http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/24878 Recent articles about Dmitry Tursunov en-us Federer lost tonight to Sunday's Indianapolis Champ, Gilles Simon. I remember the commentators saying during Simon's Finals match against Dmitry Tursunov that Simon will play Federer in the 1st Rd in Toronto, and I thought, "Well, this guy's in the Finals now, and Feds is pretty off right now...let's see what happens!" If Nadal wins the Rogers Cup this week, he'd have the chance at next week's Cincy tourney to dethrone Feds, who's held #1for 234 consecutive weeks (since February 2004)." You have it folks. The dawn of a new era. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294708 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294708 Hey guys, I just got into Toronto for a tournament here this week. Now the hard court season is under way. Last week, I played in Indianapolis in the first tournament in the US summer circuit. The circuit is called the Olympus US Open Series and there are tournaments pretty much every week in the United States leading up to the US Open. The Olympics is in the middle of series this summer which changes the schedule somewhat for this year only. In the first US Open Series tournament in Indianapolis last week, I made the semis and lost to Dmitry Tursunov. He played well, but I really felt like I could have served better. Luckily, in tennis, there is always a tournament the next week to improve your play and results. For me, the only exception to this rule will be the Olympics since that's only once every 4 years and there are very few other opportunities to play in the Olympics during most tennis players careers. For me, it may be a once in a lifetime experience and I'm thrilled that i will be a part of that event. Last week was an encouraging start to the hard court season and now i'm looking forward to 2 consecutive major events (aka Masters Series level events) in Toronto and then Cincinnati....and then it's the Olympics in Beijing . indianapolis was nice, and i had a chance to catch up with some friends that i only get to see once a year. I will be playing singles and doubles at the Olympics and the men's team will be myself Bob and Mike Bryan, Robbie Ginepri and Sam Querry. I'm playing doubles with Ginepri. Venus and Serena along with Lindsay Davenport will be on the women's team which should make for a good group. Now it's time to have a little fun. Not sure if many of you know, but 2K Sports just released Top Spin 3 for PS3, XBOX360 and Wii. It's a very cool game and I am a featured player in the game (and also shown digitally on the back cover). For the next month, I plan on asking you some questions for a chance to win a copy of the game. Please give me your best answer as I'll be picking the top 3 winners each week. Without further ado, lets start it off... Who were the past 3 US Olympic Gold medalists in Tennis (this includes Singles & Doubles)? Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:47:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293291 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293291 We haven't hoisted the Davis Cup since Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, and Todd Martin were on the US team. This afternoon in Portland, OR, the Bryan brothers brought the Cup back after a 12-yr drought, beating Russians Andreev & Davydenko in 3. Roddick killed Tursunov yesterday in 3, but Blake needed 4 sets, 3 of which were tiebreaks, against Youzhny. Everyone was there: Donald "DY" Young, John Isner, Robby Ginepri, Mardy Fish all watched while the crowd, including the wild NetHeads, yelled out in pure Davis Cup style. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:06:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/39936 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/39936