennis Professionals - Sports - Roger Federer - ATP Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931320/zvonereva-moves-one-win-from-us-open-final.html Vera Zvonareva let her opponent self destruct, taking advantage of 60 unforced errors to win her U.S. Open quarterfinal 6-3, 7-5 over Kaia Kanepi on Wednesday. Kaia Kanepi - Vera Zvonareva - US Open - Maria Sharapova - Windows Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931319/this-us-open-coming-up-short-on-americans.html Where are all the locals? Venus Williams is the lone American player left at the U.S. Open after her quarterfinal win over Francesca Schiavone and Sam Querrey's fourth-round loss. It's a sad showing by the USA, Art Spander says. Venus Williams - Francesca Schiavone - Sam Querrey - United States - US Open Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931291/vera-zvonareva-tops-kanepi-to-reach-us-open-semifinals.html Vera Zvonareva moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open. The Russian won the ... Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930936/ncaa-reprimands-censures-princenton-for-major-tennis-violation.html The NCAA has reprimanded and censured Princeton University for a major violation in its women's tennis program. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930935/marcos-baghdatis-quits-cyprus-davis-cup-team.html Marcos Baghdatis has decided to quit Cyprus' Davis Cup team to concentrate on regaining his place in the top 10. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930934/2010-us-open-vera-zvonareva-beats-kaia-kanepi-to-reach-semifinals.html No. 7 Vera Zvonareva has moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930933/open-ignoring-us-players.html Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930932/speculation-rampant-about-serena.html Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930931/new-usta-rules-will-help-kids-take-up-tennis.html The U.S. Tennis Association announced a rare rules change that's taking hold worldwide, calling Tuesday for downsized courts, smaller rackets and less lively tennis balls for players 10 years and under. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930930/princeton-reprimanded-for-violation.html The NCAA has reprimanded and censured Princeton University for a major violation in its women's tennis program. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930929/monfils-gasquet-to-lead-france.html France captain Guy Forget has called up Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet to face Argentina in next week's Davis Cup semifinal. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930928/mcenroe-out-as-us-davis-cup-captain.html Patrick McEnroe is resigning as U.S. Davis Cup captain after 10 years. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930927/cyprus-baghdatis-quits-davis-cup.html Marcos Baghdatis announced on Wednesday he has quit Cyprus's Davis Cup team in order to concentrate on regaining his place in the top 10 of the world rankings. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930926/nadal-wins-venus-clijsters-reach-semis.html Top seed Nadal shines under the stars. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930925/atp-considering-longer-offseason.html The head of the men's tour said Wednesday that he will make sure there is a decision in the next few months on proposals to increase the ATP offseason from its current five weeks to seven or eight by 2012. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930924/zvonareva-reaches-us-open-semis.html Find out who?s moving closer to U.S. Open glory. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930923/atp-considers-longer-offseason-for-2012-ap.html The head of the men's tennis tour said on Wednesday he expects a decision soon on proposals to increase the ATP offseason from five weeks to seven or eight by 2012. ATP chief executive Adam Helfant wants a "formal decision" no later than at the last board meeting of this year, at the Nov. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930922/baghdatis-quits-cyprus-davis-cup-team-ap.html Marcos Baghdatis has decided to quit Cyprus's Davis Cup team to concentrate on regaining his place in the top 10. The 25-year-old has carried the Cyprus team in Davis Cup competition for years, earning 54 wins in 67 appearances. In singles matches, his record is 38-3. Baghdatis reached a career-high ranking of No. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930921/princeton-reprimanded-for-quotmajorquot-tennis-violation.html The NCAA has reprimanded and censured Princeton University for a major violation in its women's tennis program. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930920/federer-nadal-six-sets-from-sunday-showdown-at-us-open-soderling-spoil.html Could be the foil tonight a potential - Sunday showdown? Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930919/zvonareva-reaches-us-open-semis.html Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva beats Kaia Kanepi to reach the last four of the US Open for the first time. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930918/cyprus-baghdatis-quits-davis-cup-team.html Marcos Baghdatis has decided to quit Cyprus's Davis Cup team to concentrate on regaining his place in the top 10. