Federer Out of Indian Wells?

March 2, 2010

This just in. According to Peter Bodo at Tennis.com, Roger Federer will most likely pull out of Indian Wells as he is still dealing with an ongoing lung infection. This isn’t 100% confirmed but it wouldn’t surprise me.
The WTA also just announced that Dinara Safina will not compete in the tournament due to her ongoing [...]

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Parks Hopes Hall of Fame Makes More Aware of Wheelchair Tennis.

March 2, 2010

Brad Parks, the founder of wheelchair tennis and one of its biggest promoters, will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame this upcoming July. After being paralyzed during a freestyle skiing accident, Parks developed the sport back in 1980. Since then, wheelchair tennis has grown worldwide and is played at the Olympics, at [...]

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Venus Wins “Tennis Night in America”.

March 1, 2010

I’m not going to go into much detail over the BNP Paribas Billie Jean King Cup event held at Madison Square Garden other than the fact that Venus Williams won it over Kim Clijsters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Despite its attempt to showcase some of the best women players, it looks like the event was half-filled, [...]

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Hall of Fame Inductees Highlight Doubles and Wheelchair Tennis.

March 1, 2010

This year’s announcement of the inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame brought a surprising yet well-deserved focus to the sport of doubles and wheelchair tennis.
For 2010, the inductees include the Australian doubles team of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, the doubles team of Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva, Owen Davidson of Australia [...]

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Gulbis Wins Delray Beach, Will Enter ATP Top 50.

February 28, 2010

Ernests Gulbis spoiled Ivo Karlovic’s 31st birthday today by taking his first ever ATP title with an easy 6-2, 6-3 win over Karlovic at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
Gulbis, who has longed be touted as the next big thing, finally put it together this week for his first ever title. With the win and [...]

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Weekend Wrap – Venus Loves Acapulco & Djokovic Repeats in Dubai.

February 28, 2010

Novak Djokovic defended his title at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships by finally defeating the always tough Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. The match was always on Djokovic’s racquet, but his struggles with serve and a rain delay that stopped play last night with Djokovic up 7-5, 2-0 allowed the Russian a fighting chance.
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Murray’s “New Tactics” Should Include Tact After Dubai Comments.

February 26, 2010

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Tournament officials angry at Andy Murray is turning into a trend for the Scot. Last week it was Marseille that wasn’t pleased with Murray’s pulling out of that event for basically not feeling up to it. Now Murray has earned the wrath of the Barclays Dubai event after admitting during his press conference [...]

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Djokovic and Venus Survive Three Set Battles.

February 26, 2010

Novak Djokovic, the defending champion of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, has been doing it the hard way all week as he again won another tight three set match against the scrappy Marcho Baghdatis 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
In an almost three hour affair, both men pushed each other with groundstroke rallies highlighted by usual displays of [...]

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Venus Blogs “…it took me 25 years to get cooler.”

February 25, 2010

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Venus Williams is known as being a private person and not the most open or talkative in interviews. So her return to blogging on the WTA site while defending her title in Acapulco this week offers readers some surprising insights into her life on and off the tour.
Aside from discussing her routine and [...]

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Dubai Wide Open With Murray Ousted & “Kolya”’s Wrist Woes.

February 24, 2010

After last week’s security tightrope handling Shahar Peer’s semifinal run, the Dubai event for the men this week has turned into something of a bust with more top players losing early.
Janko Tipsarevic stunned Andy Murray in a two-and-a-half-hour battle that saw the Serb win the first set tiebreak on an ace that was called [...]

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Does Verdasco Really Put the “X” Back in Sex?

February 23, 2010

With Ana Ivanovic getting lots of press, both good and bad, for her pictorial in the recent swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated, it seems only fair to show Ivanovic’s former boyfriend and fellow adidas teammate, Fernando Verdasco, in his own suggestive ad campaign for Calvin Klein’s new line of underwear simply called “X”.

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ATP Likes the Taste of Corona as New Sponsor.

February 21, 2010

Get ready to enjoy ATP tennis with a twist of lime.
According to the New York Times, the ATP tour has signed a new five-and-a-half-year deal with Mexican beer company Grupo Modelo to make its popular Corona Extra the new global corporate sponsor of ATP events. This deal, for an undisclosed sum, comes a year after [...]

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