“I was nervous,” Dominic Thiem said with a smile in Vienna on Sunday. “I knew I had to get off to a good start.” This is what happens, it seems, when you begin your race a few feet from the finish line. Fifteen minutes earlier, Thiem and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had

Tim_3 [Tim Henman announced today that he is retiring from tennis after the U.S. Open and the upcoming UK vs Croatia Davis Cup tie. Here is a Henman retrospective. This also will be your New Haven Crisis Center Post, and the place to talk about the upcoming U.S. Open for

In case you missed the news, Pete Sampras is making his first public appearance as a tennis player tomorrow evening, in an innovative context: his exhibition match at River Oaks in Houston, against U.S. backcourter Robby Ginepri, will be broadcast live - but only on the internet, at the USTA's

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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic advanced to the quarterfinals of the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia on Thursday. Tipsarevic dropped serve just once and saved eight of the nine break points he faced, while breaking Giraldo four times. "I don't

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BEIJING (AP) Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki each advanced to the China Open semifinals on Friday. Defending champion Djokovic, who is ranked No. 2, fended off all seven break points he faced while breaking Gilles Simon three times on his way to winning 6-3, 6-2. It's the fifth