Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Brian baker

  • 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 — 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)
  • Brian Bakers family and friends had waited years to see him play at the French Open -- nine years, to be exact, since he made the boys final in 2003. They werent going to settle for bad seats.
  • (myfoxny.com)
  • PARIS — The scars remind Brian Baker of the career that never really started. They number five, one for each operation in the six years Baker spent away from professional tennis.
  • (New York Times)
  • 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)

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