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Turning the Corner: The Week Ahead at Indian Wells

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Indian Wells Sunday Preview

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On Top Down Under (II): Australian Open ATP Contenders

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On Top Down Under: Australian Open WTA Contenders

A Look Back: Fernando Gonzalez in the 2007 Australian Open

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/21/2012

Watch this highlight reel of Chilean star Fernando Gonzalez, who retires in Miami this week.

The Key to Biscayne: WTA Miami Draw Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/21/2012

We break down the Sony Ericsson Open women's draw one quarter at a time.

Intermission: Reflections on Indian Wells

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/19/2012

In the interlude between the two mini-majors, we discuss the notable hits and misses of Indian Wells.

A Dish Best Served Cold: Indian Wells Finals Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/18/2012

We reflect upon what to expect from the two championship matches at the first significant non-major of 2012.

Live Chat: Federer vs. Nadal in Indian Wells

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/17/2012

Come here to discuss the 28th meeting between the two greatest rivals in the history of tennis.

Live Chat on the Indian Wells WTA Semifinals: Azarenka vs. Kerber, Sharapova vs. Ivanovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/17/2012

A Trivalry and a Tree: Indian Wells ATP Semifinal Preview

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/17/2012

We preview the 28th meeting of Federer and Nadal as well as the world #1's last test before the final.

Live Chat on the Indian Wells WTA Semifinals: Azarenka-Kerber, Sharapova-Ivanovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/17/2012

We discuss the action from the two WTA semifinals in Indian Wells as they unfold.

Friday Night Lights: Indian Wells WTA Semifinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/16/2012

We discuss the events that might unfold when three former #1s take center stage in the Indian Wells semifinals.

The Favorites and Their Foils: Indian Wells ATP Quarterfinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/15/2012

We analyze the men's quarterfinals at the Masters 1000 tournament at Indian Wells, which features the top three players in the world.

The Familiar and the Unfamiliar: Indian Wells WTA Quarterfinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/14/2012

We discuss what to watch in each of the women's quarterfinals at the Premier Mandatory tournament in Indian Wells.

Drawn and Quartered: Indian Wells Edition (ATP)

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/10/2012

We break down the draw at the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of 2012, one quarter at a time.

Drawn and Quartered: Indian Wells Edition (WTA)

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/08/2012

We preview each quarter of the 96-player WTA draw at Indian Wells.

St. George After the Dragon: ATP Dubai Final Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/03/2012

The two leading challengers to Nadal and Djokovic vie for a prestigious title in the Persian Gulf.

When the Djoker Gets Serious: ATP Dubai Semifinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 03/02/2012

Four of the top ten men, including three Grand Slam champions, meet in the semifinals of Dubai.

The Week in Review: The Best and Worst of Dubai, Memphis, and Marseille

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/27/2012

We rewind the greatest achievers and greatest disappointments of last week in tennis.

The Desert Before the Desert: ATP Dubai Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/26/2012

We preview the ATP Dubai draw, which features eight of the top ten.

Goodbai to the Gulf: WTA Dubai Final (and More)

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/25/2012

We preview the WTA final in Dubai and two ATP semifinals from Memphis and Marseille.

A Conference of Counterpunchers: WTA Dubai Semifinal Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/24/2012

We suggest a few themes to watch in the semifinals of this WTA Premier tournament.

A Gallery of Snapshots: ATP Memphis and Marseille Previews

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/21/2012

We discuss the key players to watch in the ATP tournaments at Memphis and Marseille.

Sequel on the Sand: WTA Dubai Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/20/2012

Read about what to watch next week at the WTA Premier tournament in Dubai.

The Week in Review: Plotlines from Doha, Rotterdam, and San Jose

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/20/2012

We reflect on the pivotal actors and narratives of the last week in tennis.

Does Anticlimax Await? Previews of the Finals in Doha, Rotterdam, and San Jose

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/19/2012

We analyze each of the three finals on a busy Sunday with tournaments across three continents.

Where Subplots Simmer: Previewing the Semifinals in Doha, Rotterdam, and San Jose

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/18/2012

We preview the Doha semifinals in addition to a semifinal from Rotterdam and a semifinal from San Jose.

After the Storm: WTA Doha Quarterfinals Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/17/2012

We discuss each of the Doha quarterfinals from the perspective of the underdogs.

Viewpoint: Three Thoughts on Shrieking

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/16/2012

We consider the WTA shrieking controversy and offer three specific insights.

The Week in Review: The Best and Worst of Davis Cup, Paris, and Pattaya City

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/14/2012

We reflect on the most notable highs and lows from a busy week of tennis on three continents.

Damsels in the Desert: WTA Doha Preview

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/14/2012

We discuss the first Premier Five tournament of the WTA season in Doha.

Germany vs. Argentina

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Rebounding from a valiant but doomed effort against a Nadal-led Spain in last year’s final, the perennial bridesmaids of Davis Cup begin yet another Sisyphean quest towards its elusive summit. Curiously without their flagship Del...

