From The Brink

Marion Bartoli of France holds up her trophy after beating Venus Williams of the U.S. in the finals of their Stanford Classic tennis match at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, August 2, 2009.
Reuters

What is it about staring down the barrel of match point or two, surviving, and ultimately winning the whole shebang? Some effort from Marion Bartoli to beat Venus Williams in a third set, the Frenchwoman's third three-set victory in a row.

Who saw that coming?

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Sam Querrey of the U.S. holds his trophy after winning the L.A. Tennis Open tournament by defeating Australia's Carsten Ball during their singles final match in Los Angeles, California, August 2, 2009.
Reuters

Sam Querrey overcame a second set lapse against Carsten Ball (too bad his first name isn't Wilson) to secure his second career title. Back-to-back-to-back finals with a victory on the third try in the third set. Not bad at all.

Will he be this summer's Juan Martin del Potro?

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Russia's Nikolay Davydenko holds the trophy after defeating Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrerro in their Croatia Open final tennis match in Umag, Croatia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009.
AP

Nikolay Davydenko wins back-to-back titles. Juan Carlos Ferrero was this week's victim. He looks beyond thrilled. Clay in August oughtta be against the law.

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Russia's Vera Dushevina lifts her trophy after beating Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic in the final of the WTA Istanbul Cup tennis tournament in Istanbul August 2, 2009.
Reuters

Vera Dushevina
lifts her trophy after beating Lucie Hradecka at the Istanbul Cup.

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Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil holds the trophy after defeating Andreas Beck of Germany in their final match at the ATP Suisse Open tennis tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland, Sunday Aug. 2, 2009.
AP

Thomas Belucci won his maiden title over Andreas Beck. Good for him.

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