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Nikolay Davydenko Wins The Qatar Open

2010-01-10T08:48:00.000-08:00

Rafael Nadal handed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia a bagel in the first set of the Qatar Open finals. Davydenko rallied back and won the second set in a tiebreaker and the third, 6-4.

Final scores: 0-6, 7-6(8), 6-4

Here are some highlights:

Davydenko beat Roger Federer two days ago to reach the finals. Beating the number one and number two ranked players is quite a feat for the Russian who is currently ranked number 6 in the ATP.

The match was in Doha, Qatar, which is an Arab emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia.

Davydenko uses a Prince Ozone Pro Tour racket.

Andy Roddick Winds Brisbane International

2010-01-10T08:42:00.000-08:00

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Top-seeded Andy Roddick survived a second-set collapse Sunday to win the Brisbane International title, beating defending champion Radek Stepanek after the Czech player double-faulted on match point.

The American's 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (9-7) victory in the final capped his first tournament in nearly three months becaue of a 2009 season-ending knee injury.

Roddick nearly let the match slip away. He led 4-0 in the second set before Stepanek came back to take a 6-5 lead, with Roddick needing to hold service to force a tiebreaker.

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Tiebreak Rules

2010-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

I've had trouble finding clear rules for how to play a tiebreaker, so I thought I'd post them here.

If you wind up with a score of 6-6 in a set, you play a tiebreaker to determine the winner.

Tiebreak rules:

Scoring is 1, 2, 3, 4...

Whoever served last in the set, the other person serves first in the tiebreaker

First server serves once from the deuce court (the right-hand side).

Switch service after every odd number of points

Except for first point, each player serves twice. The first serve is from the ad court (the left-hand side) and the second serve is from the deuce court

Switch sides after every 6 points.

First player to get 7 points wins but you have to win by 2

Here's an easy way to remember it:

The numbers indicate the order of serve and colors indicate the players. Serving goes in a counter-clockwise direction and you switch sides after every six points played.

Super Slow Motion Tennis Videos

2010-01-08T11:01:00.000-08:00

Super slow-motion videos from MyTrainer.com

Serve

Serve and volley

Slow motion two-handed backhand of David Nalbandian

Two handed backhand instruction

Another two-handed backhand that focuses on the grip

Tennis Channel accuses Comcast of discrimination

2010-01-06T20:57:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Tennis Channel is accusing Comcast Corp. of discriminating against its cable TV network by relegating it to a premium sports tier that reaches only a small number of subscribers, even as Comcast-owned sports channels get much wider distribution.

In a complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the Tennis Channel charges the nation's largest cable TV provider with violating FCC rules that prohibit such operators from favoring channels that they own over those from other companies.

The Tennis Channel, a small, independent network, reaches about 2.6 million homes through Comcast. The network maintains that Comcast carries it primarily on the premium Sports Entertainment Package, which costs an extra $5 to $8 per month, to protect Comcast's own sports channels from competition.

Comcast's Golf Channel and Versus, which shows hockey, cycling and other sporting events, reach about 21 million homes apiece through Comcast's expanded basic cable lineups.

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Let's hope the Tennis Channel wins. I refuse to pay Comcast's exorbitant rates for premium channels, but I'd love to be able to watch the tennis tournaments.

DU vs. UNC Tennis

2010-01-05T16:10:00.000-08:00

Okay, tennis fans, we've got our first matches next Saturday! The DU Pioneers will be playing the UNC Bears at the Colorado Athletic Club in Englewood, Colorado.

DU is a private, very expensive university, and UNC is a state university specializing in teacher education. Naturally, DU has a much bigger budget for sports and drafts players from around the world. Of their men's team eight man roster, only two players are from the U.S. and neither is from Colorado. Half of UNC's roster is from Colorado and they're all from the U.S. So I have to pull for UNC. Gotta root for the underdogs.

