ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB NAMED SITE OF ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS
By Justin Cohen
The USTA Southern section announced on Tuesday that the Atlanta Athletic Club will host the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships from July 19-25, an ATP World Tour 250 event that will kick-off the Olympus US Open Series. “The Atlanta Athletic Club is the perfect site for the Atlanta Tennis Championships,” said Rex Maynard, the [...]
Harkleroad Hitched, Planning Comeback
Ashley Harkleroad, the former upstart American tennis pro who gained notoriety for posing for Playboy magazine in 2008, will be making a come back to the WTA Tour in 2010. After giving birth to her son, Charlie, with now husband, former ATP player Chuck Adams, Harkleroad is planning to return to a full-time tennis career [...]
The Safin Retroprospective
The mercurial career of Marat Safin came to a close Wednesday in Paris as the hulking Russian played the final match in the final tournament of his final year of ATP tennis, losing to reigning US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas [...]
