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Wednesday

May252011

Day 5: French Open Match of the Day - Malisse vs. Verdasco

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 7:45PM

If you like pure, unfiltered tennis shotmaking, this is the match for you.

I see it as a pretty even steven contest as clay isn't the best surface for either of these players.

They have only played once, that was in a Davis Cup tie earlier this year on hardcourts. Verdasco won in straight sets, but Malisse is sneaky good in big situations.

Prediction: I think Verdasco might have a little too much, but it's going to be close - 5 close sets.

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Wednesday

May252011

iPad Free App of the Week: French Open Tennis

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 9:42AM

The offical app for this year's French Open, or Roland Garros as the Europeans like to call it.

Features iPhone/iPad:

- Real-time scores, point by point
- Live matches and video best-of
- Real-time breaking news + photos
- Draws and results
- Video highlights, behind the scenes coverage
and interviews
- player bios
- available in 2 languages
- visitor’s guide + map of stadium
- the official Roland Garros radio
- access to Orange Sport mobile website

Not quite as easy to use as the U.S. Open tennis app was, but still a must have for free.

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Thursday

May122011

ATP Tour Speaks on 'Special Events Rule'

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 6:16AM

A few weeks back there was rumor of a revolt by ATP 250 level tournament directors in response to the announcement that top ATP players including Rafael Nadal would be playing an exhibition event in Asia the same week that the ATP would be conducting 250 level events.

It took a couple weeks, but I finally got an answer from Austin Nunn and Kate Gordon, the Executive VP of the ATP Tour's Marketing and Communications.

The ATP Special Events Rule has been consistent since the governing body’s inception in 1990. Players are allowed to play in non-ATP events during the week of an ATP World Tour 250 tournament if it is located more than 100 miles (160km) away and not considered the same market area of the city where the ATP World Tour tournament is located.

Over the years, the ATP Board of Directors has considered various proposals to modify the Special Events Rule. However, the Tour believes that the current rule provides an appropriate balance between promoting the ATP World Tour and the investment by our tournament members, and allowing our player members -- who are independent contractors and not ATP employees -- some flexibility to play in non-ATP events throughout the year, while fulfilling their commitments to the Tour.

Bad news for ATP 250 tournaments that sometimes struggle to attract a top-10 or top-20 player in their field. I'm not sure men's professional tennis becomes "the wild west" again, but it could spell the end for some 250 events around the world.