Russell vs Isner: All American Match Up

2010 Sony Ericsson Open: 2nd Round
Today’s match up between Michael Russell vs John Isner is set up to be an exciting one, you have a big serve and volleyer going against a great baseliner.  This is a classic match up both mentally and physically, it will come down to who can dictate the tempo of [...]

Russell vs Murray: Match Recap

 
Murray Pulls Through against Russell
 
World No. 4 Andy Murray overcame a determined effort from Michael Russell at the BNP Paribas Open, defeating the American 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon to reach the fourth round at the year’s first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tennis tournament.
Murray, a runner-up last year in Indian Wells, won five straight games to [...]

Michael’s Blog from Indian Wells #2

Hi Everyone,
I played a good match last night against Andreev.  Igor started the match serving exceptional.  He served 73% and every first serve was in the 130 mph range.  He broke me once in a tight game and that was all he needed.  Andreev has one of the heaviest forehands in the game, and his [...]

Michael’s Blog from Indian Wells #1

Hi Everyone,
Well I played another night match this year.  In Indian Wells, at night the conditions are completely different than during the day since the temperature when we stepped on court was 55 degrees!  The balls and the playing conditions are much slower, even though the desert here is elevated a little bit.  I played [...]

Russell vs Zverev: Bump In the Road (Fan’s Perspective)

  John Schaeffer  Key Largo, Florida writes: 
 I consider myself a friend of Michael and would like to help in any way.  However, I am leery of writing  something (like a match review) that a pro tennis player might find irrelevant or “off the mark”. Michael  put a lot of effort into the match and was quite [...]

Russell vs Zeverev: Bump In The Road

 
I lost a tough match Tuesday in the Delray Beach ATP event to Mischa Zverev from Germany.  I struggled throughout the entire match with my game.  I just kept fighting the whole time trying to regain my usual form, but unfortunately it was not to be.  I served for the match in the third set, [...]

Comments from Michael’s Fans

Alex writes:
I’ve been a fan of yours ever since I saw you at the US Open quallies last year. You’re an awesome player, and you’re having an AWESOME comeback! Keep up the good tennis!
Mark Peterson writes:
Hey, Michael. Caught you last year playing at Indian Wells on a side court against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez I believe it [...]

Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

Mischa Zverev (GER) defeated [8] Michael Russell (USA) 6-4,3-6,7-5

Michael answers fans questions

Bill Roehrich ask:
Hi. I’m bill roehrich and I want to ask Michael the following question:
just wanted to say i have seen you in a couple of matches up here in the sacramento area and you seem to be a truly good person.. always nice to the ballkids, respectful and i for one think that is [...]

Russell vs Berdych

ATP World Tour No. 23 Tomas Berdych was made to work hard for his place in the quarter-finals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships Thursday, fighting back from a set down to defeat American Michael Russell 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the ATP World Tour 500 indoor hard-court tennis tournament in Memphis.
Fifth seed Berdych is through to his third ATP World Tour [...]

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