Next Event: DU vs. CSU Rams and CU vs. Air Force

2009-12-26T14:59:00.000-08:00

There are two matches on Saturday, January 16:

The DU Pioneers play the UNC Bears at the Colorado Athletic Club - Inverness at 5:00 P.M. The CU Buffaloes play the Air Force Falcons in Boulder at 11:00 in the morning.

I'll be reporting from the DU/UNC match in the Tech Center.

[Update: The DU sites gives a time of 5:00 but the UNC site has 4:00. We'll update this when the discrepancy is resolved.]

Colorado Tennis

2009-01-01T15:43:00.000-08:00

Indoor courts in the Denver area

Colorado Athletic Club

JCC Tennis

Meadow Creek Tennis Club

Pinehurst Country Club

DU Men's Tennis Schedule

Sat, Jan 16	Northern Colorado	CAC-Inverness	5:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 23	Radford	at Lincoln, Neb.	1:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 24	Nebraska	at Lincoln, Neb.	12:00 p.m.
Fri, Jan 29	Air Force	CAC-Inverness	7:00 p.m.
Sat, Feb 06	Middle Tennessee *	at Albuquerque, N.M.	2:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 07	New Mexico	at Albuquerque, N.M.	11:00 a.m.
Fri, Feb 12	BYU	CAC-Inverness	7:00 p.m.
Sun, Feb 14	Drake	Pinehurst Country Club	12:00 p.m.
Sat, Feb 27	Arizona	at Lubbock, Texas	10:00 a.m.
Sun, Feb 28	Texas Tech	at Lubbock, Texas	9:00 a.m.
Fri, Mar 05	Sacramento State	Stapleton Tennis Pavilion (On Campus)	12:00 p.m.
Sun, Mar 07	Iowa	Stapleton Tennis Pavilion (On Campus)	12:00 p.m.
Thu, Mar 18	Princeton	at Orlando, Fla.	8:00 a.m.
Sat, Mar 20	Central Florida	at Orlando, Fla.	9:00 a.m.
Sat, Mar 27	Illinois State	Stapleton Tennis Pavilion (On Campus)	2:00 p.m.
Sun, Mar 28	Pacific	Stapleton Tennis Pavilion (On Campus)	2:00 p.m.

DU Women's Tennis Schedule

Fri, Jan 22

Colorado State

CAC - Monaco

6:00 p.m.

Sun, Jan 24

Vanderbilt

Pinehurst Country Club

10:00 a.m.

ITA Kickoff

Fri, Jan 29 -
Sun, Jan 31

N/A

at Evanston, Ill.

TBA

Sat, Feb 06

University of Pacific

at Stockton, Calif.

TBA

Sun, Feb 07

Saint Mary's

at San Francisco, Calif.

TBA

Sat, Feb 13

BYU

at Provo, Utah

12:00 p.m.

Sun, Feb 14

Utah

at Salt Lake City, Utah

12:00 p.m.

Fri, Feb 19

UCSB

CAC - Monaco

7:00 p.m.

Sat, Feb 20

Colorado

at Boulder, Colo.

10:00 a.m.

Fri, Feb 26

UNLV

at Las Vegas, Nev.

10:00 a.m.

Sat, Feb 27

Pepperdine

at Las Vegas, Nev.

10:00 a.m.

Fri, Mar 05

Oklahoma State

at Stillwater, Okla.

1:00 p.m.

Sun, Mar 07

Wichita State

at Wichita, Kan.

11:00 a.m.

Fri, Mar 19

Boise State

at Boise, Idaho

2:00 p.m.

Sat, Mar 20

University of San Diego

at Boise, Idaho

TBA

Sat, Mar 27

Northern Colorado

Stapleton Tennis Pavilion

TBA

Sun, Mar 28

Wyoming

Stapleton Tennis Pavilion

TBA

Fri, Apr 02

North Texas *

at Dallas, Texas

2:00 p.m.

Sat, Apr 03

Louisville

at Dallas, Texas

TBA

Sun, Apr 11

Middle Tennessee

Denver, Colo.

TBA

Sun, Apr 11

Northern Colorado

Denver, Colo.

TBA

Full Schedule