Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Brian baker

  • Looking for successful career comebacks, a pair of young American tennis players - Brian Baker (Nashville) and Melanie Oudin (Marietta, Ga.) - won opening round singles matches at the French Open.
  • (Chattanoogan)
  • PARIS — Probably would have been hard to imagine back when Brian Baker reached the 2003 junior final at the French Open that it would take him nearly a decade to make it to the men's tournament. The 27-year-old from Nashville, Tenn.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • PARIS -- Brian Baker, 27 but looking a few years older and perhaps a little bit wiser than his age, headed back to the baseline after the coin toss with his baseball cap set low on his forehead.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • PARIS -- Its starting to turn into something out of a Disney movie, but Brian Baker knows his fairytale comeback is real. Hes got the aches and pains to prove it.
  • (ESPN)
  • But there was still action out on Court Six, and the incredible saga of wild card Brian Baker continued. And just got better.
  • (FOXSports.com)
  • Third seed, Nicolas Almagro of Spain, grabbed his second title of the season, as he ended the giant killing run of American qualifier, Brian Baker, in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in the Open de Nice Côte dAzur final on Saturday.
  • (Bettor.com)
  • NICE, France -- American qualifier Brian Baker outlasted Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 Friday to advance to the final of the Open de Nice.
  • (ESPN)
  • Brian Baker is riding the comeback wave of a lifetime. The 27-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., is no stranger to Roland Garros Stadium, but not as a professional player.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • PARIS - Brian Baker gets asked quite a bit these days to run down the long list of operations his body needed during his 6 1/2 years away from the ATP tour. There was the left hip operation in November 2005.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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