Video: NIKE’s Primetime Event; Sami Meets His Idols
by Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis (parsa@gemtennis.com)
New York — While I was embedded with the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL) as a liaison/photographer at the NIKE primetime knockout event, held before the US Open, this video was shot by the director of tennis of NYJTL, Ron Nano. This [...]
Photo Recap of the 2010 US Open
Enjoy this photo gallery of pictures used on GEMTennis.com over the past 2 weeks for the 2010 US Open. This year’s US Open showed the challenges of winning the final Grand Slam on the tennis calander. Through excessive heat, extreme wind, unseasonably cool weather, and rain delayed matches [...]
Rafa Books His Place in History
by Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis (parsa@gemtennis.com)
New York, US Open — Spanish sensation, world #1 and now 2010 US Open champion Rafael Nadal cements himself in the record books forever. With his 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Serbian Novak Djokovic, Nadal becomes just the 7th player in the history [...]
ChiChi’s Preview & Prediction for Nadal v. Djokovic
by ChiChi, GEM Tennis (32-15 record in predictions)
Nole really surprised me yesterday. He had his moments of frustration and nervousness, but never went into complete panic mode. Both Nole and Fed fought to the very end with Nole surviving 2 match points on his own serve and [...]
Clijsters Scorches Zvonareva to Win Third US Open Title
by Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis (parsa@gemtennis.com)
New York, US Open — Last year’s champion Kim Clijsters repeated her crown once again at this year US Open. She defeated Russian Vera Zvonareva in a very one sided final 6-2, 6-1 in just 59 minutes. In this match up, it was clear that Clijsters was in a class [...]
Novak Djokovic Shocks the World in Defeat of Federer
by Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis (parsa@gemtennis.com)
New York, US Open — Serbian Novak Djokovic has finally overcome 6 time US Open finalist Roger Federer at the US Open. The last three US Open’s have ended for Djokovic with a loss to Federer, but today he came back against all odds [...]
Rafa Crushes Youzhny to Advance to First US Open Final
by Parsa Samii, GEM Tennis (parsa@gemtennis.com)
New York, US Open — World #1 Rafael Nadal dismissed Russian Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. I wish I had a lot to say about the match, but I don’t. Youzhny was visibly fatigued from his previous matches at the US Open the past two [...]
US Open Order of Play for September 11, 2010
US Open 2010
Schedule for Day 13: Saturday, September 11 2010
