Keep on Truckin'

The four Grand Slams are complete, yet the schedule just keeps on rolling for the WTA and ATP players.  This schedule is simply too long; in a perfect world, the year end Masters Cup Championship would be in September, giving the players October, November and December off, before the Australian Open.  Rafael Nadal said the same thing when I asked him that question after his match with Sam Querrey at the US Open.  Tennis is a grind, the tour is a grind, and their bodies deserve atleast 3 months off a year...or atleast two!  Needless to say, here are the Beijing results; with a few powerhouse names in the draw (my favorite result comes from the American journeyman, Brendan Evans, he just won't give up...nice to see him win a few ATP rounds):
 

RESULTS - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

 

Singles - First Round
[5] [WC] F Verdasco (ESP) d B Reynolds (USA) 63 63
[8] S Querrey (USA) d J Levine (USA) 16 62 76(4)
D Sela (ISR) d N Devilder (FRA) 64 63
I Minar (CZE) d H Lee (KOR) 63 36 62
[Q] J Scherrer (SUI) d [WC] P Sun (CHN) 64 76(7)
G Soeda (JPN) d [WC] Y Bai (CHN) 64 75
[Q] B Evans (USA) d R Karanusic (CRO) 76(5) 16 76(10) - Saved 3 M.P.


Doubles - First Round
[1] M Melo (BRA) / B Soares (BRA) d Y Wang Jr. (CHN) / J Xu (CHN) 64 64
E Butorac (USA) / S Querrey (USA) d [2] T Parrott (USA) / F Polasek (SVK) 76(2) 64
S Huss (AUS) / R Hutchins (GBR) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / I Navarro (ESP) 63 76(6)
[WC] X Yu (CHN) / S Zeng (CHN) d J Levinsky (CZE) / Y Lu (TPE) 64 36 10-2

 

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Harry Cicma tackles the hot topics in tennis, sharing his insight on the favorites, tournament news and players to watch. Harry was ranked for three years on the ATP Tour doubles circuit and played four years of NCAA Division-I tennis at Rutgers University. He now covers all sports as a TV producer/anchor on NBC in Southern New England.