Japan vs. Croatia

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

A mismatch in height alone, this tie offers a second straight weekend of tennis in the Bourbon Beans Dome. Partnering Kimiko Date-Krumm in mixed doubles at the Australian Open, Nishikori will aim to emulate that legend’s success in Fed...

Serbia vs. Sweden

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Neither of their nation’s #1s, Djokovic and Soderling, will play a role in this starless Belgrade weekend. So sanguine was Serbian captain Bogdan Obradovic about his team’s chances that he encouraged the five-time major champion...

Czech Republic vs. Italy

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Surely seething to avenge their first-round loss last year, the former Davis Cup finalists probably can expect only one or two more seasons from their reliable duo of Berdych and Stepanek. A two-man team with remarkable success in doubles...

Switzerland vs. USA

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Whereas the previous two ties look more interesting upon further inspection than at first glance, this tie looks more interesting at first glance than upon further inspection. On the indoor clay in Fribourg, Federer and Wawrinka should tie...

Canada vs. France

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Like the Austrians, the Canadians pin their ambitions upon a single potential hero in Milos Raonic. Although Vasek Pospisil and Frank Dancevic have excelled on home soil before, one would not fancy their chances to win two singles rubbers...

Austria vs. Russia

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

Not especially intriguing at first glance, this tie features no player in the top 30. Several curious subtexts lurk beneath its apparent mediocrity, however, including the narrative of Alex Bogomolov’s debut in Russian colors after...

Spain vs. Kazakhstan

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/10/2012

In its first year of World Group experience, the Kazakhs burst onto this grand stage by ambushing the Berdych-led Czech squad in a victory of David over Goliath. When David traveled to Argentine clay, though, their discomfort on the surface...

The Week in Review: Ad-in, Ad-out from Fed Cup, Montpellier, Zagreb, and Vina del Mar

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/06/2012

The quietest month on the calendar between the Australian Open and the US Open, February showcases several indoor tournaments as well as the opening rounds of national team competition. We review the best and worst of what we watched in the first...

The "Winter Games": Fed Cup First Round Preview

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/04/2012

Perhaps with an eye to the looming Olympics, many of the top women have made themselves available for Fed Cup duty as required for participation in the Summer Games. Rather than looking so far ahead, though, we discuss the eight ties in this...

Fedal 2008 vs. Rafole 2011: Eight Lenses on the Two Greatest Matches of the Era

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 02/02/2012

Within minutes of Djokovics final forehand, viewers around the world began to wonder whether the epic that we had witnessed had become the new greatest match ever, thrusting aside the Federer-Nadal final at Wimbledon in 2008. We view each match...

Leander Paes

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

As he nears his fifth decade, the ageless doubles specialist finally completed the career Grand Slam in doubles, partnering Stepanek to a significant upset over the Bryan Brothers in the final. Paes also reached the mixed doubles final but...

American Men

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

An almost unmitigated disaster in the singles draw, none reached the fourth round at the Australian Open for the first time since the 1970s, before it changed to a seven-round format. While one can blame daunting draws (Harrison vs. Murray...

French: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

Spearheading their charge was the explosive Tsonga, who had inflated the hopes of his compatriots by winning the Doha title to start the season after he had reached the Wimbledon semifinal and the final at the year-end championships. But his...

Tomas Berdych

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

A sparkling 7-1 in tiebreaks during the fortnight, he reached the quarterfinals for the second straight year in a performance that built upon his semifinal at the year-end championships. Notorious for jagged oscillations in form, Berdych...

Juan Martin Del Potro

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

Following an indifferent second half, a quarterfinal appearance that equaled his previous best result in Melbourne seemed like a significant step forward. With each round that he played, the 2009 US Open champion assembled the massive but...

David Ferrer

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

In some ways, he traced a parallel route to Radwanska during the tournament. Extricating himself from first-week peril against Ryan Sweeting (cf. Radwanska vs. Mattek-Sands), Ferrer played himself into better form with each match,...

Australians: Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

A worthy coda to a valiant career, Hewitt’s victory over the younger, more explosive, and much higher-ranked Milos Raonic allowed the Aussies one more chance to appreciate a champion of whom they paradoxically have grown fonder as his...

Kei Nishikori

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

One of three first-time quarterfinalists in this year’s tournament, Nishikori quietly outlasted Tomic, Raonic, and others around whom much more anticipation centered. His unprepossessing game equips him ideally to outlast flamboyant...

Roger Federer

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

Now a serial semifinalist at hard-court majors, the four-time champion in Melbourne fared exactly as expected by advancing without difficulty through the first five rounds before bowing to Nadal for the eighteenth time. Untested by his first...

Andy Murray

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

Overshadowed by the immortal sequel, the semifinal that the Scot contested with Djokovic demonstrated how far he had advanced since the embarrassment in last year’s final. While Murray should not have let the fourth set slip away so...

Rafael Nadal

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

Like Djokovic, Nadal started this year in a similar fashion to the way that he ended last year: clearly the world’s second-best player in both senses of the term. The runner-up to the same rival for a record-breaking third...

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