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930917/zvonareva-moves-1-win-from-us-open-final.html No. 7 Vera Zvonareva has moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930368/tenniscom-querrey-did-his-best-its-good-enough.html Tennis.com: Sam Querrey put up a fight in the fourth round, but his loss means there will be no American men in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the second straight year, giving more fuel to those bemoaning the decline of American tennis. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2927144/williams-lone-american-singles-player-at-us-open.html Nobody can say Kim Clijsters took an easy path to her U.S. Open title last year. She played both Williams sisters. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2927143/nadal-dominant-again-in-dropping-spains-lopez.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Trying to complete a career Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal has won all 12 sets he's played so far at the 2010 U.S. Open. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2926819/us-open-2010-mens-quarterfinals-preview.html By MadProfessah Here are my predictions for the men's quarterfinals at the US Open for 2010. Roger Federer SUI (2) vs. Robin Soderling SWE (5). The showdown everyone has been waiting for since the draw was released is this repeat from the 2010 French Open quarterfinal where the Big Swede ended Federer's streak of 23 consecutive major semifinals on a cold, wet day in Paris. Soderling has become a legitimate Top 5 player, playing in the last two Roland Garros finals (losing both). Federer's recent disappointments at majors have all come at the hands of tall, muscular, mobile players like Soderling (French Open 2010) Berdych (Wimbledon 2010) and Juan Martin del Potro (US Open 2009). It is supremely possible that this could be another addition to that string. But, I doubt it. Federer has something to prove, and like most great players hates to lose to any player twice in a row. For Federer to win he will need to play better than he did against Jurgen Melzer in the 4th Round, and he has to hope that his felicitous luck continues. PREDICTION: Federer in 4 sets. Gael Monfils FRA (17) vs. Novak Djokovic SRB (3). The extremely gifted French player has never beaten the Serbian champion, but a lot of their matches have actually been pretty close. The annoying aspect of Monfils' game is that despite being (in Jim Courier's words) "the most gifted athlete tennis has ever produced," the 6'4" 176-pound speedster plays a defensive, counter-punching style of tennis. Monfils did well to dismiss his even more gifted French compatriot Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the fourth round (winning the last 5 games) to reach his first ever US Open quarterfinal. Djokovic has also played well, easily dismissing American Mardy Fish in straight sets.Unless New York City gets very hot and/or Monfils (does and) starts playing the way all his coaches have been begging him to play (lights out, aggressive tennis) Djokovic will be in his fourth consecutive US Open semifinal, where he would most likely face Roger Federer for the third consecutive year.  PREDICTION: Djokovic in 4 sets.  Andy Murray GBR (4) Sam Querrey USA (20) Stanislas Wawrinka SUI (25) vs. Mikhail Youzhny RUS (12). This is the dark horse spoiler quarter where Andy Murray went out early and loudly to the suddenly sharp other player from Switzerland. Wawrinka did very well to follow-up that big win with a strong-hearted outlasting of American Sam Querrey in 5-sets on a tough, windy day to win in just under 5 hours. Youzhny also dashed American hopes by taking out Marathon Man John Isner in the 3rd round. This will be the quiet quarter because no one expects the winner of this match to be able to win their next match and reach the 2010 US Open final. I agree, but Youzhny would be the player who could pose more questions for his future Spanish opponent. PREDICTION: Wawrinka in 3 sets or Youzhny in 4 or 5 sets. Francisco Verdasco ESP (8) vs. Rafael Nadal ESP (1). This is a repeat of the now-legendary 2009 Australian Open Men's Semifinal where Nadal beat Verdasco in a 5-hour, 14-minute 5-sets instant classic. It's doubtful that this repeat will be as amazing as that match (very few matches in any year are). I'm sure many people would be satisfied if this match is as exciting as Verdasco's last match, where he came back from 2-sets to love down against David Ferrer and won the 5th set despite being down a service break and then 1-4 in the tie-break--winning the last 6 points of the match! Nadal is playing the best tennis I have ever seen him play, and is clearly the best player in the tournament so far (he still has not dropped serve!) but he hasn't really been tested. He has clearly had the better half of the draw and potentially will be able to reach the final of a major by only facing one Top 10 player. Verdasco has never beaten Nadal in ten attempts, but if he plays like his life depends on it, just maybe he can turn that stat around. After all, before Soderling beat Federer in France, he had lost to the Swiss player 11-times in a row. Is Verdasco how one pronounces Soderling in Spanish? PREDICTION: Nadal in 4 sets. Tennis News - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates